Droughts and Floods
Should we bet more on historians than engineers to sort flooding?
posted 1 week 5 days agoRaging floods swarming great expanses have been a common occurrence in the 21st century in South Asia.

Over 97 million Indians were currently being exposed to extreme floods: Report
posted 3 weeks 2 days ago75 percent districts in India are hotspots of extreme climate events: Report

Submit report on the need for clearance of National Waterway-1: NGT to MoEF
posted 3 weeks 2 days agoNGT seeks report on the need for clearance of inland waterway projects in Ganga

Crafts bloom in the parched Thar desert!
posted 3 weeks 6 days agoThe parched land of great Indian Thar desert stands out invariably for its hue and colours. And the communities from one of the harshest regions in the country continue to show their remarkable pliability to calibrate with the demographic difficulties and still bring out the most from the available resources!

Madhya Pradesh’s recurring droughts: Measuring, responding and reducing the vulnerabilities
posted 1 month 1 week agoClimate change has been a popular buzzword for the last two decades in the international policy arena, stimulating multitude of ideas and a few action commitments at different levels of governments.

Reviving traditional tanks to control floods in Chennai
posted 1 month 2 weeks agoClimate change is leading to rise in extreme events world over, and developing countries such as India have been experiencing not only higher death rates but also greater economic impacts due to natural hazards.

Embankments in Bihar: The inapt and futile defence against floods
posted 2 months 3 weeks agoWhat is the history of floods in Bihar and why is it prone to floods?

Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan a low impact, high expenditure scheme: CAG
posted 3 months 3 weeks agoJalyukt Shivar Abhiyan had a low impact in making Maharashtra drought free: CAG

Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab: Government
posted 3 months 3 weeks agoPunjab no.1 in overexploitation of groundwater

MNREGA helps a village in Bihar become flood proof
posted 3 months 3 weeks agoHarpur Bochha is a village in Vidyapatinagar block of Samastipur district of Bihar. The village, which has a population of about 11.5 thousand people and 2349 houses, remained inundated with rain and floodwater throughout the year followed by waterlogging.
