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 …

Met dept warns of failed monsoon in Andhra Pradesh

The monsoon should have been in full swing across Andhra Pradesh in the first week of July. But a prolonged dry spell has raised fears of a failed monsoon with 37 to 47 per cent deficient rainfall and failed crops. Three regions

Effective disaster management must: Rains bring cheers in Chambal region

Farmers of Gwalior-Chambal region, who were facing drought-like conditions for the last four year, this year are a happy lot as the rains have come in abundance. Due to heavy rains in Bhind district, rivers including Chambal, Bainsli and Kwari are in spate. The farmers here are happy as they …

Maharashtra declares scarcity-like situation

Meena Menon MUMBAI: Very poor rainfall in Maharashtra has led to the State announcing that it is experiencing conditions akin to scarcity, according to a review by the Cabinet on Wednesday. Sixteen districts in the State have received rainfall below 50 per cent till July 8. The water storage in …

50-yr-old dies of leptospirosis, rain diseases toll 41

Mumbai, July 09 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's epidemiology cell recorded another death due to leptospirosis, taking the overall death toll due to monsoon-related ailments to 41. A 50-year-old man, a resident of Nal Bazar, succumbed to leptospirosis on Wednesday morning at 2 am. He was admitted to the BYL Nair …

Heavy rain in next 24 hours

A child enjoys his journey back home from school through a waterlogged street in north Calcutta. Picture by Sanat Kumar Sinha Showers lashed the city on Wednesday, with the Met office recording the season's second highest rainfall so far. Calcutta received 51.4 mm of rainfall in 24 hours, till 8.30pm …

JNNURM funds go down the drain!

By Basavaraj Itnaal, DH News Service, Bangalore: If you thought the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all prepared to prevent damage from the impending monsoons, heres reason to doubt it: The Palike will instead be busy with curative jobs since its work on remodelling of storm water drains (SWD) …

Absence of rains worries farmers: Health problems too feared

Monsoon rain is not occurring in the State. Clouds are playing hide and seek without raining. In the beginning monsoon has showered its blessings. Farmers became happy and started sowing of crops. The same situation occurred in the different parts of the state. Now, monsoon all of a sudden has …

Drive to unclog Singur

The government has lined up a project to end frequent waterlogging in Singur because the area was about to become "a very important location' on the state's industrial map. "Singur is going to become a very important location... Keeping in view the future of the area

Watery ground beneath runway

The ground water level at Calcutta airport has risen to six inches below the primary runway this monsoon, adding to safety concerns triggered by rubber deposits and patches of concrete peeling off the main tarmac. "One of the reasons for the surface becoming fragile is the rising water level under …

Heavy rains lash Jammu region

Jammuites heaved a sigh of relief from the hot and humid weather after heavy rains lashed several parts of the region this morning. The rains also brought relief for curfew-hit city residents, who were facing unscheduled long power curtailments after the mother Grid Station Gladni was damaged in a fire …

View Point: It is filth and squalor all around

Like all previous years this year too the Bhopal Municipal Corporation failed to remove the garbage dumps and the rubble piled up on the footpaths and roadsides and desilt and clean the rainwater drains before the onset of the monsoons. Predictably, the unexpectedly heavy early monsoon showers have thrown the …

Kharif on track despite hiccups

Surinder Sud / Mumbai July 4, 2008, 0:09 IST The early rains were expected to give some impetus to kharif sowing. But the initial momentum has been lost due to wavering government policies on agricultural commodities and the weakening monsoon. The pace of sowing has also reportedly been affected by …

Monsoon ailments: Rise in typhoid cases in city

Mumbai, July 2 Doctors caution against self-medication, advise immediate medical intervention Besides large number of cases of leptospirosis, dengue, malaria, gastroenteritis and viral fever, doctors across the city are also seeing a small, but significant, surge in typhoid cases. "Pre-monsoons we saw hardly one typhoid case in 15 days. But …

No separate line to check water stagnation yet

Despite the assurance of the deputy commissioner to develop a separate line to prevent the swelling of water bodies during rainy season in Basti Guzan area in Jalandhar district, no action has been taken by the concerned authorities. The deputy commissioner had given the assurance after a complaint was filed …

This June was the coolest on record in Delhi

Tanushree Roy Chowdhury | TNN New Delhi: It's now official: last month was the coolest June in the recorded history of the capital. The average maximum temperature

Mumbai waterlogged again, civic chief says in Netherlands theyve learnt to live with floods

Mumbai, July 1 200 mm in Colaba, 149 mm in Santacruz; before monsoon, BMC said widened drains ready to take 400 mm rain in a day The fear of the monsoon havoc hit Mumbaiites once again on Tuesday morning as rail and road traffic were stalled by waterlogging and two …

Water, water everywhere but...

If all the rain that fell in Goa during the year was trapped, the entire state would be flooded with water between seven and 10 feet deep, depending on whether it was a bad or good monsoon. That is the bounty nature has blessed this land with. Yet, today, we …

Heavy rain in 48 hours

A thick cover of rain clouds hung over the city on Monday afternoon. The Met office warned of isolated heavy rain in Calcutta and the rest of south Bengal in the next 48 hours. The monsoon current has become strong over Gangetic Bengal following the development of two cyclonic circulations. …

4 killed in monsoon havoc

Floods and landslide triggered by incessant rains claimed lives and wreaked havoc at various places in the country in the past two days. So far four people have been killed and property worth million of rupees damaged in floods and landslide that hit mid-western Salyan, Gulmi, Jajarkot and Nawalparasi districts. …

Monsoon ailments: State health dept claims to have done well

WHILE the Mumbai civic administration is dealing with an increase in cases of rain-related ailments this monsoon, the state health administration has had to tackle fewer instances of disease outbreaks so far. Since April, there have been only 15 deaths in the other parts of the state due to water-borne …

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