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Cold wave in North India claims several lives, disrupting normal conditions, heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir
Posted on 17 Jan, 2012 09:12 AMA western disturbance caused a cold wave to sweep across the northern part of the country, claiming several lives and disrupting normal conditions. Reports of water pipes freezing, roads becoming unmotorable have come in from several parts of the country. This might affect crops this winter.
Hydropower in the Northeast: Potential and harnessing analysis - A critique
Posted on 15 Jan, 2012 11:41 PMThe main objectives of the hydropower study are as follows:
- An analysis of the hydropower potential in the Northeast and key elements of the strategy that should be followed for optimal realization of this potential
- An overview of the hydropower development options in the Northeast with regard to the water resources in the different river basins, including consideration of flood control and irrigation
Map of the north-east states
River Yamuna - Dying by default or by design: A public lecture on river Yamuna
Posted on 14 Jan, 2012 05:24 PMIt aims to inform, enlighten and suggest solutions to bring back the river Yamuna to a healthy and resilient state.
Shades of blue: A symposium on emerging conflicts and challenges around water - Seminar magazine
Posted on 10 Jan, 2012 07:53 PM(as posed by Sunjoy Joshi, Director and Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, Delhi)
Environment Statistics – A compendium by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (2011)
Posted on 07 Jan, 2012 04:25 PMIt broadly covers five core parameters, viz., biodiversity, atmosphere, land/soil, water and human settlements suggested by the Framework for Development of Environment Statistics (FDES) published by United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in 1984.
Examining the storm protection services of mangroves of Orissa during the 1999 cyclone – A special article in EPW
Posted on 06 Jan, 2012 11:03 PMThese ecosystems provide a bunch of direct and indirect services to humankind. This special article in Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) by Saudamini Das examines whether the mangrove forests in Kendrapada district of Orissa played any protective role during the severe cyclone that hit the state in October 1999.
Sustainable groundwater management – Report of the Working Group of the Planning Commission for the 12th Five Year Plan
Posted on 06 Jan, 2012 04:27 PMThe existing methodology of groundwater resources assessment is appropriate and suitable for country-wide groundwater resources estimation, considering the present status of database available with the Central and State agencies.
Floods in Orissa: No lessons learnt – An article in EPW
Posted on 06 Jan, 2012 02:26 PMThis article by Kishore C Samal in the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) discusses how in the natural disater prone state of Orissa the authorities have not been able to draw up an effective disaster management plan and politicians continue to play politics with relief works. It argues that for dealing with these disasters and the relief and rehabilitation work that follows what is needed is the participation of the local community and functionaries of panchayati raj institutions, and coordination with national and international bodies.
Second WMO international conference on "Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change", IMD, February 14-17, 2012, New Delhi
Posted on 05 Jan, 2012 08:04 AM
Cyclone Thane hits landfall between Puducherry and Cuddalore districts in Tamil Nadu, Heavy rainfall expected over Kerala in the next 24 hours - An update on floods, disasters, extreme weather events (1 to 31 December 2011)
Posted on 01 Jan, 2012 04:50 PMIt has been dominated by reports of a major cyclone Thane that lay centered on the the 29th December 2011 near latitude 12.30N and longitude 83.00E, about 300 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamilnadu) and 480 km north-northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka). Earlier reports related to the cyclone Thane indicate predictions and cyclone warnings made by the IMD for the north of Tamil Nadu and the south Andhra Pradesh coast along with possibility of heavy rains and severe winds and warnings for fishermen to refrain from going into the sea.
Later reports indicate that Cyclone Thane has hit the landfall between the Union territory of Puducherry and neighbouring Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu at about 9 am leaving behind a trail of devastation followed by later reports of weakening of the cyclone activity and predictions of heavy rainfall over Kerala, south interior Karnataka and north interior Tamil Nadu