Rising high to defeat floods in Bangladesh

A secure and cost-effective method of raising the height of vulnerable river island clusters is being used to protect them from flooding

Phailin's trail

The severe cyclone has crossed nine states since it landed in Gopalpur on October 12

Food riots in Bihar as hungry flood victims take to streets

12 injured as police opens fire in Ghoswari block in Patna; riots reported in other districts

"Drowned and dammed: Colonial capitalism and flood control in eastern India

Coping with floods in climate change

Before the Deluge>> Coping with Floods in Climate Change • by International Rivers Network • New York • 200

Bagmati breaches embankment

Probe may put Buta Singh in a fix

Averse engineering

Trapped! Between the Devil and Deep Waters The Story of Bihar's Kosi River by Dinesh Kumar Mishra People's Science Institute, Dehradun and South …

मसूरी और उसके आसपास के इलाकों पर मंडरा रहा है बड़े भूस्खलन का खतरा

शोध के अनुसार मसूरी के आसपास का 15 फीसदी हिस्सा भूस्खलन की दृष्टि से अतिसंवेदनशील है, जबकि 56 फीसदी हिस्से में बहुत बड़े स्तर ...

All about a glass of milk

The white-coloured drink has made an amazing journey in history to earn its part in our daily lives

ग्रीनलैंड की बर्फ पिघल रही है, 10 करोड़ लोगो पर मंडरा रहा है बाढ़ का संकट

1992 के बाद से ग्रीनलैंड में 3,80,000 करोड़ टन बर्फ पिघल चुकी है। जबकि इसके पिघलने की दर पिछले तीन दशकों में सात गुना बढ़ गयी है

मध्यप्रदेश के एक हिस्से में बाढ़ तो दूसरे में सूखे जैसे हालात

मध्यप्रदेश के पश्चिमी हिस्से के औसत से 31 प्रतिशत अधिक बारिश हो चुकी है, जबकि छिंदवाड़ा जिले में अब तक सबसे कम 54 फीसदी ...

बर्बाद फसल के मुआवजे के लिए भटक रहे हैं उत्तर प्रदेश के किसान

मॉनसून के दौरान अत्याधिक बारिश और बाढ़ के कारण उत्तर प्रदेश में भी फसल बर्बाद हुई है, लेकिन अब तक मुआवजा न मिलने के ...

Urban flooding: The case of drowning cities and rising vulnerability

Overburdened drainage, frenzied and unregulated construction, no regard to the natural topography and hydro-geomorphology all make urban floods a …

UNCCD COP14: Droughts most disastrous for agriculture

They cost agriculture $29 billion in a decade, according to a white paper released at the conference

Barrage repairs at Okhla park force birds out in breeding season

Irrigation officials dried up the wetland for 15 days for the task, but ecologists claim the repairs are not needed every year

Climate change is a threat to rich and poor alike

From Miami and Puerto Rico to Barbuda and Havana, the devastation of 2017 hurricane season across Latin America and the Caribbean serves as a …

Meanwhile, the monsoon anomaly

Instead of quantum of rainfall, we must analyse the distribution of rainfall to understand the changing nature of the monsoon

Chennai apart

From ignoring warnings to delays in taking actions, Tamil Nadu administration played its part in making the December floods more devastating

Study shows sea defences not enough to protect deltaic cities from flood risk

Deltas are natural sites for cities to grow as they offer direct access to the sea and upriver to the hinterland

Residents shifted out of villages within Kosi embankment denied shelter, food

They allege all space in relief camps and relief materials are cornered by those living outside the embankment

Residents shifted out of villages within Kosi embankment denied shelter, food

They allege all space in relief camps and relief materials are cornered by those living outside the embankment

The right level

Ifthen

Ganga changes course in Haridwar

Erosion may be speeding shift

Badrinath dodges a weather bullet

After showing a full horror film of what it can do in Char Dham Yatra last year, weather gives a fresh trailer at Badrinath by featuring a …