Droughts and Floods

Southern India reels under drought-like conditions

The key issue in the Manipur Assembly election is the ongoing economic blockade in the state, which, in turn, is attributed to the present government’s decision to

Arunachal’s Etalin and J&K’s Sawalkote hydel projects get clearance

There was a time when the farmers of Yavatmal district depended completely on rainfed agriculture. That was before the introduction of Doha, a water harvesting structure by NGO Dilasa Sansthan in 2014. Farming changed drastically after that, something which Sitaram Kove, a 40-year-old farmer of Rajini village in the district, will vouch for.

Yet again, Bengaluru’s lake on fire

That Tamil Nadu qualifies to be dubbed as a land of climate paradoxes is beyond debate. The massive flood of 2015 was quickly followed by a punishing drought in 2016. Though the state benefited marginally from the south-west monsoon, as is usually the case, the biggest let down was the manner in which the more dominant north-east monsoon had panned out.

The agriculture sector in India’s drought-ravaged regions is in a state of crisis. Millions of farmers are pushed out of their farms and into the cities for jobs.

People of Sikkim stand against Teesta hydel project

The National Insititute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee invites applications for:

• Research Associate and Junior/Senior Research Fellow for the Neeranchal National Watershed Project

Eligibility:

Tamil Nadu declares drought