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 …
Over 1.2Cr Hit, Nearly 6L Hectares Of Cropped Area In 12 States Damaged While heavy rains and consequent flooding of cities like Delhi, Bengaluru or Kolkata hogged headlines, this rainy season has seen devastating floods, killing 850 and affecting over 1.2 crore people spread across 112 districts in 12 states. …
With the India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s prediction of "above normal" Monsoon likely to go "wrong", the government today said the improvement in forecasting will be gradual. "Of the ten times, we have got our prediction right nearly eight times. We are working to improve the forecast, but that will be …
HYDERABAD: The groundwater table in Andhra Pradesh recorded a sharp increase thanks to the good monsoon rains thus far. The current spell of heavy rains has further stabilised the water table in the state. Only Srikakulam and Nellore districts recorded deficit rainfall. According to the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, …
Monsoon rains in India, the world's second-biggest producer of rice and sugar, could be lighter than average this year in the absence of the La Nina weather pattern, two senior officials at the state-run weather department said on Wednesday. Rainfall in September could be up to 15 percent less than …
The National Green Tribunal’s Southern Bench on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the pace of work carried out by the State Public Works Department (PWD) in cleaning the Buckingham Canal. A Bench, comprising Justice P. Jothimani and expert member P.S. Rao, remarked that they would be ready to check the progress …
The loss of forest cover in the Krishna basin took place prior to 2000, which also led to change in water flow and higher sedimentation level. The loss of forest cover in the Krishna basin is the reason for perennial flooding in Karnataka during the monsoon, a recent study by …
JAIPUR: The south-west monsoon has been fruitful for the state so far as Rajasthan has got 49.14% more rainfall compared to 2015. Except for Sriganganagar, which is the only district getting deficit rainfall, all the districts have got either excess or more than average rainfall. As per the data available …
Even after two extensions, four collector-appointed teams to verify full tank level (FTL) pillars of the Upper Lake, failed to present the complete report before National Green Tribunal (NGT), central bench, here on Thursday. The green panel has now issued an order to get 26 remaining pillars verified and mentioned …
AHMEDABAD: The monsoon may be on its last leg in the city, but that hasn't kept mosquitoes from keeping on spreading in Ahmedabad. Doctors in municipal corporation hospitals and private general hospitals are now worried about the continuous stream of dengue and malaria cases. Health officials are closely monitoring the …
The ability of seven state-of-the-art chemistry–aerosol models to reproduce distributions of tropospheric ozone and its precursors, as well as aerosols over eastern Asia in summer 2008, is evaluated. The study focuses on the performance of models used to assess impacts of pollutants on climate and air quality as part of …
Experts from various fields have urged people to plant more trees and adopt anti-pollution measures after a US embassy report said there was an increase in the concentration of air pollution in many cities, including Delhi, even during monsoon which is considered the best season in terms of air quality. …
The La Nina phenomena, which gives a boost to Southwest Monsoon and was expected to give a good rainfall in September, has been delayed, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today said, even as it stuck to its initial forecast of "above normal" rainfall this season. IMD Director General K J …
MUMBAI: Monsoon has weakened in the North-Eastern and North-Central India due to large-scale conversion of forest land to crop land, according to a study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. The study undertaken by the IIT's Interdisciplinary Programme in Climate Studies warned that the condition would become "more …
Weakening of Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) is traditionally linked with large-scale perturbations and circulations. However, the impacts of local changes in land use and land cover (LULC) on ISMR have yet to be explored. Here, we analyzed this topic using the regional Weather Research and Forecasting model with European …
Health experts have attributed the rise to a possible "evolution" in the virus that carries this disease and change in weather factors like humidity. The sudden spike in chikungunya cases in several parts of north India, including Delhi, has come nearly ten years after a big outbreak of the mosquito- …
The lush forests and towering hills of the Western Ghats not only play an important role in capturing and storing rainwater, but are also crucial to the amount of rain falling in Bengaluru and other neighbouring areas. In the three months that the Southwest monsoon lashes the subcontinent, evaporation from …
PATNA: It's called a cruel irony. Despite the major parts of its 12 districts being inundated by flood waters, Bihar still has 16% deficit rainfall this year. Revealing this here on Monday, CM Nitish Kumar said in the last 10 years Bihar received more than 1,000 mm rainfall in only …
Ahmedabad: With monsoon rains receding, civic health authorities are worried over the mosquitoe menace. Fresh showers make stagnant water run again, but lack of rains is leading to patches and pools of stagnant water that provides breeding habitats for mosquitoes. Health authorities are more worried about the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes …
KOLKATA: Heavy rain lashed Kolkata on Wednesday evening, flooding large parts of the city, but it won't be enough provide relief from dengue, fear experts. Though such rain usually washes away mosquito larvae, it won't work in Kolkata where irrespective of heavy or light showers, water accumulates at the innumerable …
COIMBATORE: The Federation of Tamil Nadu Agriculturists Association on Tuesday urged the state government to declare the state as "drought-hit", following failure of southwest monsoon. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting held here, in which the federation said the state used to get rain for 120 …
