The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
The signs of rising water are everywhere in this seaport city: yellow "Streets May Flood" notices are common at highway underpasses, in low-lying neighborhoods and along the sprawling waterfront. Built at sea level on reclaimed wetland, Norfolk has faced floods throughout its 400-year history. But as the Atlantic Ocean warms …
Speakers at a farmers gathering in Rajshahi on Wednesday said the vast barind track has started facing water crises following depletion of both surface and groundwater resources, reports BSS. They viewed Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon, are at very high groundwater drought risks while some other adjacent areas are at moderate …
Adoor Prakash submits memorandum to Sharad Pawar The State government has submitted a memorandum to Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar seeking a special package of Rs.7,888 crore to help the State tide over the prevalent drought conditions. The government had declared the entire State drought-hit on December 19, following …
Relief to be disbursed immediately through PAC societies. Over one lakh samba farmers in the district will get relief to the tune of Rs.272.60 crore, said K.A. Jayapal, Minister for Fisheries. Speaking after distributing cheques to affected farmers at Sikkal on Monday, Mr. Jayapal spoke about Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s steps …
Rajasthan has reiterated its demand for a special Central package for drinking water in view of low rainfall, decline in groundwater level and recurrent droughts and sought the State’s inclusion in the first phase of a new project on water proposed to be launched shortly by the World Bank. Rajasthan …
More than 660,000 people, mainly in Yunnan, Gansu and Hebei provinces, don't have adequate drinking water due to a drought, the People's Daily reported on Thursday. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said on Monday that the precipitation in Southwest China and in the middle and lower reaches …
Climate change is posing serious threats to country’s agricultural productivity and water resources and it cannot be avoided totally, but its effects can be mitigated through developing high temperature tolerant, climate resilient, climate smart and genetically modified crops.Climate change has visible signs in Pakistan which include hotter summers, early cold …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Monday announced 314 villages of four districts, Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj and Nuapada, as drought-hit for poor rainfall during rainy season in 2012 leading to 50% crop loss. Revenue minister S N Patro told the assembly that the declaration was made based on the crop-cutting experiment …
A Vidarbha-like situation is looming over the Marathwada region in Maharashtra where two poor monsoons have taken a toll on the lives of the people. More than 12,000 villages in the region are already struggling with water scarcity and now a famine looks imminent given the extent of crop damage …
Miners call for legalisation of trade; cite difficulties in agriculture Revenue Department personnel, headed by Devanahalli Tahsildar Dr N C Venkataraju on Sunday, raided illegal sand mining units for the second time in the past two weeks. The raids began at 6:30 am and lasted until 1 pm. Using earth …
Mumbai: Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan has urged the Centre to restructure and prioritize its assistance for crucial irrigation projects under the accelerated irrigation benefit programme so that they could be completed on time. “Central assistance is received in the last quarter of the financial year. This hampers the progress of …
The onslaught of drought and the alleged shortage of pumping time have put the residents of Fort Kochi in dire straits with the area reeling under acute water shortage for the past few weeks. The situation has worsened during the past few days, said Fort Kochi councillor Antony Kureethara, who …
Filling It Artificially Will Save Animals, Say Officials | A Wrong Move: Experts Bangalore: The government’s proposal to artificially replenish water holes in national parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves has drawn flak from wildlife experts. The proposal was floated last month due to drought-like condition and water crisis in forest …
District panchayat chief says allocated sum insufficient District panchayat president S. Jayamohan has said that in the backdrop of Kollam being declared drought hit, the State government should make an emergency allocation of Rs.50 crore to solve the district’s drinking water problem. In a statement here on Tuesday, Mr. Jayamohan …
Afforestation, planting trees in an area where there have previously been no trees, can reduce the effect of climate change by cooling temperate regions, finds a study in BioMed Central's open access journal Carbon Balance and Management. Afforestation would lead to cooler and wetter summers by the end of this …
Hyderabad: Monsoon-dependent groundwater levels in the state have fallen by more than 11 metres in 2012. In 1988, the fall was a mere five metres and in 1998, it fell by seven metres. Interestingly all this happened despite normal average rainfall in the past two decades. Sharing the aforementioned with …
As summer sets in the next few weeks and many districts are staring at a severe drought, the slogan for World Wetlands Day this year -- Wetlands take care of water -- is a portent for the future. Kerala’s three Ramsar wetland sites – Vembanad-Kol wetland, Ashtamudi and Sasthamkotta lake …
Hopes Pinned On Central Aid Mumbai:The summer is yet to set in, but 125-odd tehsils in 15 districts across the state are already experiencing one of the worst water scarcity situations in recent years. “Our debt burden has already crossed Rs 2.56 lakh crore. We are passing through a critical …
Fighting with militants in Mali is leading to the suspension of development in the country, aid workers say Escalating conflict with Islamic militants in Mali is leading to the suspension of development and aid programmes in the country, threatening efforts to deal with climate change, hunger and other problems, aid …
Emissions from landscape fires affect both climate and air quality. This study uses satellite-derived fire estimates and atmospheric modelling to quantify the effects on health from fire emissions in southeast Asia from 1997 to 2006. Strong El Nino years are found to increase the incidence of fires, in addition to …
