Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
scientists at the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (iisc) have devised a new method to forecast the monsoon, that too eight months ahead of the rainfall season. The statistical method, developed by R N Iyengar and S T G Ravikanth, is much less complicated than the existing forecasting models, as …
A bountiful monsoon brought cheer across the country this year. But a few areas, particularly in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, were not as lucky as the rest. Governments of these states decided to change their fate with the help of an artificial rainmaking technique called
ACT APPRAISED: Members across the political spectrum participated in a constructive debate on the Panchayati Raj Act during the otherwise stormy monsoon session of parliament. They reviewed 10 years of the act's implementation. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha was even asked to extend the day's sitting by two hours …
FIRST there was the mounting suspense. All of India awaited with bated breath the arrival of the south west monsoon. Would it arrive? Miraculously, politicians went into intricate calculations: would the bounty be enough to sustain the GDP growth projected in the Tenth Five Year Plan? Then came the rains. …
Extreme climate events such as aridity, drought, flood, cyclone and stormy rainfall are expected to leave an impact on human society. They are also expected to generate widespread response to adapt and mitigate the sufferings associated with these extremes. Societal and cultural responses to prolonged drought include population dislocation, cultural …
the column width dedicated to rain in the mainstream print media has hit an all-time high. A few days ago, tv news reporters with that special ability to capture (and re-create) frenzy planted themselves on Kerala's beaches, not chasing a vacationing prime minister but waiting for the monsoon. Urban India …
a new method that used the Bangladesh monsoon to make a monsoon prediction model could end the woes of millions of farmers. The method was used for the first time to produce forecasts of 20-25 days for the Ganges valley of Bangladesh during the summer of 2002. Unlike the predictions …
Every year, the month of May ends. India enters June, and expectations of rain. Small farmers scan the sky, reading the clouds (the big ones have subsidised irrigation pumps, and undemocratic canal water-sharing clout). Politicians begin to place calls to the New Delhi-based Indian Meterological Department (imd). Within the imd, …
The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) was sponsored by research agencies within Europe, India and USA, and was mainly concerned with the haze over south Asia and the adjacent Indian Ocean. It excluded other equally or even more polluted areas in Asia. The Asian Brown Cloud is a follow on international …
in what is turning out to be an annual ritual, trawler owners in Goa tried to water down the monsoon ban on fishing. But their efforts proved futile. The trawler owners, agitated over the ban which prohibits the use of mechanised vessels for fishing during the rainy season, had threatened …
• Part I: Untapped data • Part II: Lessons learnt How long have you been driving an auto in Ahmedabad? Just about a fortnight now. I came about 25 days ago from Lucknow. You live in Lucknow city? No. Who lives in the cities? People come to the cities to …
Part I: Untapped data Four consecutive years of drought have brought home a lesson that the people of Hamirpur district and its neighbouring districts in Himachal Pradesh have learnt well. These areas had started receiving piped water supply from the government and gave up on their traditional water harvesting structures. …
MONSOON EVENING Produced by Anthony Denselow with Emma Wallace, Mohit Bakaya and Dave Perry . BBC Radio 3 . Aired on June 23, 2002 . Between 18:30 and 22:00 I am not going to actually review this programme, since I featured in it. Featured in it as an extra "features" …
scientists in India are baffled by a new study which states that Southwest Asian monsoon has become stronger over the past four centuries and it might continue to intensify as a result of global warming. The findings of the study seem to be ironic, considering the fact that due to …
It is the singlemost important event in India. It affects the fate of a farmer as much as it determines political careers. The most important variable in the Indian economy. The single-biggest transfer of mass from the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere. The most regular visitor to India, and …
The new buzzword in the climate research circles is vulnerability and adaptation. Just like most of the climate discussion the words have become so dense, that their meaning is lost on most, except the most conversant and involved. It is almost as if the effort is to convolute the science …
Experts follow the world's longest venomous snake, with a bite potent enough to kill an elephant, through the rain forests of peninsular India. The programme explores the relationship between the charismatic cobra and creatures such as the forest tortoise, vine snakes, cow elephants, and giant squirrels. The secrets of the …
