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Climate and Weather
UNLEASH Hacks Bharat | Invitation for Application to Build Climate Resilient India
Posted on 17 Aug, 2020 12:00 PMMarginalized communities across the country are facing the brunt of climate change which is not only questioning their survival but is also affecting their livelihood.
Gender-sensitive response to the climate crisis
Posted on 14 Aug, 2020 11:19 AMA crowd of people jostling by the ticket counter at Jhansi railway station in Uttar Pradesh; men and women, some with families in tow, boarding trains to Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and other big cities. These are common sights during the summer months at Jhansi, a major town and railway junction.
Monsoon experiences a countrywide deficit of 10 percent in July
Posted on 12 Aug, 2020 08:27 AMMonsoon 2020: Countrywide deficit of 10 percent in July; September may have heavy rains
Amphan’s impact on farming and livelihood in Sunderbans
Posted on 11 Aug, 2020 05:46 PMThe Amphan cyclone has disfigured the lives of people living in the Sundarbans. Houses have been torn apart, farms have been filled with brackish water making the land unsuitable for farming and betel leaves have been destroyed. People in the Sundarbans are in a life-threatening situation with makeshift shacks to live in and no means to earn a living.
"Everything’s devastated, and no one is listening to us!"
Posted on 08 Aug, 2020 06:52 PM"All of a sudden, water entered the house at night. Goods and cattle were submerged. There is no place to eat or drink. We have been in trouble for three days, but no one has come to help us.” The elderly Gauri Singh complains, with mixed feelings of anger, pain and helplessness.
Affected by floods, locals resort to chowkis for safety
Posted on 29 Jul, 2020 05:35 PMFlood waters inundated the house of Ramchandra Yadav, a resident of Khoknaha village of Supaul, for three days. During these days he cooked food by setting up a brigade on the outpost and spent nights at the same post.
Bihar and northeast India reel under floods, Assam worst hit
Posted on 23 Jul, 2020 09:26 AMFlood batters three northeast states, Assam worst affected
Nearly three lakh people across eight districts affected by floods in Bihar
Posted on 22 Jul, 2020 03:48 PMThe annual floods that wreak havoc in Bihar have knocked the state this year as well. So far, the flood waters have entered 150 panchayats of 30 blocks across eight districts, namely Sitamarhi, Shivhar, Supaul, Kishanganj, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj and East Champaran .
An official of Bihar's Disaster Management Department said,
Floods in Bihar: State submerged in flood waters
Posted on 22 Jul, 2020 01:20 PMThe rains have stopped in Bihar, in the last few days, but despite this, the water level of the rivers continues to rise. According to information received by the Disaster Management Department, the water level of Budhi Gandak is rising in Khagaria, Samastipur and Muzaffarpur's Sikanderpur gauge station.
Controlling epidemics, as monsoon sets in
Posted on 16 Jul, 2020 08:40 AMWhile the monsoon has set in, this is a time when vector borne diseases could become rampant, and neglect of preventive measures could lead to a spike in these diseases.
What are vector borne diseases? Here's a primer that explains them in detail.