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Tamil Nadu To Receive Rains For Next 48 Hours: Weather Department
Rains lashed several parts of the city and its neighbourhood on Sunday bringing huge respite to the drought-hit Chennai.
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Crowdfunding Restores Ponds In Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu
The worst drought in more than a century in Tamil Nadu has led to protests, farmer suicides, and clashes at the water taps as reservoirs and lakes dry up in the searing heat.
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In This Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu Village, Only Women Left In Search Of Water
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: As men migrate from drought-hit Tamil Nadu in search of work, it’s the village women who have taken charge of the situation in Nagapattinam district. Severe scarcity of water has not only caused a mass exodus leading to a collapse of the agrarian economy, but has also affected the subsidiary jobs. In Meenambanallur villa...
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Tamil Nadu Bandh Today, Government Says Normalcy Will Not Be Affected
Tamil Nadu is bracing for a bandh called by DMK-led opposition parties today in support of drought-hit farmers even as the state government asserted that normalcy will not be affected.
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As Drought Leaves Nagapattinam Barren, Men Leave Villages For Work
Driving down to Nagapattinam, one of the worst drought-hit districts in Tamil Nadu, miles of barren land is all we can see.
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In Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu, Farmer Distress On A High
In Lalgudi near Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district, farmer SR Kannan's two acre field is almost barren.
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Release Drought Relief Funds: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami To PM Modi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release relief funds for the drought-hit state and for the damage caused by Cyclone Vardah.
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Tamil Nadu To Be Declared Drought-Hit, Says Chief Minister O Panneerselvam
Tamil Nadu would be declared a drought-hit state in view of deficient Northeast Monsoon and central funds will be sought to meet the situation, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said today.
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Drought-hit Kerala and Tamil Nadu reach out to help each other over water sharing
In the backdrop of severe drought and water shortage in Kerala as well as Tamil Nadu, a minister-level meeting was held between the two states today. The meeting is being described as fruitful.
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For India's drought-hit states, on-track Monsoon may be too late
India may be heading for another bumper grain harvest, if the first forecast for this year's monsoon proves correct, but the rain may be too little - and too late - for southern and western states already parched by the worst drought in four decades.
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Cauvery water row: Talks between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka fail to end deadlock
Talks between chief ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on sharing of the Cauvery river water failed today, as Karnataka declined to release any more water due to depleting levels in its drought-hit reservoirs.
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Tamil Nadu To Receive Rains For Next 48 Hours: Weather Department
Rains lashed several parts of the city and its neighbourhood on Sunday bringing huge respite to the drought-hit Chennai.
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Crowdfunding Restores Ponds In Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu
The worst drought in more than a century in Tamil Nadu has led to protests, farmer suicides, and clashes at the water taps as reservoirs and lakes dry up in the searing heat.
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In This Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu Village, Only Women Left In Search Of Water
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: As men migrate from drought-hit Tamil Nadu in search of work, it’s the village women who have taken charge of the situation in Nagapattinam district. Severe scarcity of water has not only caused a mass exodus leading to a collapse of the agrarian economy, but has also affected the subsidiary jobs. In Meenambanallur villa...
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Tamil Nadu Bandh Today, Government Says Normalcy Will Not Be Affected
Tamil Nadu is bracing for a bandh called by DMK-led opposition parties today in support of drought-hit farmers even as the state government asserted that normalcy will not be affected.
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As Drought Leaves Nagapattinam Barren, Men Leave Villages For Work
Driving down to Nagapattinam, one of the worst drought-hit districts in Tamil Nadu, miles of barren land is all we can see.
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In Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu, Farmer Distress On A High
In Lalgudi near Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district, farmer SR Kannan's two acre field is almost barren.
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Release Drought Relief Funds: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami To PM Modi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release relief funds for the drought-hit state and for the damage caused by Cyclone Vardah.
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Tamil Nadu To Be Declared Drought-Hit, Says Chief Minister O Panneerselvam
Tamil Nadu would be declared a drought-hit state in view of deficient Northeast Monsoon and central funds will be sought to meet the situation, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said today.
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Drought-hit Kerala and Tamil Nadu reach out to help each other over water sharing
In the backdrop of severe drought and water shortage in Kerala as well as Tamil Nadu, a minister-level meeting was held between the two states today. The meeting is being described as fruitful.
-
For India's drought-hit states, on-track Monsoon may be too late
India may be heading for another bumper grain harvest, if the first forecast for this year's monsoon proves correct, but the rain may be too little - and too late - for southern and western states already parched by the worst drought in four decades.
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Cauvery water row: Talks between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka fail to end deadlock
Talks between chief ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on sharing of the Cauvery river water failed today, as Karnataka declined to release any more water due to depleting levels in its drought-hit reservoirs.
