India: Epidemic fear looms over Kamrup, Goalpara
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaGUWAHATI: Threat of a dysentery and diarrhoea outbreak looms large over the twin districts of Kamrup (metro and rural) and Goalpara, which experienced severe floods...
View ArticleIndia: Central team in UP to assess drought situation
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Sep 25, 2014, 05.50 AM ISTNEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday sent an inter-ministerial team to Uttar Pradesh to assess the drought situation in the state after...
View ArticleIndia: Cyclone Hudhud: On Day 3, Vizag sees no end to woes
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaV Kamalakara Rao & Manish,TNN | Oct 15, 2014, 01.07 AM ISTVISAKHAPATNAM: As if the battering by cyclone Hudhud was not enough, the insensitive attitude of some...
View ArticleIndia: 5,000 villages in Maharashtra to be made drought-free every year
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Dec 28, 2014, 11.47 PM ISTPUNE: The state government has rolled out 'Scarcity-free Maharashtra, 2019', a programme under which 5,000 villages will be made...
View ArticleIndia: Centre gives Rs 1,100 crore to J&K for flood relief
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Jan 31, 2015, 04.16 AM ISTNEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday sanctioned over Rs 1,100 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund to help the Jammu and Kashmir...
View ArticleIndia: Water crisis in Bokaro district
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaDivy Khare,TNN | May 25, 2015, 04.44 AM ISTBOKARO: The scorching heat coupled with prolonged power cuts has added to the misery of residents here. The district is...
View ArticleIndia: Heavy rain alert in Himachal Pradesh
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaRakhee Thakur,TNN | Jul 9, 2015, 03.26 AM ISTSHIMLA: The recent spell of incessant showers in the state has spelled trouble for those living in hilly areas. In...
View ArticleIndia: Drought-hit Karnataka regulates borewells
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaManuAiyappa Kanathanda | TNN | Dec 21, 2015, 10.07 AM ISTBENGALURU: Hit by the worst drought in 44 years and depletion of groundwater table, Karnataka has virtually...
View ArticleIndia: Jharkhand gets drought relief
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaJaideep Deogharia | TNN | Feb 16, 2016, 09.11 AM ISTRanchi: Jharkhand on Monday received Rs 336.94 crore relief assistance for drought-affected farmers, but the...
View ArticleIndia: State revives ponds to fight drought
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaThiruvananthapuram: At least 600 water bodies in the state will be cleaned by the end of this month as part of a drought relief plan devised by the revenue...
View ArticleIndia: Maharashtra CM declares additional funds for drought-hit districts
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaMUMBAI: In a bid to provide relief to drought hit regions of Maharashtra, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has declared additional funds to provide water tankers,...
View ArticleIndia: 1,000 villages, 8 districts facing water crisis in Gujarat
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaAHMEDABAD: Vijay Rupani, state water resources minister has stated that eight districts and around 1,000 villages in the state are facing an acute water...
View ArticleIndia: Govt implements master plan to tackle drought
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaAhmedabad: The Gujarat government is implementing the Rs 69.92-crore Master Plan it had earlier prepared in an effort to prevent drinking water shortage in 829...
View ArticleIndia: Sanitation near water sources across Nashik 'satisfactory', reveals...
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaSantosh Sonawane | TNN | Jun 13, 2016, 12.21 PM ISTNashik: A pre-monsoon sanitation survey near over 6,000 water sources has found only one village in the district...
View ArticleIndia: Water boost for major Rajasthan dams
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaJaipur: As south west monsoon has covered entire state on Thursday and there has been incessant rainfall in some parts of the state, some of the major dams in the...
View ArticleIndia: Karnataka releases Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu amid protests
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaHighlightsKarnataka has started releasing Cauvery water to Tamil NaduThe state govt decided to abide by SC directive on TuesdayProtesters have intensified the...
View ArticleIndia: India: Chennai reservoirs left with 25-day supply, Tamil Nadu urges...
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaBy Julie Mariappan | TNNCHENNAI: The combined storage in the four reservoirs supplying water to the city is expected to last just 25 days and a serious crisis is...
View ArticleIndia: Govt braces for drought, bans borewells till May end
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Since a scorching summer and drought are imminent in Kerala, the government has asked all district collectors not to permit the construction of...
View ArticleIndia: Drought relief: SC summons chief secretaries of nine states
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaNEW DELHI: Toughening its stand against nine drought affected states for not complying with its order on drought relief, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed...
View ArticleIndia: Govt releases Rs 3,800 crore as drought relief for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | Apr 2, 2017, 06.25 AM ISTNEW DELHI: The Centre released on Saturday over Rs 2,000 crore as assistance to Tamil Nadu to deal with losses due to drought and...
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