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Industry

 World Bank's Pakistan flood control plan faulty

World Bank pulled up for aid to flood control programmes in Pakistan

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Himanshu Upadhyaya
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Water Salinisation, Wetlands, Waterlogging, Indus, Irrigation, Drainage, Floods, Flood Control, Flood Relief, Disaster Management, Aid, World Bank, Pakistan
Water Resources

 Kolkata metro extension project under scanner

When Kolkata turned into a

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Maureen Nandini Mitra
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Wetlands, Water Resources, Ganga, Drainage, Floods, Rail Transport, High Court, India, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Mining

 Soft quarries

If soil quarrying is a threat in the terai, mining poses huge hazards in the hills of Kumaon. Soapstone or talc and magnesite quarries have been taking over commons for over two decades, depriving local people of large tracts of the forestland, pasture, watersheds and farming land.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
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Soil Erosion, Kumaon Himalaya, Mining, Water Resources, Floods, Landslides, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Bageshwar (D), Nainital (D), Pithoragarh (D)
Environment

Monitoring monsoon

The skewed pattern of rainfall experienced across the country during this year's monsoon appears to be an anomaly.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2006
Frontline (Chennai)
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Monsoons, Global Warming, Floods, Drought, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rainfall Pattern
India

 A look at floods in Rajasthan's Barmer district

Rajasthan flash floods can drought proof state

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Kirtiman Awasthi
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Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Floods, Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), Rajasthan, Barmer (D), Rainfall
India

 Water doesn't drain in Kolkata, West Bengal

Click here to enlarge Kolkata went under water on September 24, 2006. The Meteorological Office said that Kolkata received 211.6 mm of rain on 22 September. That

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Down to Earth
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Drainage, Floods, Urbanisation, Urban Waterlogging, India, West Bengal, Calcutta (D), Rainfall
Climate Change

 Floods cause havoc in drought prone Barmer, Rajasthan

There's a popular saying in western Rajasthan

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Kirtiman Awasthi
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Environment, Drainage, Climate Change, Global Warming, Floods, Geology, India, Rajasthan, Barmer (D), Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall
Natural Disasters

 Human calamity

Floods in many parts of the country

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Down to Earth
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Dams, Sedimentation, Floods, High Court, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rainfall
Environment

 Brahmaputra rail bridge project suffers delays

the Bogibeel road and rail bridge project on the Brahmaputra river in eastern Assam has run into inordinate delays. Conceived to connect National Highway (nh) 37 on the south bank and nh 52 on the

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Nava Thakuria
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Environment, Soil Erosion, Islands, North East, Brahmaputra, Floods, Roads, Highways, India, Arunachal, Assam
India

 South Asia

Power to the people: The Sri Lankan government has started working on a five-year national plan on power and energy development to provide quality service at cheaper rates and to solve the country's

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
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Rapti, Dams, Irrigation, Diesel, Floods, Energy Policy, Hydroelectricity, Solar Energy, International Disputes, Natural Gas, Electricity, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India

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