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 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With conditions favourable for the onset of South West Monsoon in Kerala on Tuesday, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) indicates probability of 113 percent above normal rainfall overall this monsoon along with La Nina effects towards its last phase. Now, heavy to very heavy rains are expected to lash parts …
Rural development ministry to also seek more funds over and above Rs 38,500 crore allocated in 2016-17 Budget for such works To ensure majority of the funds allocated under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is spent on water conservation-related works, the Centre is planning to come …
The district magistrates have issued 178 notices to the three municipal corporations for "unsatisfactory cleanliness and unhygienic conditions" across the city, particularly at dhalaos, on the directions of Public Works Department (PWD) minister Satyendar Jain. Jain said he asked for the notices to be issued in light of a possible …
Questions are being raised over the state government and the forest department sanctioning the felling of over 15,000 trees - like jacaranda, fir and gulmohur -- ostensibly for the widening of the Rishikesh-Uttarkashi road (leading up to Gangotri) which locals say is wide enough and does not really require any …
The skyman announce that it would strike the Kerala coast on June 7 (plus or minus four days). Hyderabad: Monsoons in Kerala this year would be delayed from the normal date of June 1 for the last 50 years. The skyman announce that it would strike the Kerala coast on …
Gurgaon: Midway through yet another excruciating summer, residents of Gurgaon's have come together to install a variety of rainwater harvesting systems in their respective standalone homes and private townships. In this arid region, depleting groundwater and lack of government effort towards harnessing monsoon rainwater has convinced many residents, their efforts …
Drought characteristics for the Indian monsoon region are analyzed using two different datasets and standard precipitation index (SPI), standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index (SPEI), Gaussian mixture model-based drought index (GMM-DI), and hidden Markov model-based drought index (HMM-DI) for the period 1901–2004. Drought trends and variability were analyzed for three epochs: 1901–1935, 1936–1971 …
Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday said the farm sector growth will be good in 2016-17 with the country expected to receive normal monsoon rains this year after two consecutive drought years. Addressing a press conference about the achievements of his ministry in the first two years of the …
Amidst growing concerns over pollution enveloping the entire city, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation is initiating a plantation drive across its 104 wards. The newly-elected standing committee chairman Shailendra Singh announced that saplings that help in reducing pollution levels will be planted across its areas of jurisdiction. Singh also added …
Agriculture-related stocks continued to outperform benchmark indices and stayed high in May also on expectation of robust monsoon this year after consecutive years of drought in the past two years. Stocks such as Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemical jumped 34 per cent on month-to-date basis till May 27. Others …
Is the idea of a dry monsoon beginning to parch your appetite for investing? The monsoon season. Does it evoke the idea of planning your finances? No, right? When you talk about the monsoon, what likely comes to mind is gushing rain, bumper harvests, and flooded streets. Perhaps even a …
By 2050, India is likely to experience a temperature rise of 1-4°C; rainfall will increase by 9-16 per cent. This will have a detrimental effect on farmers in more than half of the country. Assessing vulnerability to climate change and variability is an important first step in evolving appropriate adaptation …
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finalised its rainwater harvesting policy and plans to roll it out before the onset of the monsoon. Having issued new, simplified designs for RWH structures, the water utility has given residents time till June 30 2016 to install the same, failing which a penalty …
Chennai/Madurai/Trichy: The wholesale price of tomatoes in the state has gone up by Rs 10 after the recent assembly election. It now costs Rs 30-35 at the Koyambedu wholesale market in Chennai. This is due to a shortage as the yield has been low. Tomatoes are sourced from Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh …
In Mann ki Baat, Modi says need to reduce black money in system, monsoon delay a cause for concern Archis Mohan In Sunday's broadcast of Mann ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the need for India to move towards a cashless society through the Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and …
With their natural habitats disappearing at an alarming rate, several birds in Indore have been adapting to the human settlements. The latest addition to the list is white throated kingfisher. According to ornithologist Ajay Gadikar, a pair of white-throated kingfisher was spotted nesting in a building near Radisson hotel, one …
Raipur: India's drought-prone area has increased by 57 per cent since 1997. One-third of districts have faced more than four droughts over the past decade and 50 million people are affected by drought every year. Since independence, the country has spent a humungous Rs 3.5 lakh crore on drought-related issues. …
The southwest monsoon is likely to set over Kerala on June 7, says IMD The onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala is likely to be delayed from the normal date of June 1, the weather office said, the first negative signal since it forecast above-normal rainfall this season after …
Monsoons are the dominant seasonal mode of climate variability in the tropics and are critically important conveyors of atmospheric moisture and energy at a global scale. Predicting monsoons, which have profound impacts on regions that are collectively home to more than 70 per cent of Earth’s population, is a challenge …
One hundred twenty-one villages in parched Saurashtra, north Gujarat and Kutch region were today declared as 'partially scarcity-hit' due to acute shortage of water owing to deficient rainfall in last monsoon, the state government said. With the latest addition, the total number of such affected villages across Gujarat stands at …
