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 …
Widespread rains in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the last couple of days have brought down the overall monsoon deficit to 14% of the benchmark long-period average (LPA) from 16% reported a week ago. With the IMD predicting rainfall over north-west and eastern regions during the next few …
PANJIM: Monsoons in the country may be in for bad news as scientists predict a significant decreasing trend in the monsoon rainfall over central India. Dr Roxy Mathew Koll, scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in a recent paper published in the Nature Communications journal said that rapid …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Sunday announced an amount of five crore as an immediate flood relief, for carrying out restoration works to bring life back to normalcy in the affected districts. Tuki directed the respective district administration and departments to conduct proper assessment of losses and submit …
Farmers across India who are already hit by unseasonal rains this year have to brace up as a report on Monday said that the country is headed towards the driest monsoon season for the third time in three decades. Renewing concerns over poor harvest and spike in food inflation, the …
This year's monsoon could end up as among the worst three in nearly three decades. With an extended dry patch in most of the country, which has revived fears of a weak harvest and food inflation, the season's rainfall deficit has widened to 16 per cent, according to the weather …
This is our season of despair. This year, it would seem, the gods have been most unkind to Indian farmers. Early in the year came the weird weather events, like hailstorms and freak and untimely rains that destroyed standing crops. Nobody knew what was happening. After all, each year we …
Pollen analysis of 1.75 m deep sediment core from Tula-Jalda (Amarkantak) in Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh shows that around 4500–3600 cal years BP, this region supported open mixed tropical deciduous forests comprising chiefly Madhuca indica followed by Terminalia, Mitragyna parvifolia, Haldina cordifolia, Emblica officinalis and Acacia, under a warm and …
Monsoon rains have revived in the worst-hit central India and southern peninsula regions that would help boost kharif crops and water level in reservoirs, a top official of the Met department said on Wednesday. Monsoon deficit has been at 12 per cent so far this season (June 1 to September …
It increasingly appears that weather systems over Asia are interlinked and feeling the effects of El Nino, global warming and local air pollution G B S N P Varma Despite intense floods in some parts of India, the monsoon rainfall across India through August 10 is only 91% of average …
Officials from the GSDA further said they had been intimated that nearly 12 districts in the state would continue with all the schemes for scarcity till September 30. With depleting groundwater levels and deficient rainfall in the state, the Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA) has pressed the panic button, …
With several regions facing severe deficit in the monsoon, an agriculture ministry advisory has asked farmers to grow contingency crops such as short-duration pulses and millets and prepare the soil for the coming rabi, or winter, crops. A region-specific advisory by the ministry and India Meteorological Department (IMD) has urged …
This year's early withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from western India could lead to an early onset of the northeast monsoon over southern states. Spread over October till December, this retreating monsoon brings rainfall over Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. This could help planting of winter crops and …
BENGALURU: Variations in atmospheric moisture can influence winds blowing in the higher reaches of the atmosphere, according to a study by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers. Winds circulating in the upper atmosphere, called Rossby waves, play a major role in the development of weather. One of the reasons why …
The monsoon dried up early over north India this year and Delhiites are already facing the consequences. With rains gone, the air quality in the capital started deteriorating sharply and has been in the 'poor' zone since August 28 — almost a month ahead of the normal trend. The early …
Falling water levels in 91 major reservoirs to hit availability for irrigation & drinking The country is heading for a shortage of water for irrigation and drinking as water level in 91 major reservoirs has dipped 16% below normal, and is expected to deplete further with the monsoon on the …
Rarely have farmers in Rajasthan felt more frustrated during a monsoon than they have felt in the 2015 season. “Statistics say West Rajasthan has received surplus rain but its spread has been restricted to a short period,” says Dilip Soni, Director of the Jodhpur-based Shree Ram Gum Chemicals. Shree Ram …
India's monsoon rains are likely to be below the prior forecast of 88 percent of the long-term average, the weather office chief said, which could make it the driest year since 2009 and worsen rural distress by cutting farm output. The July-September rains irrigate nearly half of India's farmlands, bringing …
Interannual variation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) is linked to El Niño-Southern oscillation (ENSO) as well as the Equatorial Indian Ocean oscillation (EQUINOO) with the link with the seasonal value of the ENSO index being stronger than that with the EQUINOO index. We show that the variation of a …
In the end, the Madden Julian Oscillation and Indian Ocean Dipole failed to cancel out the warming of the Pacific — a situation the Met Office had predicted as early as in April, giving govts time to prepare. In June, a rain-bearing weather phenomenon called Madden Julian Oscillation, or MJO, …
August ended with a higher-than-anticipated rainfall deficit of 22% and with top India Meteorological Department officials saying the monsoon could start withdrawing in the next few days, the chances of a second successive drought year in the country appear high. IMD said the all India weighted average rainfall in August …
