Animal lovers, step aside. This farmer from Kollegal taluk takes pride in protecting the smallest of nature, namely Microbes. And because of this focus, he has created a world where nature appears in all her glory. When BM visited Murthy’s farmhouse, which has never gone dry, we found he uses only natural methods of farming and shuns artifical inputs. Tucked away in a village in Kollegal taluk is an oasis […]
Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhoea resulting from a drought, the prime minister said on Saturday, as the area braces itself for widespread shortages of food. In February, United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said the drought in Somalia could lead to up to 270,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition this year. “It is a difficult situation for the […]
For most of us who woke up to the blink and you will miss showers this morning, it was the most exhilarating feeling this morning. Yes most parts of the nation is absolutely parched and is desperate for rains in whatever form they can receive it. Infact a below normal monsoon this year could severely impact growth and other economic indicators in a nation that has already been witnessing drought […]
Of the 256 districts that have been declared drought-hit for 2015-2016, over 10% are located in Karnataka. On the ground, this translates to roughly half of Karnataka’s six crore people are reeling under the effects of the worst drought the state has seen in four decades. Twenty-seven out of 30 districts in Karnataka, which is the second most arid state after Rajasthan, were declared drought-hit after August, following a poor […]
If Maharashtra is facing its worst drought in 40 years, can neighbouring Gujarat be far behind? The impending crisis — which has hit three of Gujarat’s six regions, Saurashtra, Kutch and north Gujarat — was obvious since December but it had managed to elude the eyes of the state government. And now, while chief minister Narendra Modi is busy selling his development model across the country, at home, thousands are […]
Drought hit Maharashtra where cattles, birds are dying with lack of water and famers are committing suicide. IPL 6 runs for 8 weeks. Severely drought hit Maharashtra will host 16 games. Each week needs at least 3, 00,000 liters of water for grass and pitches. Soil 6 will consume 48 lakh liters of precious water JUST for the ground maintenance. It’s being questioned if entertainment is more important over […]
A large part of Maharashtra has been declared drought-hit. The government has failed to deal with the crisis, report Aparna Pallavi and Akshay Deshmane. In the past 10 years Rs 60,000 crore has been spent on watershed development Maharashtra is a pioneering state in watershed development. It has conserved, regenerated and judiciously managed its water resources in 12.6 million hectares (ha) of the state’s 24.1 million ha that have […]
Osmanabad: In Marathwada the drought has not only affected the humans but the animals are also kicked by this drought. In Balaghat sanctuary, near Yermala 7 peacock died as they did not get enough water to drink. From past two days the birds were in search of water, but, they did not get water to drink. In Yermala, Subhash Ghongde found a peacock in his farm that was dying […]
In a touching gesture, an eight-year-old schoolboy donated his savings from pocket money and birthday party for the cause of drought-hit people in Maharashtra in Mumbai on Tuesday, an official said. Kanishka R. Dongre, a class two student of Carmel School in Badlapur town of Thane district, specially went to meet Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in the legislative assembly and handed over Rs.5,000 for the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. “He […]
