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Man-made reasons for Uttarakhand disaster
Expansion of hydel projects, roads and tourism is making the Himalaya in Uttarakhand crumble
Foodgrains risk rot
No place to store seven million tonnes of procured foodgrains
‘Ganga basin temperatures to rise by 1-2°C by 2050’
Eddy Moors, who heads the Earth System Sciences and Climate Change group at Alterra Wageningen University and Research Center …
Farmers shun cotton
Delayed monsoons, high input cost make farmers shift to guar, groundnut and pulses
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Courts act to protect floodplains
Centre dithers on banning encroachment in river zones
Dams induce severe floods
They were built for flood protection by attenuating rivers’ flow
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Flood alert in Gujarat
Dam-induced floods feared in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kheda districts
‘Predictions wrong, but give indications’
India Meteorological Department is often accused of making incorrect predictions. The Ministry of Earth Sciences regularly gets funds to …
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