Environment

Drought? Or floods!

For the first time, the meteorological department will give probability estimates of drought and excess rainfall for the country as part of its much-awaited April forecast of the southwest monsoon. The department will continue to stick to a new technique it used last year for forecasting the monsoon though it led to predictions that turned out to be way off.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2008
Week (Kochi)
Tags:
Monsoons, Drought, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), India, Kerala, Rainfall
Industry

 Weather beaten

Extreme cold, ice and snow in 20 provinces of southern China since January have damaged crops of rapeseed, vegetables and fruits, along with some 190,000 hectares (ha) of winter wheat.

150,000 ha of rice fields were destroyed by a cold spell in Vietnam.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2008
Down to Earth
16
20080415
0
Tags:
Croplands, Food Crops, Rice, Floods, Landslides, Common Cold, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Ecuador, Rainfall
Agriculture

The blue revolution, drop by drop, gene by gene

Researchers probe the secrets of how plants cope with water stress to improve crop yields.

Publication Date: 
11/04/2008
Elizabeth Pennisi
Science
320
5873
171
Tags:
Agriculture, Green Revolution, Agricultural Research, Plant Breeding, Dryland Farming, Irrigation, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Drought, Global, Rainfall
Water Resources

Rainfall characteristics and planning for design of storage structures

Statistical and probability analysis of rainfall occurrences of Nayagarh block of Orissa was carried out for planning and designing of water conservation and recharge structures.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Ranu Rani Sethi, A. Kumar
Journal of Indian Water Works Association
40
2
103
Tags:
Water Resources, Groundwater Recharge, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Orissa (Odisha), Nayagarh (D), Statistics, Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall
Dams/ Irrigation

Hydrology

Satluj River is a major river of the Indus system and originates from Mansarovar lake in Tibet. The total catchment area of the Satluj upto Bhakra Dam is about 56875 sq km out of which about 36900 sq km lies in Tibet. The total catchment area upto Nathpa dam site is about 49820 sq km.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2008
S. S. H. Tulsianey, V. P. Sharma
Water and Energy International
65
2
8
Tags:
Hydrology, Rivers, Bhakra, Rainfall, Floods, Nathpa Jhakri HP, Dams/ Irrigation
Environment

Active and Break Spells of the Indian Summer Monsoon

Sub-seasonal rainfall fluctuations, characterized as active and weak spells during the Indian monsoon season (June to September) is an important component of the variability of the Indian monsoon rainfall.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2008
M. Rajeevan, Jyoti Bhate, Sulochana Gadgil
India Meteorological Department
Tags:
Environment, Monsoons, India, Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall, El Nino

Neoliberal roots

The judgment one reaches on what the current year's Budget will do for farmers will vary depending on whether its provisions are seen as a sui generis exercise or are viewed within a longer term per

Publication Date: 
28/03/2008
Utsa Patnaik
Frontline
Tags:
Agriculture, Development, Farmers, Rural Development, Finance, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), World Bank, India, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Rural Poverty, Debt, Rainfall
Air Pollution

Pollution studies on the road side paddy fields of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India

To study the effects of pollution on road side paddy fields, three paddy fields situated at Kuttikkulam, Elamankulam and Rajathanthirikkulam near National Highway-47 passing through Kanyakumari distri

Publication Date: 
27/03/2008
K.S. Lakshmy, D.S. Jaya
Journal of Indian Water Works Association
26
3
463
Tags:
Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Agriculture, Rice, Food Contamination, Heavy Metals, Research, India, Tamil Nadu, Kanniyakumari, Rainfall

Central team to assess crop damage

A Central team will soon visit Tamil Nadu to assess the damage to the standing crop and property loss caused by the unusual rain that lashed several southern districts, M.K.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2008
Hindu
Tags:
Agriculture, Natural Disasters, Floods, Tamil Nadu, Rainfall

Rain kills five in south

Incessant rain claimed five lives and caused an extensive damage to standing crops, mostly paddy, over thousands of hectares in the southern districts on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
24/03/2008
Hindu
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, Tamil Nadu, Rainfall

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