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 …
S. Sundar MADURAI: Amid demands to declare Madurai a drought-hit district, here is a tract of around 1,500 acres of land that has little trace of drought-like situation in the district. Greenery here touches the horizon. A variety of cultivated crops makes this land an oasis in the district where …
The deficiency and uneven distribution of rainfall during the 2009 monsoon has brought several issues to the fore: rising water demand from various sectors, regional effects of a drought and the failure of the India Meteorological Department to provide credible forecasts at the disaggregate level. A multi-pronged strategy to permanently …
The sudden burst of rain across Uttar Pradesh may have brought respite from the humid weather, but for the farmers across the state this has been a double blow. The state
Kharif Crop Faces A Double Whammy TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The flood fury in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka may affect standing crop, adding to the expected shortfall in kharif production while pushing up food prices. As much as two lakh hectares of paddy is submerged in Andhra Pradesh and …
Tipaimukh hydraulic dam (THD) to be constructed by our giant neighbor India in the upstream at a distance of 200km (direct distance 100 km) from Amalshid border of Jakigang of Sylhet district of Bangladesh followed by Fulertal Barrage in 100 km downstream of Tipaimukh dam and 100 upstream of Bangladesh …
Population density intensifies in every country around the world. Recent statistics shows (World total population Wikipedia) the total population in the world is around 6.78 billion people whereas in 100 years before the overall population was approximately 2.0 billion. 100 years ago most of the countries were dependent on agriculture. …
Saubhadro Chatterji / Both Bodan (yavatmal, Maharashtra) October 05, 2009, 0:34 IST The dish TV antennas on asbestos or even thatched roofs bring colour pictures in this village.
SAGARPALI: Even as it was believed that delayed spell of shower would improve the drought situation in the district, a farmer of Sagarpali village ended his life on Sunday afternoon. Gourahari Patra (50) of Lakhanpur block consumed pesticide at his field. He was rushed to the Lakhanpur community health centre …
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Committee in its latest estimates have projected that during the current financial year, agriculture could experience minus two % growth. However, in a year when the monsoon deficit has been 23%, the highest since 1972 and when drought has been declared in 299 districts during …
Developing countries such as Zambia are considered highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, since a large part of their economy is dependent on climate sensitive sectors (namely those dependent on natural resources) and their adaptive capacity is often limited by weak human and financial resources and by …
According to the vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences Dr Harbans Singh, early sowing during the Rabi season in dryland areas would result in higher yields. He has suggested that sowing should be done with the receding monsoons and winter rain should fall on the standing crop. During the …
DROUGHT conditions triggered a pest attack in 12 paddy growing districts of Orissa. The swarming caterpillars (Spodoptera mauritia) ruined crops on 89,000 hectares (ha) of the four million ha under paddy cultivation in the state. Sambalpur district was the worst affected; paddy crops on nearly 33,000 ha were destroyed by …
RAJKUMARI KUNWAR, 70 years old, lay inert on her cot when a few people entered her small hut in Rajharakharmi village on July 23. They could count the ribs on her frail body. The pots and pans lying around were covered in dust. An aluminium glass lay toppled by her …
Global temperatures may be 4 degrees Celsius hotter by the mid-2050s if current greenhouse gas emissions trends continue, said a study published on Monday. The study, by Britain's Met Office Hadley Center, echoed a U.N. report last week which found that climate changes were outpacing worst-case scenarios forecast in 2007 …
The country may face drought-like situation this Rabi (October-March) as heavy water withdrawals from dams draw down steeply without replenishment because of exceptionally low river flows. The Indus River System Authority (Irsa), which is meeting in Islamabad on Friday (today) to firm up its Rabi forecast, is expected to announce …
Bangladesh will seek developed country's support for capacity building of its people to tackle the adverse effects of climate change caused by global warming. Speaking at a meeting hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki- Moon for heads of states or governments of 25 selected countries on Tuesday here, Sheikh …
Floods, storms, drought and other climate-related natural disasters drove 20 million people from their homes last year, nearly four times as many as were displaced by conflicts, a new UN report said on Tuesday. The study tried to quantify for the first time the number of people forced to flee …
