Global warming may cause extreme droughts in India: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 18:23

Global warming could lead to more extreme droughts in large parts of India, resulting in widespread food shortages and hardship in the country, in the next few decades, a new World Bank report warned Wednesday.

UN chief urges global efforts for drought, desertification

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 18:00

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called for a collective global action to build resilience and prepare for droughts, as well as to combat desertification (a type of land degradation).

Maharashtra govt has taken adequate steps to tackle drought: Pawar

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 21:13

Sharad Pawar said the Maharashtra govt has taken adequate steps, including rehabilitation of ten lakh cattle, to tackle the drought situation.

Drought-free Maharashtra is govt priority: Chavan

Last Updated: Sunday, June 9, 2013, 11:31

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said his priority in the coming years will be to make the state "drought proof" by adopting decentralised and traditional water conservation methods.

Pawar lauds Chavan`s handling of drought situation

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 20:08

Lauding Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Friday that the state government had handled the drought situation well.

Govt to spend Rs 60,000 cr for a drought-free Maha

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 13:49

Severely hit by drought since the past few years, the Maharashtra government has outlined a Rs 60,000 crore programme which includes creating decentralised water storage to make the state drought free in three years.

Maharashtra to pay Rs 2,172 crore to draught-hit farmers

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 23:01

Maha govt will distribute funds to tune of Rs 2,172 crore received from Centre over last couple of yrs towards drought mitigation to farmers in cash.

Drought relief fund diverted to western Maharashtr

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 20:02

Opposition BJP on Thursday alleged that the ruling Congress government discriminated in distribution of drought relief fund in the state.

Karnataka rules out Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu

Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 21:53

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Sunday said the state could not release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as reservoirs across the river basin were nearly dry following severe drought.

Thermal plants got priority in water-starved Maharashtra: Greenpeace

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 19:35

International environmental organisation Greenpeace on Thursday said there had been "wrong prioritising" in allocation of water to thermal power plants in Maharashtra during the current drought.

Rahul assures to tackle water crisis in drought-hit Aurangabad

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 16:50

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today visited the drought-hit Aurangabad district and assured villagers of taking prompt measures to tackle water and fodder scarcity.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Maharashtra today

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 10:06

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will Tuesday tour some of the drought-hit villages in Aurangabad district of the parched Marathwada region in Maharashtra, his office said Monday.