Andhra Pradesh

Centre issues drought advisory to six states

Study reveals that nearly 42 percent of India’s land area is facing drought

DDA allocates 42.5 acre plot on Yamuna floodplains for waste dumping

At 42 years, Bhagwat Ghagare seems young. But he is old enough to have seen his village prosper and decline many times. Farming had traditionally been small and distress migration rampant at Kumbharwadi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.

Wildlife clearance granted to Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed train corridor

Gujarat seeks financial aid of Rs 1,725 crore from the Centre for drought relief works 

India’s flagship sanitation programme, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), highlights both the importance of latrine use, and also of “safe and proper disposal”. Since most of urban India is not connected to sewers, the SBM recommends that cities work towards technological, financing and governance initiatives that would ensure safe faecal sludge management. In practice, this means mechanical (i.e.

Cyclone Titli devastates Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

Monsoon shows a deficit of five percent in June

Scanty rainfall, depleting groundwater levels, barren farmlands and mass migration of farmers to cities for better livelihood--this is the reality of most of rural India today. Many parts of India are witnessing this growing trend of farmers leaving their lands in search of jobs in cities.