Floods

Why India Needs To Buy Better Water Data From China

By Nilanjan Ghosh, Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, Sayanangshu Modak/ thethirdpole.net China-India hydropolitical relations over the Brahmaputra have been a matter of great contention, embittered by the popular…

Kamal Nath Threatens Hunger Strike Over Non-Payment Of Relief Funds From Centre

Lakhs of hectares of crop has been destroyed due to record monsoon rains in Madhya Pradesh this year. According to the Madhya Pradesh (M.P.) government,…

Video: The Voices No Longer Drowned By The Kosi

The Kosi river (also called Koshi) has a long history of floods that continues to displace thousands every year. This tragedy has been exacerbated by…

2,155 Dead Due To Rainfall & Floods Across The Country

This year, to date, 2,155 people have died due to floods and rains in the country, while 45 people are still missing. Apart from this,…

Southwest Monsoon Has Begun Its Retreat After Breaking Records

This year saw more than normal monsoon rains. This year, the monsoon rains were the heaviest in the past 25 years. But just as the…

Dengue & Chikungunya Outbreak In Bihar

While rainfall and its resultant problems may have stopped in Patna, now it is staring at the prospect of a spike in the number of…

Patna's Woes Increase After Drainage Map Goes Missing

Water-logging continued to plague Patna’s residential areas for the ninth day and water could not be removed from there because the map of the city’s…

Floods Claim More Than 1600 Lives, 22 Lakh People Displaced

This year, the monsoon’s impact continues even after the month of September has ended. Floods have badly affected the lives of people in many states.…

Threat Of More Rain Looms Over Patna

Severe water-logging continues to plague the city of Patna, the capital of Bihar state. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Office has again issued an alert for rain…

Bihar Floods Expose Administration's Ineptness

The fifth straight day of heavy rains in Bihar has left the Nitish Kumar government reeling from ill-preparedness and lack of critical necessities. The teams…