PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation and the district administration have failed to come up with a contingency plan to tackle the imminent water crisis the city is likely to face in the near future

India, the world’s second-biggest rice, sugar and cotton grower, recorded the lowest June rainfall since 2009 amid predictions for an El Nino that previously caused droughts and cut crop output, th

PUNE: The El Nino phenomenon, which weather forecasts had said would have a severe impact on the Indian monsoon, is showing signs of weakening.

South-west monsoon is yet to pick up in full vigour although June is at an end

Pune recorded only 13.8 mm rain, which is the lowest since 1970

Quick Thinking Of A Plan In March After IMD's Forecast Would Have Saved More Water

With the cumulative rainfall recorded in the country till June 24 being 38 per cent below the long period average, this year will be only the twelfth time in the last 113 years (1901-2013) when the

NEW DELHI: Drought-like conditions are intensifying as the monsoon hasn't moved an inch for 10 days now, leaving oilseeds, pulses and paddy fields parched and posing the threat of food inflation an

Weather experts have confirmed that the El Nino effect is adversely impacting this year's monsoon.