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Droughts and Floods
Monsoon delivers a hard blow to farmers
Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 09:30 AMHigh food Inflation has been pinching Indians for the last few months and with the current monsoon not being very generous to farmers, the situation is only expected to worsen. As of August 29th, rainfall deficiency in the country was 18 per cent, a much improved figure from the 41 per cent deviation recorded at the start of monsoon.
![Amount of rainfall (Source: IMD)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/august_29.jpg?itok=N9iDgM-2)
The blocked 'River of Gold'
Posted on 23 Aug, 2014 10:35 AMIn the early hours of Saturday, August 2, 2014 a large landslide struck part of the Sunkoshi river – a tributary of the Ganga – in Nepal. The landslide killed 156 people and affected the livelihoods of countless others. The Nepalese government responded swiftly to the disaster and was careful to manage the large lake that formed upstream of the debris blocking the river.
![Landslide blocks Sun Koshi river, Nepal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/140811-sunkoshi_landslide-01.jpg?itok=js6EatMB)
Floods wreak havoc in North India
Posted on 19 Aug, 2014 12:43 PMHeavy rain causes floods in Uttarakahand, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
![Heavy rains causing flood in North India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2245920465_b010a7ff2f_z_0.jpg?itok=gC_H1nXW)
Flood in Odisha affects 3.5 million people across 300 villages
Posted on 12 Aug, 2014 10:50 AMOdisha reels under floods as Mahanadi crosses danger mark
![Odisha reels under floods](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319659485_85b84ccb91_z.jpg?itok=kbAQs52y)
Bihar under threat as massive landslide occurs in Nepal
Posted on 05 Aug, 2014 12:59 PMMassive landslides occur in Nepal and Pune's Malin village
![A landslide caused by downpour](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9724041789_fa95ac8c98_z.jpg?itok=3eApNt-R)
A bridge on the river Kosi
Posted on 03 Aug, 2014 03:05 PMIt is difficult to make small talk with a woman who has lost her all.
![A boy stands outside his home on a spur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nh57_lead.jpg?itok=RsWCeroP)
Parliament gives nod to Polavaram irrigation project
Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 02:09 PMParliament passes the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill
![Godavari river delta in AP (Source: Aditya Madhav)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dowleswaram_barrage_near_rajahmundry_on_river_godavari.jpg?itok=pD8TIPzP)
June 2014: The driest June in 113 years!
Posted on 08 Jul, 2014 09:40 AMIndia receives only 85.8 mm of rain this June
![June 2014: driest since 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11187099345_653d8def04_z.jpg?itok=I7d3Om38)
Poor sanitation brings down enrollment of girls in schools
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 01:10 PMDip in enrollment of female students due to poor sanitation in schools
![Girls toilet in a school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3220926516_ce0b74d47e_o.jpg?itok=Q0wm9qgc)
Compensate affected farmers: HC to Narmada Authority
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 09:07 AMHigh Court raps Narmada Authority over incomplete canal work
![State of an irrigation canal at Khargone district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9713919205_c25c00559b_z.jpg?itok=jlifJWn-)