Kerala Drought

Monsoon rains in India in the week through Wednesday were above average for a third straight week, the weather office said, easing concerns of drought, although excessive rainfall flooded many districts in the southern and western parts.

Randeep, along with UK-based international humanitarian relief organisation Khalsa Aid, recently visited drought hit Vele village

Matej Poplatnik scored a brace (23rd, 55th minutes) to put Kerala Blasters in the driving seat.

With mercury levels rising and abnormal drying up of rivers and wells reported in flood-hit Kerala, the state government has decided to conduct scientific studies on the post-flood phenomenon in the state.

The Kerala government today decided to declare nine of its 14 districts as drought-hit in view of scarcity of rains, shortage of surface and ground water, and intrusion of saline water.

Digging wells has traditionally been considered a man’s job in India. However, a group of 300 women from Kerala, are wading the uncharted waters. By digging 195 wells, some as deep as 15 feet, within a time period of one year, these women have displayed strength and determination at a time when the state is reeling under the worst ever drought in...

Tamil Nadu has agreed for talks on reviewing the water sharing agreement under the Parabikulam-Aliyar project, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the state assembly today.

At least 41 wild elephants have died in Kerala's forest ranges in the last six months however, none of these deaths were due to wither drought conditions or due to the lack of food and water in the forest, according to Forest Minister K Raju in a written reply in the Assembly.

Chennai: One of the worst droughts in decades across south India is forcing tens of thousands of farmers and labourers to take out loans to survive, pushing them into debt bondage and increasing the risk that they may be exploited for work, activists said. Villages across southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have be...

In Wayanad, many farmers have started using sprinklers to irrigate his crops. Paddy cultivator KP John said he has been forced to adopt it due to scarcity of water for irrigation.

Kerala Government today declared the state as drought-hit in view of the sharp decrease in rainfall during the South West Monsoon and said that Centre would be approached for necessary assistance tomeet the emergency situation.

A severe drought is looming large over Kerala as the state has received deficient rainfall during the south-west monsoon.

Kerala government will provide Rs 4 lakh in assistance to families of those who died due to extreme weather conditions and has decided to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the state as "drought affected", State Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash said today.

The rapid warming of the equatorial Indian Ocean region and cooling of atmosphere over the Eurasian continent centered around China would lead to frequent monsoon and drought years in the coming decades, according to scientists.

Worsening heat, fodder shortages and the threat of drought are forcing many hard-hit dairy farmers in the Anantapur area of southern Kerala to reduce their herds, experts say.

Monsoon rains in India in the week through Wednesday were above average for a third straight week, the weather office said, easing concerns of drought, although excessive rainfall flooded many districts in the southern and western parts.

Randeep, along with UK-based international humanitarian relief organisation Khalsa Aid, recently visited drought hit Vele village

Matej Poplatnik scored a brace (23rd, 55th minutes) to put Kerala Blasters in the driving seat.

With mercury levels rising and abnormal drying up of rivers and wells reported in flood-hit Kerala, the state government has decided to conduct scientific studies on the post-flood phenomenon in the state.

The Kerala government today decided to declare nine of its 14 districts as drought-hit in view of scarcity of rains, shortage of surface and ground water, and intrusion of saline water.

Digging wells has traditionally been considered a man’s job in India. However, a group of 300 women from Kerala, are wading the uncharted waters. By digging 195 wells, some as deep as 15 feet, within a time period of one year, these women have displayed strength and determination at a time when the state is reeling under the worst ever drought in...

Tamil Nadu has agreed for talks on reviewing the water sharing agreement under the Parabikulam-Aliyar project, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the state assembly today.

At least 41 wild elephants have died in Kerala's forest ranges in the last six months however, none of these deaths were due to wither drought conditions or due to the lack of food and water in the forest, according to Forest Minister K Raju in a written reply in the Assembly.

Chennai: One of the worst droughts in decades across south India is forcing tens of thousands of farmers and labourers to take out loans to survive, pushing them into debt bondage and increasing the risk that they may be exploited for work, activists said. Villages across southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have be...

In Wayanad, many farmers have started using sprinklers to irrigate his crops. Paddy cultivator KP John said he has been forced to adopt it due to scarcity of water for irrigation.

Kerala Government today declared the state as drought-hit in view of the sharp decrease in rainfall during the South West Monsoon and said that Centre would be approached for necessary assistance tomeet the emergency situation.

A severe drought is looming large over Kerala as the state has received deficient rainfall during the south-west monsoon.

Kerala government will provide Rs 4 lakh in assistance to families of those who died due to extreme weather conditions and has decided to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the state as "drought affected", State Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash said today.

The rapid warming of the equatorial Indian Ocean region and cooling of atmosphere over the Eurasian continent centered around China would lead to frequent monsoon and drought years in the coming decades, according to scientists.

Worsening heat, fodder shortages and the threat of drought are forcing many hard-hit dairy farmers in the Anantapur area of southern Kerala to reduce their herds, experts say.