India has enough foodgrain reserves, says Kamal NathAugust 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath said on Friday that the country has enough foodgrain reserves even in the worst monsoon situation. Nath, however, expressed his concern over the adverse impact of poor monsoon on agricultural activity.
Rain brings temperature down in Delhi by 3 degreesJuly 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - After a brief lull in the monsoon season, heavy rains in several parts of the national capital on Tuesday, brought down the mercury, providing major relief from the sultry weather to residents here. Tuesday's rain brought relief to Delhites who had been expecting rains since many days in this monsoon season.
22 die as monsoon batters KarachiJuly 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 22 people died in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi as it received the first spell of monsoon rains at the weekend, media reports said Sunday. Most of the casualties were caused by falling roofs and walls or electrocution, the private Geo News television channel said.
Pawar warns of draught like situation in North IndiaJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today warned that, North India facing drought-like situation, and states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi might face serious problems due to scarcity of rains. Pawar, however, said the Ministry of Agriculture has prepared two contingency plans to face the situation arising from the failure of monsoon.
Punjab farmers fear low produce due to delayed monsoonJune 27th, 2009 ABOHAR - Farmers in Punjab are worried a lot, as they fear low produce due to delayed monsoon. With only 40 percent of farmland irrigated, most of small farmers rely on the monsoon to water their crops.
Monsoon reaches Orissa's southern coastJune 26th, 2009 BHUBANESHWAR - People of Orissa can take a sigh of relief as the much-awaited monsoon touched its southern coast, and will cover entire state in a day or two, say officials. "Monsoon has delayed, actually because earlier its ONSET was on 25th May.
Centre assures its support to States in case monsoon further delayedJune 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Government has assured the States of adequate availability of short-duration seeds that may be required in case of further delay in monsoon. Saying monsoon would revive shortly, the Centre has maintained that there is no cause for worry at this moment.
Central and State Agriculture Secretaries to discuss delay in monsoonJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Agriculture Secretary T Nanda Kumar will meet Agriculture Secretaries of states on Thursday to discuss the situation arising due to delayed monsoon. Agriculture Secretaries of states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh will meet to consider measures to deal with the situation.n Wednesday, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Prithiviraj Chavan has said that the Southwest Monsoon is likely to remain below normal level vis-à-vis the original prediction and conventional rainfall.
Southwest Monsoon to remain below normal: Govt.June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Prithiviraj Chavan on Wednesday said that the Southwest Monsoon is likely to remain below normal level vis-'-vis the original prediction and conventional rainfall. The second and revised forecast has predicted near-normal rainfall with 96 per cent rain of the long-term average, which the government officials say, may vary and even belie the hopes.
Met Department predicts below normal rain for JulyJune 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI J - The Metrological Department predicted a below normal rainfall in the month of July, expecting 93 % rainfall, as against 96% predicted earlier for this. Addressing the media, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan Said the southwest monsoon is expected to be normal this year.
Government under pressure if present heat trends continueJune 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI J - The slowdown in the southwestern monsoon, since June7 has put the Government under pressure, as India is likely to face a major agricultural crisis if the present trend in the weather continues. The delayed monsoons may put the livelihood of millions of farmers at risk, as over 60 per cent of Indian agriculture is rain fed.
Gujarat-specific weather website coming upMay 19th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is set to launch a Gujarat-specific weather information website June 1, an official said Tuesday. The website, which was long sought by the Gujarat government considering the state's 1,600 km-long coastline and the increasing maritime activity.
'Near normal' monsoon this year, says weather officeApril 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The country will experience 'near normal' monsoon this year, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday forecast. 'The rainfall during the 2009 South-West monsoon season from June to September in the country is likely to be near normal,' said a statement from the IMD.
Indian meteorological department perfects weather predictionApril 8th, 2009 PUNE - The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) generates and collects scientific knowledge about meteorology and atmospheric sciences. It functions as a national centre for basic and applied research in monsoon meteorology.
Rains damage crops in LudhianaMarch 26th, 2009 LUDHIANA - Torrential rains have damaged Rabi crops in Ludhiana, causing huge losses to local farmers. Distraught farmers in the city say surprise rains and hailstorms have ruined their wheat crops.
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