Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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Water riots, suicides on rise in Bundelkhand
Minister for water resources Pawan Kumar Bansal is reported to have been horrified to have learnt of the macabre incident in which a mother, Qadeeran, and her youngest son, Rasheed, were killed by her
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Central govt's move increases fund for Sardar Sarovar Project
GANDHINAGAR: A high-level committee of Government of India's (GoI's) finance ministry has cleared a proposal that would enable the Gujarat government to receive nearly 90 per cent of all funds over the
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Maha to get `700cr Centre aid
The Centre is expected to release a first instalment of about `700 crores assistance for drought relief works in Maharashtra in the next few days. Union ministers Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Mr Sharad Pawar, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal and the deputy chairman planning commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia are expected to meet on this issue either on Monday or Tuesday, sources said.
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The real Hunger Games': a million children at risk as Sahel region suffers punishing drought
The UN warns that a million children in Africa's Sahel region face malnutrition due to drought in region. In all 15 million people face food insecurity in eight nations across the Sahel, a region that
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A break in the clouds
Clouds and aerosol particles have bedevilled climate modellers for decades. Now researchers are starting to gain the upper hand.
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Govt rules out changes in norms for drought relief
The Government on Tuesday assured all “possible” help to drought-hit States, but ruled out any change in norms till 2015 for providing relief, rejecting demands for higher compensation by various Rajya
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Rajya Sabha discusses Karnataka drought situation
The Rajya Sabha discussed the severe drought situation in Karnataka and in States such as Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Replying to a motion to call the attention of the Government to the issue, the
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Drought-hit Maharashtra villages losing patience
With little assistance forthcoming, 41 of them have been threatening to push for merger with Karnataka Malabai Solankar has been waiting since 6 a.m. on Saturday to collect fodder at a makeshift depot in Sordi village in Sangli's Jath taluka. Now well past noon, she is struggling to not to lose her patience, as are others gathered there. Located on the Maharashtra border, Sordi is part of 41 villages that have been threatening to push for merger with neighbouring Karnataka if the Maharashtra government fails to provide relief in view of the current drought.
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Water dearth stares at 22 lakh in Bangalore
Water woes for Bangaloreans will continue with fresh government data demonstrating that the current level of water supply in India's IT capital is almost four thousand million cubic metre short of the requirement, exposing 22 lakh people to water scarcity every year. Every drop countsThe shortfall is in the prevailing situation. If City aquifers become barren due to over-exploitation, an additional 24 lakh will have a tough time getting their daily water supply from civic authorities, geologists have forewarned. The warning is based on water data collected by the Karnataka government's mines and geology department from 10 deep wells in Bangalore, between April and December 2011.
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Chavan: Soon, white paper on irrigation plans of 10 yrs
The government would bring out a white paper on irrigation projects in the past 10 years, said chief minister Prithviraj Chavan at a symposium on Maharashtra, Past, Present and Future, organized on the