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 …
PUNE: Four persons from Bhavani Peth and Yerawada areas have tested positive for leptospirosis at a state government referral laboratory this month. "Five people have tested positive for leptospirosis in July. Among them, four were residents of Pune city, two each from Yerawada and Bhavani Peth, while the fifth one …
Every monsoon season, waterborne or mosquito-borne diseases return to plague the mass not only in rural or less developed places, but also in big urban areas.This year, while report states that Sri Lanka is facing its worst dengue outbreak with 100,000 cases recorded so far, India too is battling the …
Tragedy struck Khariya village in Gujarat's Banaskantha on Wednesday when 18 bodies — all close relatives — were recovered from a river bank, taking the flood related death toll since the beginning of monsoon to 119. The toll may go up as rescue operations are on. Villagers in Khariya watched …
This Interim Report on Climate Change over India prepared by the Centre for Climate Change Research (CCCR) in the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune, is intended to provide a brief overview of (a) Updated assessment of observed climate change over India (b) Future climate projections over India (c) …
A significant reduction in summer monsoon rainfall has been observed in northern central India during the second half of the twentieth century, threatening water security and causing widespread socio-economic impacts. Here, using various observational data sets, we show that monsoon rainfall has increased in India at 1.34 mm d−1 decade−1 …
In 2016, south interior Karnataka recorded 22 per cent deficit rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September). Reservoir levels in the Cauvery basin have fallen lower with back-to-back monsoon failure and Karnataka is headed to Assembly elections in barely eight months. If Maharashtra, particularly Marathwada, was the epicentre of drought …
As the Monsoon reached in active phase in most parts of the country, heavy to very heavy rainfall has increased the chances of floods even in central and northwest India over next 10 days. Though the northeast India, mainly large part of Assam, has been facing severe floods for the …
Come August, the Karnataka Eco-Tourism Development Board (KEDB) will throw open 10 eco-trails for tourists. These trekking trails include famous and lesser-known hillocks and reserve forest patches. Of the 10 routes, nine are around Bengaluru, while one is in Chikkamagaluru. The board is yet to finalise the rates for these …
Bhopal: Bhopal: Unbridled urbanization is turning green Bhopal into a concrete jungle. The massive growth of highrises, glass-facade buildings, and vehicles is in direct contrast to the rate at which trees are vanishing. No wonder you hear Bhopal old-timers mourn 'how green was my city'. It's every bit true. And …
The Union Environment Ministry will launch tomorrow a month-long drive to plant saplings, with minister Harsh Vardhan urging the states to undertake similar initiatives. Urging people to become "green ambassadors", Vardhan said native trees, which have a high survival rate, should be planted as they readily adapt to the local …
Ahmedabad recorded an average rainfall of 50.61 mm in the past 12 hours. The traffic in the city was also hit by heavy rainfall on Monday. Due to water logging, Akhbarnagar underpass was closed for three hours and Kubernagar underpass for 30 minutes. Following incessant rain in the last three …
Greenhouse gases cause concern, but scientists are more worried about particulates While greenhouse gases, or GHGs, are causing concern about the long-term fate of the Indian monsoon, researchers now think aerosols from vehicular exhaust, half-burnt crop residue, dust and chemical effluents may be weakening the life-giving rainy season even more …
Rainfall during the month of July over the country as a whole was normal. However, it was marked with large spatial variability, as the homogeneous region of Central India received above normal rainfall, while the South Peninsular India received deficient rainfall. South Peninsular India witnessed one of the warmest July …
Vasco: The sea level at Kattem Baina beach has yet again come up, threatening the safety of the houses and people staying there. Structures like toilets and store rooms which are behind houses have already developed cracks. These houses have been served evacuation and demolition notices, and the residents have …
CHENNAI: In what could bring cheer to the farming community confronted with the challenges of a water crisis drought and poor groundwater table, the Tamil Nadu government has persuaded three insurance companies to sanction Rs 928.12 crore towards compensation of damaged samba crop in the last two months. The sanction …
Tiny temperature rise can make mass deaths twice as likely; unchecked emissions can expose 3/4ths of humanity to deadly heatwaves. The heatwaves that preceded the ongoing monsoon, with Odisha in particular witnessing a series of heat-related deaths, are likely to get deadlier and more frequent as temperatures rise across the …
In almost a repeat of last year, the tributaries of the Brahmaputra have started rising with the advent of south west monsoon. Four persons have been reported dead in flash floods.
Plastics in the marine environment have become a major concern because of their persistence at sea, and adverse consequences to marine life and potentially human health. Implementing mitigation strategies requires an understanding and quantification of marine plastic sources, taking spatial and temporal variability into account. Here we present a global …
A likely consequence of global warming will be the redistribution of Earth’s rain belts, affecting water availability for many of Earth’s inhabitants. We consider three ways in which planetary warming might influence the global distribution of precipitation. The first possibility is that rainfall in the tropics will increase and that …
NDORE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the IMC to complete cleaning of Kanh and Saraswati rivers before the onset of monsoon by increasing the resources being used as needed. The petition filed by Kishor Kodwani was heard by the NGT's central bench comprising of Justice Dalip Singh …
