As climate change intensifies, it is imperative for policymakers to address the escalating loss and damage it inflicts on vulnerable communities in developing countries. In India's Maharashtra state, these impacts are forcing rural families into life-altering decisions and migrations to work in sugarcane fields, where exploitative practices by contractors, including …
March 6: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) is bringing about a silent revolution in rural areas in this drought-prone district. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, inaugurated the programme in a remote village, Bandlapalli, in Anantapur district on February 2, 2006. Since then, the scheme has …
Massive deforestation and unchecked mining of coal, iron ore and bauxite has created a huge water scarcity in Jharkhand. The result is that for the first time after the creation of the state, primary level schools are not able to serve midday meals to schoolchildren, alleges Enakshi Ganguly of HAQ …
BEIJING: China on Tuesday said a record drought across its major wheat-producing provinces would not impact global food prices, with the country expected to meet its demand from
Jamshedpur, Feb. 13: With barely a couple of months to go for another dreaded summer, Seraikela-Kharsawan is experiencing acute water shortage already, the consequence of a depleting underground water level coupled with a poor rainfall last year. An arid landscape devoid of greenery, ponds fast drying up or reduced to …
BEIJING: The worst drought to hit China in 60 years has triggered debate about how the country can tackle a fast-spreading water crisis, as well as meet rising food security challenges. Eight of China's major wheat-growing provinces, which account for 80 per cent of the country's total wheat output, have …
A pair of unusually severe droughts have parched the Amazon in recent years, raising concern about the rainforest’s future as a major absorber of carbon emissions, said a study on Thursday. A rare drought in 2005 was billed as a once-in-a-hundred-years event, but then it was followed by another drought …
THE Supreme Court has directed all state governments to demolish unauthorised constructions on gram sabha lands and evict squatters. A bench comprising Justice Markandeya Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra asked chief secretaries of States and Union Territories to comply with its order on the issue and file periodical compliance …
KOLKATA, 30 Jan: Although the Centre has allotted a handsome amount for providing relief to farmers of 11 drought-hit districts of Bengal, the state government may find it difficult to utilise the funds within the deadline. Claiming that the farmers of the districts are in real distress, the cash-strapped state …
The forest department is implementing special scheme under Bundelkhand Package in Bundelkhand region for conservation of land and water along with silvipasture work. The Bundelkhand Package work will be completed during the financial years 2010-11 and 2012-12. Six districts - Sagar. Damoh, Chhattarpur, Tikamgarh, Panna and Datia - will come …
SAMBALPUR: Arjun Rohidas of Kasada village in Jamankira still goes about the annual routine of reaping the harvest. What is missing is the sweet taste of his own labour. Crop failure over the last two seasons has forced Arjun to work as a daily wager at Padiabahal. His is not …
BHUBANESWAR: The seven-member inter-ministerial team wrapped up its drought review exercise in the State after holding discussions with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Friday. The team, which visited eight drought-affected districts, admitted widespread crop loss. In some areas, the crop loss is more than 70 per cent while in …
The state government has declared 135 tehsils of 37 districts as drought-hit. Principal Secretary Revenue Shri Anil Shrivastava issued notification to this effect on Wednesday. The list of drought-hit tehsils is as follows: S.No. Name of District Name of Tehsils 1= Dhar = 1. Badnawar. 2. Dahi 2= Khargone = …
Heavy downpour in western parts of the state have left farmers a worried lot. While rains are playing havoc with kharif crops such as soyabean in Northern Maharashtra, damage to rabi crops such as paddy over a vast stretch
New Delhi, Oct. 17: Nearly one-third of the 597 districts received deficient rains this monsoon season, which otherwise saw excess to normal falls across the country after a drought year. Out of 597 meteorological districts for which data are available, 173 districts (29 per cent) received deficient rains, while 11 …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday identified 10,440 villages, spread over 15 of 30 districts, as drought-hit as more than 50 per cent of paddy crop was lost due to inadequate rainfall this monsoon. The affected farmers in 10,440 villages and urban pockets will get compensation as announced by the …
