Droughts and Floods

Karanataka records failure of winter crops, seeks Rs 1,417 crore Central assistance 

With the budget 2016-17 round the corner what are the asks from the standpoint of food security? This year’s budget is being prepared in the wake of many parts of the country being affected by drought resulting in greater distress, hunger and starvation for a large number of people.

Activists stand against three proposed projects near Konkan coastline

The Babur Nama mentions that the “

CPCB finds Coca Cola plant in Hapur pumping toxic water into a pond

IMD to replace the term 'drought' with 'deficient year'

Bamboo trees bloomed with long wispy spikes weighing heavy on the stalks. While it might've made for a pretty picture, Loknath Nauri knew it would be a tough year. “More the density of the flowers, the more severe the drought we face,” he says. This was in March 2015 in the forests of southern Odisha.

In December 2015, more than forty years after it was conceived, the Government was set to launch India’s ambitious 30-link river interlinking project linking 37 rivers.

Coastal regions of Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha have been hit by cyclonic storms for more than two decades.

Relief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal