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 …
BHUBANESWAR: Despite the spectre of drought looming large over Orissa every two years, the Government till today has not recognised drought as a disaster in the State. Had it been so, Kalahandi and Balangir, infamous for perennial drought, could have been included in the current Disaster Risk Management Programme (DRMP) …
BHUBANESWAR: As many as 10,336 villages spread across 15 districts have suffered more than 50 per cent crop loss because of erratic monsoon. The State Government is going to declare these areas drought-affected, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Surjya Narayan Patro said here on Tuesday. The minister told this paper …
Ranchi, Oct. 10: Chief minister Arjun Munda today announced a number of measures to fight drought and curb hunger in the state. At a one-day regional meet on drought, Munda declared that farmers would soon get crop insurance policy claims, while the government would provide clean water to every remote …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday announced 200 days labour intensive work in drought-hit areas besides financial assistance for farmers who sustained 50 per cent or more crop loss, official sources said. The state government announced the package after chief minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the drought situation at the State …
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has compiled a set of guidelines on the management of drought which describe the phenomenon of drought, the efforts made so far to control them by diverse organisations and institutions and make several important and far-reaching recommendations on the measures to be taken by …
With a song on their lips, three women work on their field in ankle-deep water, removing weeds from around the newly sprouted green paddy plants. Their kin, Sumana, working on the adjacent field, hums along. This scene in Sisai village would have been unimaginable till barely three weeks ago. For …
Sept. 17: The Centre today announced a diesel subsidy of up to Rs 500 per hectare to farmers in drought-hit Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand to help them irrigate their fields.
FARMERS in drought-hit districts will get diesel subsidy of 500 per hectare, even as the Centre awaits bumper crop production for most key kharif crops including paddy, cotton, pulses, and sugarcane. A good monsoon and prospects of a good kharif and rabi should have a sobering effect on food prices, …
The current drought situation in the state has brought in a change in the political scenario of Lalgarh. With hunger looming large, the CPM has managed to regain lost ground with the help of government-sponsored schemes. The civil administration is also looking at reclaiming remote villages with a human face. …
SAMBALPUR: Voices of dissent and demand for 'drought' tag are growing shriller with farmers staging a demonstration and taking out rallies in Jamankira, Rairakhol and Rengali. The farmers of Rairakhol sub division laid siege to the office of Sub Collector on Thursday, threatening to intensify their stir if no tangible …
ROURKELA: With monsoon playing truant and paddy crops in half of the total 17 blocks in Sundargarh district showing signs of damage, the demand for drought tag is gaining ground. Sources said following low rainfall during June and July, the farmers had pinned all hopes on August to salvage the …
Ranchi, Aug. 31: Jharkhand may have been declared drought-hit, but the state has little funds to begin relief work. Forget about Central funds allocation, the state officials are clueless whether the drought assessment report has been submitted to the Centre. Till the funds start trickling in from the Centre, the …
Jorhat, Aug. 31: A Rs 55.04-crore project will supply purified water of the Brahmaputra to Jorhat homes and wash away fears of arsenic contamination in every gulp. DoNER minister Bijoy K. Handique had announced the project after he took charge of the ministry in May last year. The plan was …
Ranchi, Aug. 30: Jharkhand intends to submit a Rs 7,500 crore proposal to the Centre for the smooth completion of different major and medium irrigation projects in different parts of the state. The decision was taken today at a review meeting presided by chief secretary A.K. Singh. The funds would …
25 August 2010 KOLKATA, 25 AUG: In a bid to ensure Central assistance in the wake of drought in 11 districts, the state government is apparently leaving no stone unturned. Senior officials of at least seven departments will meet tomorrow to prepare a “foolproof” memorandum seeking Central assistance for 11 …
Hazaribagh, Aug. 20: Director of National Horticulture Board Bijay Kumar, who is heading the central team currently conducting a drought survey in Jharkhand, today admitted that the state
Hazaribagh/Ranchi, Aug. 19: Three members of a central team, which is in the state to review the drought situation, today visited Hazaribagh and observed that poor rainfall over two years had adversely affected crop patterns in the parched district. The team, led by director of National Horticulture Board Bijay Kumar, …
