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Centre releases funds to State for drought relief measure 25 April 2012
The Center has released Rs. 714 crores to Andhra Pradesh from the National Response Disaster Fund (NRDF) towards drought relief. The chief minister’s office has confirmed the same. The union minister for agriculture, Sharad Pawar has written a letter to...
Keywords: NRDWP, chief minister’s office, NRDF, 714 crores
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Bengaluru CM Blames Centre On Drought Relief Measures 19 April 2017
The Bengaluru Chief Minister, Mr. Siddaramaiah, blamed the Centre for not releasing funds for providing relief, as per the norms to the State. Siddaramaiah, is putting his efforts, to tackle the worst ever drought in the state. The State Government,...
Keywords: Karnataka, MGNREGA, Karnataka, MGNREGA
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BCCI: Treated sewage water used for ground maintenance 13 April 2016
Treated sewage water will be used for the ground maintenance for IPL matches in drought hit Maharashtra, BCCI said, after Bombay High Court raised the question.“We have tied up with the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) to procure treated...
Keywords: Maharashtra drought IPL, BCCI, BCCI, sewage water for BCCI
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AP CM Inaugurates New Irrigation Scheme, Promises Drought-Free State 09 September 2017
AP CM Inaugurates New Irrigation Scheme, Promises Drought-Free State:- AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday commissioned a lift irrigation scheme (LIS), Muchumarri II, which forms a crucial link in Handri Neeva Sujala Sravanthi Scheme, Phase I. The water...
Keywords: Handri Neeva Sujala Sravanthi Scheme, Muchumarri II Lift Irrigation Scheme, N Chandrababu Naidu, AP CM
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National Crop Forecast Centre to make maiden forecast 24 April 2012
With technical support from Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, and National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad, NCFC will start providing crops forecasts and drought assessments from this kharif season (2012-13). It has already initiated activities for jute crop assessment using microwave remote...
Keywords: national agricultural drought assessment and monitoring system, National Crop Forecast Centre, in-season crop forecast, National Crop Forecast Centre
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BJP leaders arrested while taking out a procession 02 December 2011
The government needs to address famine and drought in the state, immediately was the slogan of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state for the day. The state unit of the BJP took out a procession from Indira Park to...
Keywords: BJP agenda, demanding the immediate action, protest by BJP, BJP leaders arrested
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AP farmers forced to turn as sex workers! 25 May 2016
While the drought is at its peak in the Telugu states, the farmers in AP and Telangana, with no other option left, are committing suicides and a few women, reportedly are ending up, choosing prostitution as the profession, alleging that,...
Keywords: AP news, farmers drought, farmers sex workers, farmers sex workers
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Drought hits Hyderabad 15 May 2012
Have you seen the movie Hyderabad Blues? Whether the movie’s plot suited the title or not, the title best suits to the Nawabi City’s current situation. Drought is all set to hit Hyderabad. The ground water officials in Hyderabad have...
Keywords: Himayathsagar, bore wells, Hyderabadis, water level in Hyderabad
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CM seeks 3000 Cr central drought relief fund 09 February 2012
The State Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy had sought a financial package for the center on Wednesday. The details were released to the media by an official communiqué, which is given below for reader enrichment. The financial assistance was...
Keywords: Drought assistance, Liberal central package, CM seeks 3000 Cr central drought relief fund, Central team
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AP to turn as ‘drought-proof’ in the future - Naidu 03 September 2015
“Andhra Pradesh is soon going to be the “drought-proof” state in the country,” said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Speaking in the meeting, on Wednesday, Naidu said, “The Pattiseema lift irrigation project on Godavari River is a major initiative...
Keywords: Pattiseema project, Thotapalli project, polavaram project, polavaram project
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Drought attacks 24 million in China! 29 March 2013
According authorities in China said on Thursday, nearly 24 million people have been affected by drought in China's various provinces since last October while causing a big financial loss to the government. Furthermore,Xinhua quoted civil affairs authorities as saying on...
Keywords: Xinhua., China news, Drought in China, The National Disaster Reduction Commission
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Raghuveera Reddy’s silent deeksha 23 March 2012
The Revenue Minister Raghuveera Reddy sat on a silent protest, `Mouna Deekhsha’ in the Anantapur district. The Minister was observing the deeksha on Ugadi day since the last ten years. As usual the minister reached the Madakasira town in the...
Keywords: Mouna Deekhsha, drought, drought, Revenue Minister
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AP CM Appeal Engg Students to Protect Crops 30 August 2016
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu appealed to all engineering students to conduct a survey of crops under dry spell mitigation programme to save standing crops in four districts of Rayalaseema. Praising the services of students during Krishna pushkaram,...
Keywords: Drought, Drought, Anantapuramu, farming
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India to go through severe drought this year 17 July 2012
The economic analysts are of the view that northern part of India is most likely to get affected by drought since the southwest monsoon will apparently get scattered in central part f the country. They have also said that the...
Keywords: drought-hit states, southwest monsoon, drought-hit states, low rainfall in India
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Assembly chaotic, Speaker rejects opposition pleas 16 February 2012
The morning sessions of the assembly in Andhra Pradesh were postponed by half an hour. The oppositions gathered around the Speaker Nadendla Manohar’s podium and created pandemonium. The elected representatives got angry when the speaker rejected their pleas on various...
Keywords: TRS, CPI, Nadendla Manohar, CPI
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Drought forecast in India with el nino weather pattern 03 August 2012
It has been confirmed that the el nino weather pattern has been affecting the rains in India in the monsoon. It is predicted that this pattern would be in effect from the second half of June to September. With the...
Keywords: monsoon, GDP, ,
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Jagan Argues with Chandrababu Naidu on Anantapur Drought 05 October 2016
Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, YSR Congress president on Tuesday disputed the claim of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of having driven away drought.Speaking at the ‘Rythu maha dharna’ staged in Anantapur he expressed solidarity with the farmers of the district in...
Keywords: Chandrababu Naidu, Anantapur, damage, crops
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India could face drought this year 05 July 2014
Indian Meteorological Department [IMD] said the monsoon rainfall in the country a whole during June 2014 was below normal by 43 per cent and there are 80 percent chances of drought. A rivate weather forecaster Skymet also reported the same...
Keywords: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, weather forecaster, Earth Science minister Jithendra Singh, weather forecaster
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Karnataka Govt Says NO To Release Cauvery Water To Tamil Nadu 24 March 2017
The Karnataka Government has decided not to release any more Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, despite a Supreme Court order directing it to do. The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, directed that, all interim orders of releasing...
Keywords: Karnataka Government, Cauvery, Water drought, MB Patil
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Pawan All Set To Submit Drought Report To Narendra Modi 05 February 2018
Pawan All Set To Submit Drought Report To Narendra Modi:- Janasena Chief Pawan Kalyan has been touring across the Telugu states and he has been interacting with various sections of people. The actor has been recently in Ananthapur and the...
Keywords: Pawan Kalyan Janasena, Pawan Kalyan updates, Pawan Kalyan news, Narendra Modi
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