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Flood Assessment Report of Mahabubnagar District - II
Posted on 16 Nov, 2009 10:54 AMNow that the media has stopped taking interest in the devastating floods that made news in early October, you must be wondering what must have happened to the people who were badly affected by the floods !
Visakhapatnam shows the way in reducing carbon dioxide emission - Has 100% CFL coverage
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 12:53 PMOsram has distributed nearly seven lakh energy saving CFL bulbs
It engages self-help groups for collecting the filament bulbs
National symposium on climate change and rainfed agriculture, CRIDA, Hyderabad
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 12:36 PMSymposium on Climate Change and Rainfed Agriculture
Date: February 18-20, 2010
Venue: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Floods in AP,India - Concept Note to Enable the Flood Affected Communities in Rehabilitation and Disaster Management
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 05:58 PM'Alliance for 5 Life Sustaining Elements' ( ALSE), is a group of 6 senior NGOs (list is available in the concept note) who are working in the rural development sector since 2 to 3 decades in Andhra Pradesh, have collective
Floods in AP,India - Concept Note to Enable the Flood Affected Communities in Rehabilitation and Disaster Management
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 01:41 PM'Alliance for 5 Life Sustaining Elements' ( ALSE), is a group of 6 senior NGOs (list is available in the concept note) who are working in the rural development sector since 2 to 3 decades in Andhra Pradesh, have collective
Guest Lecture on North-South Differences in Reporting Climate Change, Cleaner Production Cell, 20-10-2009, Hyderabad
Posted on 16 Oct, 2009 03:59 PMDear All,
News updates - 15th October, 2009
Posted on 14 Oct, 2009 02:23 PM
Picture from https://www.thehindu.com : (https://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/14/images/2009101451490301.jpg) , drinking water being supplied by tanker in Bellary district
No fresh flood threat:
https://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/13/stories/2009101353490400.htm
Several articles cover the post-mortem of the floods, triggered by CWC statements that their warning to the government of AP was ignored
PIL filed alleging negligence on the part of AP government
Major irrigation minister was in hospital on the crucial day
Dam manual of the government to be updated
Rosaiah reacts:
https://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/14/stories/2009101450460100.htm
https://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/13/stories/2009101359070300.htm
Assesment report in Mahbubnagar district
Posted on 12 Oct, 2009 11:18 PMAttached is an assesment report of the status in Mahbubnagar district created by a team of civil society representatives. The report makes reference to a networking effort of civil society organisations in order to co-ordinate their efforts, and the team promises to continue to survey the situation and make periodic reports.
Information from ReliefWeb
Posted on 08 Oct, 2009 12:45 AMA map of the affected areas can be seen at this URL
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/(db900SID)/LPAA-7WKB6S/picture/0.84?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif
and is also attached to this blog entry
The below is a brief summary of the events:
OVERALL SITUATION
Heavy rains due to depression in the Bay of Bengal and low pressure from the Arabian Sea from Sep tember 29 to October 2 have caused flash floods in north Karnataka and the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, affecting nearly two million people and claiming 210 lives. In Karnataka, 15 districts are affected and 161 people have nearly tw millionperished. In Andhra Pradesh, five districts were hit by the flash flood and 49 people have lost their lives. However, of the two million, 1.4 million people affected are from Andhra Pradesh.