Floods

Phailin fallout: people face acute drinking water shortage

200 people in Ganjam get diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water

The past and present of rivers

Author(s): Karuna Futane

We are a generation that has turned …

Flood situation worsens in Bihar

Rivers flow above danger mark; fear of floods in Patna

Rivers, up close and personal

Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …

Unprecedented floods hit Vidarbha’s drought-prone districts

Monsoon brings intense rainfall episodes; about 700,000 hectares agricultural land damaged

Science and Technology - Briefs

Flood fury: writing was on the wall

Uttarakhand is all too familiar with disasters. A look at the man-made factors that have aggravated disasters in the past, and have yet …

Science and Technology - Briefs

Flash floods are man-made

Environmental geologist K S Valdiya lives in Uttarakhand and keeps a tab on the changing geological processes in the …

Reservoirs losing capacity

Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns