Monsoons

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

Nellore: Depleting groundwater levels alarm denizens

The water level in Somasila dips to 4.684 tmc ft which is lower than the dead storage level. Nellore: Depleting water levels in several civic bodies, including Nellore, Sullurpeta and Kavali is increasing tension among citizens. Most of the households depending on groundwater for needs are getting muddy water because …

Illegal coal mining slows amid strict vigil during Lok Sabha polls

Mine workers in Sardih, Salanpur, Khaskenda, Neokenda, Pandebswar, Harishpur and Haripur said illegal mining at present has come to a halt and the de pots from where the illegal coal are despatched in dumpers have been shut down. llegal coal mining has slowed down in the belts of Eastern Coalfields …

Kochi health department expedites vector control measures

KOCHI: With mosquito density in different places in the city going up, cases of communicable diseases such as dengue have been reported from many areas. Following the report, district health department has expedited vector control activities across the city. Normally, diseases like dengue are reported post monsoon showers. Density of …

Country's 1st climate change study centre in Bengaluru completes a decade

BENGALURU: Three years ago when there was fear that a growing glacial lake behind south Lhonak Glacier in Sikkim could touch off glacial outburst floods, it's the Divecha Centre for Climate Change (DCCC) at IISc that came to the rescue of the government of India. Scientists at the centre held …

Australia's record heatwave worsened by delay in monsoon

Australia is having an unusually hot summer as the heatwave continues to break records. This is true for night-time lows as well as daytime highs. On Thursday, Blair Trewin, senior climatologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said a minimum of 35.9 degrees Celsius was recorded at Noona in western New …

2019 May Be Warmer Due To El Nino, Global Warming: Officials

El Nino is a phenomenon associated with the warming of the Pacific waters and it is largely believed to have an impact on the Indian subcontinent's weather. Even though 2018 has been cold and chilly, 2019 is likely to be warmer, officials said, pointing at El Nino and the overall …

Crop damage analysis annual report

The Indian subcontinent finally broke the streak of poor Monsoon years. This is the first above normal Monsoon since 2013. Furthermore, 2019 is possibly the best Monsoon year since 1994. Equally heartening is the fact that the spatial distribution of rainfall has been good this year. Monsoon, though unpredictable, has …

Monsoon 2018: a report

The report discusses the operational monitoring and forecasting aspects of the 2018 southwest monsoon. Various observed global and regional climate patterns associated with the 2018 monsoon have been highlighted. The report also presents monitoring of semi-permanent and transient weather systems, onset and progress of the monsoon during the season, rainfall …

H1N1 claims another life in Kolkata

KOLKATA: A 63-year-old man from Dum Dum who tested positive to H1N1 died at AMRI Hospital Salt Lake on Tuesday. Asit Basu, resident of Dum Dum was admitted in the hospital on December 14. His death certificate mentions sepsis with multi organ failure because of H1N1 and influenza A. Doctors …

How climate change may have changed Harappan society, led to its decline

The study finds that between 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, strong winter monsoons were characterised by “early neoglacial anomalies (ENA)” — changes in wind and precipitation patterns that are evident across the eastern Northern Hemisphere and tropics. A new study suggests that climate change may have led to the decline …

TN has become warmer over the years: Experts

Coimbatore: The state had witnessed a rise in temperature by 0.02C every year between 1951 and 2010 and it has affected the mercury levels in the day and at night, said a weather expert here on Tuesday. Dr S Balachandran, scientist with the Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai, said rainfall …

Air pollution in Asia and the Pacific: science-based solutions - summary

Millions of lives could be saved and one billion people living in Asia could be breathing clean air by 2030 if 25 simple and cost-effective measures are implemented, according to this new UN report. It is the first comprehensive scientific assessment of the air pollution outlook in Asia and the …

Dengue stings more than usual, 20 cases in city, 86 in state in one day

HYDERABAD: Contrary to the usual trend of the dengue season coming to an end in the month of October, this year the virus has become more active with 477 new cases being reported over the last fortnight. On Tuesday alone, 86 new cases were detected in the state, 20 of …

Not a single ‘satisfactory’ air month this monsoon

NEW DELHI: Despite good rains, the capital’s air during this monsoon season wasn’t as clean as the same period last year. The city did not have a single “good” air day during the season (June-September) that is generally the cleanest period of the year, while the monthly air quality index …

Flooding under changing climate in Vellar river basin using global circulation models

Flooding is one of the major natural disasters from a storm event that is prevalent in many countries and greatly affects river morphology, modifying the flora and fauna of a given river environment. As a consequence of climate change, the probability of frequent floods and drought is acute in the …

Cochin International Airport Ltd receives UN’s environment prize

The CIAL also took home the award in the Entrepreneurial Vision category for its “leadership in the use of sustainable energy”. KOCHI: At a gala ceremony held in New York on the sidelines of the 73rd UN General Assembly, the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) was presented with the Champions …

Hydropower generation capacity of reservoirs get a boost

PATIALA: Incessant rains across the region have raised water levels in the Pong and the Ranjit Sagar reservoirs, improving the average generation capacity at these two hydropower stations. As on September 20, which under normal circumstances is considered to be the end of filling season for all reservoirs in the …

Over 1,400 dead across India due to rain, floods this monsoon: Centre

Forty-three people have been missing -- 15 in Kerala, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, five in West Bengal, six in Uttarakhand and three in Karnataka. New Delhi: Over 1,400 people, including 488 in Kerala, have lost their lives due to rains, floods and landslides in 10 states so far in the …

Groundwater depletion causing reduction of baseflow triggering Ganges river summer drying

In summer (pre-monsoon) of recent years, low water level among the last few decades, has been observed in several lower Indian reaches of the Ganges (or Ganga) river (with estimated river water level depletion rates at the range of −0.5 to −38.1 cm/year between summers of 1999 and 2013 in …

Nowhere in world has such a comprehensive plan been made to clean a river: Uma Bharti on Namami Gange

Haridwar: Union minister for drinking water and sanitation Uma Bharati who was in Haridwar on Saturday refuted allegations that the Ganga cleaning work under the Namami Gange mission was moving at a snail's pace. “Nowhere in the world has such a comprehensive plan been worked out to clean a river …

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