A recent government report provides granular details of how urban floods are entirely a consequence of faulty planning, and ...

Crop diversification to improve the soil microbiome is key to the approach of the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural ...

Finhaat is simplifying the distribution of insurance and other financial products for India’s rural and semi-urban population ...

Other northeastern states that saw fatalities due to landslides and flooding are Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura. A Northeast Frontier Railway spokesperson said train journeys were disrupted due to ...

Three Indian army troopers have died and six are missing after a massive landslide on Sunday hit a forward military post in ...

Catastrophic flash floods tore through Berau Regency in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Tuesday, washing away homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate. Water levels in villages such as Long La'ai and ...

Another Rs 1500 crore fresh allocation was made for building rural roads. The government has allocated Rs 500 crore for the Rs 1238-crore Ghatal Master Plan, which is aimed at addressing the recurring ...

Around 51 districts in India are at a “very high” risk of floods, whereas 91 districts ... 100 day work programme (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme) then those ...

threatening rural livelihoods. Given India’s heavy reliance on monsoons for agriculture, the projected changes in precipitation, coupled with rising temperatures, could disrupt food security, ...

Impact on Rural Communities The recent heatwave in India was relentless, with temperatures soaring well above 40 degrees Celsius in many regions. This is now succeeded by an onslaught of floods in ...

The monsoon winds often return to India in September ... where it takes the form of floods. Lakes, ponds, and other bodies of water that served as sources of rainwater storage have been encroached ...