World Bank's Pakistan flood control plan faulty
World Bank pulled up for aid to flood control programmes in Pakistan
World Bank pulled up for aid to flood control programmes in Pakistan
When Kolkata turned into a
If soil quarrying is a threat in the <i>terai</i>, mining poses huge hazards in the hills of Kumaon. Soapstone or talc and magnesite quarries have been taking over commons for over two decades, depriving local people of large tracts of the forestland, pasture, watersheds and farming land.<br>
The skewed pattern of rainfall experienced across the country during this year's monsoon appears to be an anomaly.
Rajasthan flash floods can drought proof state
Click here to enlarge Kolkata went under water on September 24, 2006. The Meteorological Office said that Kolkata received 211.6 mm of rain on 22 September. That
There's a popular saying in western Rajasthan
Floods in many parts of the country
the Bogibeel road and rail bridge project on the Brahmaputra river in eastern Assam has run into inordinate delays. Conceived to connect National Highway (nh) 37 on the south bank and nh 52 on the
Power to the people: The Sri Lankan government has started working on a five-year national plan on power and energy development to provide quality service at cheaper rates and to solve the country's
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For the Raje government, the floods are a testing time but more could have been done to minimise the losses
• South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk, who is standing trial on charges of fraud and embezzlement for his team's research on stem cells, has resumed work on animal cloning. He has opened a
scientists have identified a gene present in hardy varieties of rice that enables the crop to tolerate flooded conditions. The researchers
india is facing the worst kind of floods in some of its most dammed states. Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh top the list of states with the maximum number of dams.
Entire Himalayan region is vulnerable to rain-induced (torrential rainfall) hazards in the form of flash flood, cloudburst or glacial lake outburst flood. Flash floods and cloudburst are generally caused
July 26, 2005 has gone down as a day no Mumbaikar will forget. A record 994 mm (37.2 inches) of rain within 24 hours, widespread flooding and the loss of lives and property, the virtual shutdown of the
15,000 hit by worsening Assam flood situation
Intense rainfall often leads to floods and landslides in the Himalayan region even with rainfall amounts that are considered comparatively moderate over the plains; for example, ‘cloudbursts’, which are
Will mere slum removals along Mithi stop Mumbai floods?