India: Cabinet Secretary calls for Integrated Action Plan to tackle drought
Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaPress Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation 02-May-2016 20:17 IST Cabinet Secretary calls for Integrated Action...
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Pakistan: Crisis Response Bulletin, May 02, 2016 - Volume: 2, Issue: 18
Source: Alhasan SystemsCountry: PakistanHighlightsExpected heatstroke, arrangements made at Government services hospitalTemperature on the rise in different citiesSindh without a disease warning system...
View ArticleCambodia: Authorities in Northwestern Cambodia Urge Villagers Not to Burn...
Source: Radio Free AsiaCountry: CambodiaCambodian authorities in Battambang province have started canvassing villages to convince residents to stop illegally burning forest areas that have dried up...
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India: India: Data on casualties due to heat waves in the last three years
Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaPress Information BureauGovernment of IndiaMinistry of Earth ScienceData on casualties due to heat waves in the last three years India Meteorological Department...
View ArticleIndia: Indian Women Worst Hit by Water Crisis
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: IndiaNEW DELHI, May 3 2016 (IPS) - A staggering 330 million Indians, making up a quarter of the country’s population (or roughly the entire population of the United...
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Pakistan: ACAPS Anticipatory Briefing Note: Pakistan Heatwave, 3 May 2016
Source: Assessment Capacities Project, Start NetworkCountry: PakistanCrisis overviewA severe heatwave is expected to strike Pakistan, in particular the southern province of Sindh and its capital...
View ArticleIndia: Rain brings relief from heat wave to some parts of the country
Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaDusty storm and rains have brought relief to some parts of the country reeling under intense heat wave. However, rising mercury continues to wreak havoc in many...
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India: Situation Report: Uttrakhand Forest Fire (3rd May, 2016)
Source: Sphere IndiaCountry: IndiaA. Situation ReportThe fire in the forests area of Uttrakhand has been burning for nearly 3 months, destroying close to 3,000 acres of forest cover so far. In the last...
View ArticleIndia: National Agriculture Drought Assessment and Monitoring System
Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaPress Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of AgricultureThe 14 States covered under NADAMS are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,...
View ArticleIndia: Forest Fire: Controlled in U'khand, rages on in Himachal
Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaMore than 2,900 hectare of forest land has been devastated by the forest fires in Uttarakhand.Besides the 6,000 firefighters, personnel of the National Disaster...
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Thailand: Heat Wave Hits Thailand, India (4 May 2016)
Source: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCountry: India, ThailandApril in Southeast Asia is usually a hot month, following the cool, dry season and preceding the monsoon season. But April...
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Pakistan: Humanitarian funding analysis: Heatwave in Pakistan, 3 May 2016
Source: Global Humanitarian Assistance programme (Development Initiatives), Start NetworkCountry: Pakistan1. Key pointsAccording to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s...
View ArticleIndia: More than 300 million Indians suffer from a crippling drought
Source: Washington PostCountry: IndiaSHIVOOR, India — In the blistering sun and swirling dust, farmer Dhananjay Hanumant Suryavanshi squats on his empty land and caresses the parched earth.“There is...
View ArticleIndia: Government under fire as India burns
Source: IRINCountry: IndiaBy Nimisha JaiswalDELHI, 5 May 2016India is burning.Well, large parts of it are burning. There have been more forest fires in the first four drought-stricken months of 2016...
View ArticleIndia: PM reviews drought and water scarcity situation at high level meeting...
Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaThe Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today chaired a high level meeting on the drought and water scarcity situation in parts of Karnataka. The Chief Minister...
View ArticleIndia: To beat drought, ICAR eyes GM sugarcane
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaBy Vishwa Mohan TNN | May 9, 2016, 03.37 AM ISTNew Delhi: As water-guzzling sugarcane is blamed for worsening the water crisis in parched areas of Maharashtra, the...
View ArticleIndia: India's drought migrants head to cities in desperate search for water
Source: GuardianCountry: IndiaParts of India are being parched by a drought that means farmers are unable to irrigate their fields, with some areas even running out of drinking waterNo one in the slum...
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Pakistan: Crisis Response Bulletin, May 09, 2016 - Volume: 2, Issue: 19
Source: Alhasan SystemsCountry: PakistanHighlightsPM wants climate change policy implementationNewcastle virus kills 50 peacocks in TharAvalanches and rainfall cause devastation in...
View ArticleIndia: PM meets CMs of Drought-hit States
Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaPrime Minister Modi says, specific requirement of drought-hit states being assessed with focus on immediate and long-term measures to mitigate drought; Holds...
View ArticleIndia: India: Droughts of governance precipitate death
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: IndiaFor millions of Indians hit by the devastating drought, death comes in myriad forms. Farmers’ suicides – oft reported by the media and denied by the...
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