The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
By B G Verghese The Kosi crisis should bond India and Nepal as it underlines a deeper truth, namely, a geo-physical relationship. A catastrophe long feared occurred on August 18. The wayward Kosi burst through its eastern embankment in Nepal at Kushaha, by-passing the Bhimnagar barrage constructed at the international …
SAHARSA DISTRICT, India: Indian authorities rushed doctors and medical equipment to flood-devastated northern India on Monday to ward off outbreaks of disease among the hundreds of thousands of victims crowding relief camps, officials said. Nearly half of the 1.2 million people who were left homeless when the Kosi River burst …
Minister says 355 villages badly hit by rains, crops worth Rs. 384 crore lost BANGALORE: Revenue Minister K. Karunakar Reddy on Monday said the State Government would prepare a memorandum seeking a compensation of over Rs. 600 crore from the Centre to take up relief measures in the flood-hit areas …
Nikhilesh Jha As Bihar is undone by disaster, it is time to commit to long-delayed water management projects It was gracious of the PM to declare Kosi floods a
Nikhilesh Jha As Bihar is undone by disaster, it is time to commit to long-delayed water management projects It was gracious of the PM to declare Kosi floods a
Road communication through the National Highway (NH) 31, which was overtopped by the floodwaters of the Puthimari at Kendukona yesterday, is expected to be restored by tomorrow morning. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today visited the flood-affected areas of Kamrup district. Meanwhile, body of one Chandan Sarma was recovered by the …
Crops on more than one lakh hectares of land in 15 districts have been inundated so far due to the flooding, which may take a turn for the worse in the next couple of days submerging fresh areas. According to a report prepared by the Department of Agricultural Extension on …
The flood situation is continuing to deteriorate in northern and central parts of the country compelling thousands of people to take refuge in places like educational institutions and high roads. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said low-lying areas in 14 northern and central districts of the country could …
New Delhi,Sept. 1: As millions remain marooned, a high-level team headed by Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar will visit Bihar on Tuesday to oversee rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas. Increasing the number of its flood relief columns from 21 to 37 in Madhepura, Araria and Supaul districts, the …
BY MANOJ ANAND Guwahati Sept. 1: After inundating hundreds of villages, the rising water of mighty Brahmaputra has submerged a large portion of Kaziranga National Park forcing a large number of endangered animals to flee from the park for safer high lands. The director of the park S.N. Buragohain said: …
CM orders probe into breach of embankment Staff Reporter & UNI GUWAHATI, Sept 1: Floods continued to wrack havoc in Asom where the Puthimari river overtopped NH 31, the lifeline of the Northeast, snapping road communication. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, along with Water Resource Minister Bharat Chandra Narah and Assam …
Dipak Gyawali, former Minister for Water Resources, heads Nepal Water Conservation Foundation and is hydropower expert. Q: Why did the Koshi breach its embankment? Who was responsible for the repair work-- India or Nepal? DipakG: It is important to step back a bit to realize that this catastrophe happened because …
Authorities struggling to provide aid after devastating floods in Bihar said on Sunday they needed more boats and rescuers to help hundreds of thousands of people still marooned in remote villages. Bad weather and heavy rain over the past few days have hampered rescue and relief operations in the worst-ever …
Kosi, the river of sorrow of Bihar, is in the news. The news is really bad. As long expected by the professinals, embankment has breached. Fifty thousand persons in Nepal and 2.5 million in Bihar are experiencing the fury of the Kosi flood. Embankments are no solution to the flood …
Ganga is one of the largest rivers of the world which supports millions of population on its banks. It is a tectonically controlled Himalayan river which also creates havoc due to perennial floods every year. Like most large river systems, it also shifts its course in the Gangetic plains in …
Flooding has caused unprecedented devastation in the eastern state of Bihar in India with thousands missing and thousands of villages destroyed. Around four million people have been displaced from their homes in 16 districts. An emergency response team from ActionAid visited the affected areas for a rapid assessment and has …
Loss from Sidr: The economic loss caused by super cyclone Sidr that hit Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, is more than us $ 4.4 billion, reveals a survey conducted by the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh. The cyclone completely destroyed about 4,10,000 hectares of farmland and damaged …
