India’s weather forecasters need to spruce up their act because farmers and ordinary citizens are suffering huge losses due to incorrect predictions on erratic rainfall brought on by climate change
There was a rarest of rare police complaint registered in July last year when farmer-activist Gangabhishan Tawre lodged a complaint against the Met department for deceptive weather forecasts…Read More
There seems to be no relief in sight for Latur, which is reeling under a severe water shortage, with long queues and high prices making life miserable for citizens
There’s no sleep for Usha Mankoskar even at 1.20am at night. Employed as a domestic help in Latur, a provincial town in Marathwada, Mankoskar is patiently waiting her turn in a queue…Read More
There seems to be no relief in sight for Latur, which is reeling under a severe water shortage, with long queues and high prices making life miserable for citizens
There’s no sleep for Usha Mankoskar even at 1.20am at night. Employed as a domestic help in Latur, a provincial town in Marathwada, Mankoskar is patiently waiting her turn in a queue to fill her ghagar, a 5-litre jar. She’s likely…Read More
Worsened manifold by climate change, consecutive years of drought in Marathwada have heightened the water crisis so much in this region of western India that deaths related to the scarcity have increased, even forcing authorities to limit the number of people around a reservoir to avoid water riots
Rajshri Kamble of Gevarai village in Beed district of Marathwada wanted to help her mother…Read More
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