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 …
The response of the Arabian Sea to global warming is the disruption in the natural decadal cycle in the sea surface temperature (SST) after 1995, followed by a secular warming. The Arabian Sea is experiencing a regional climate-shift after 1995, which is accompanied by a five fold increase in the …
Most Bhutanese schools are rethinking their disaster management plans and advocacy programs, after two students were washed away in Thimphu in one of the worst natural disasters to hit Bhutan last week. A 16-year-old Thimphu student was killed on May 26, when the bridge he was crossing at Semtokha collapsed …
Present study consist the spatial and temporal variations of depth, temperature and salinity, currents, flushing times and classification of the Krishna estuary. Temperature exhibited a distinct seasonal variation with higher values in premonsoon (30.0
MUMBAI: This monsoon, Mumbaikars might get early warnings of heavy-rain days or passing cyclones, with the meteorological bureau networking with HAM operators in the city. "Whenever disasters have struck in the past, communication has been one of the major casualties,'' said Sudhir Shah, a HAM operator. HAM radio operators get …
Mumbai The current hot and sultry weather of Mumbai is here to stay, at least for a while, with no monsoon activity at sight on the western coast, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The maximum temperature in Mumbai hovered around 35.5
This latest Greenpeace report says that climate change could bring about significant change to the intensity, geographic distribution and inter seasonal breaks in the Indian monsoon, which would have enormous social consequences. The Indian monsoon
Central, northern India have a new date with the rains april, May and early June may be the future monsoon months of north and central India. As of now, the official date for the beginning of monsoons is June 29. But there has been a clear increase in rainfall in …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 Weather conditions seem to have reverted to pre-monsoon coordinates with a signature north-south trough (or wind discontinuity) reappearing along
Pune The onset of southwest monsoon in the state is likely only after June 1. Though monsoon started in Kerala a week in advance, the cyclone Aila weakened the pressure. According to the Met officers, the cyclone has weakened the pressure of the monsoon winds and it will take atleast …
This monsoon may not see the otherwise common view of choked and overflowing drains in Delhi. With the rainy season close to hitting the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is speeding up the de-silting of drains. Going by the information given by the Corporation, 98 per cent of …
Keeping in view the ensuing monsoon a contingency plan would be implemented in the areas of various reservoirs of Narmada Valley. The plan would include safety masseurs and other basic requirement for the needy affected families, informed chairman of NVDA KL Agrawal here at Narmada Bhawan while reviewing the rehabilitation …
With the southwest monsoon setting in more than a week before the normal schedule, farmers and others have much to cheer about. K.G. Kumar For most Keralites, the first day of June is significant for two reasons
SHWETADESAI THE promises made by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to Mumbaikars for a better management of the 2009 monsoon, and effective tackling of floods, seem to have remained exactly the same, as promises. After delays in preparing the flood modelling system that can forecast flooding in low-lying areas and operating …
The top layer of accumulated sand washed down by floods over millions of years, makes river floodplains into giant aquifers. We propose a scheme for the natural storage of excess monsoon river-water discharge in the extensive and deep sand top layer of the floodplain of the river. The excess monsoon …
