Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Yet again, floods have caused death and destruction across Assam. A hundred lives have been lost, more than two million homes came under water, scores of houses have been swept away, and hundreds of cattle have perished. We saw the Prime Minister and Congress president touring parts of Assam, looking at the havoc below from the skies. We have heard them, as also Assam’s Chief Minister, talk of providing assistance to those affected. We have heard them say adequate measures will be taken to control the problem of floods in Assam.
The Nation Keeps Its Fingers Crossed, Hopes 28% Rain Deficit Will Be Wiped Out In The Slog Overs. If openers fail to score, the middle order is there to save the day. That’s how P Sivananda Pai, India’s
The monsoon revived significantly on Thursday, ending weeks of nervousness as rainbearing clouds rapidly advanced to Jammu and Kashmir and are likely to soak parched fields in the breadbasket states of
Downpours have left nine dead and affected 1.22 million people in east China's Anhui province over the past 10 days, local authorities said Thursday. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 1,042
Delayed monsoon have reduced hydropower generation by up to 7% in the past 10 days because of lower availability of water, the country’s top hydropower producer NHPC said on Wednesday. The drop in generation
Amid growing concern over a slow and weak progression of this year’s southwest monsoon, the government today assured the nation that the situation for most kharif crops, barring coarse cereals, had not turned worrisome yet. Experts, however, cast doubts over the claims, particularly on water-intensive paddy cultivation. The situation in kharif crops is “not as serious now”, but the department has directed states to prepare contingency plans, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told reporters.
With over 30 per cent rainfall deficit across the country a month after the monsoon, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday admitted the position was not “fully satisfactory”, but allayed fears saying
Monsoon may have brought some relief to the coastal districts but the farmers of western Odisha continue to suffer from a drought-like situation. Kharif cultivation is yet to pick up momentum in Kalahandi
If rains don’t hit the northwestern and central parts of India soon, the water table in these regions may fall below last year’s levels, a preliminary assessment has revealed. Last year, the ground water levels in northwestern states during the pre-monsoon period (April-June) was estimated at 10-20 metres below ground level, said a senior Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) official. And, the near absence of rains in these regions since October could result in a further decline in these levels, the official added.
New borewells will not be allowed in the City without permission from the Karnataka Groundwater Authority and a mandatory registration with fees, once a notification to this effect is issued in a week’s time. To arrest indiscriminate digging of borewells and commercial over-exploitation of Bangalore’s depleting ground water, the State government has finally decided to crack the whip by proposing mandatory registrations and penalties for defaulters.