-The Telegraph New Delhi: Heat trapped by tarred roads and dense clusters of buildings may have added nearly 2 degrees to temperatures in the world's most populated cities, including Calcutta, Delhi and Mumbai, over and above the effects of global warming, researchers said today. Their study, described as the first to quantify the combined impacts of global warming and the "urban heat island effect", suggests that the overheated cities will face double...
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Bengaluru braces for dry days as water shortage looms large -Aparajita Ray
-The Times of India BENGALURU: It's been a rough few weeks for Bhagya M, a homemaker in Bhadrappa Layout near Hebbal in north Bengaluru. Since the beginning of April, water is being supplied to her home just once a week. "Earlier, we received Cauvery water twice a week. Also, the time keeps changing and we have to wake up at odd hours to fill our cans. It's impossible to manage with...
More »Fewer mangoes, more melons -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: India may need to consume less wheat and more pulses and vegetables, less chicken and more mutton, and fewer mangoes and more papayas to feed its population amid a looming water crisis. A study released on Tuesday has indicated that modest changes in diets might help address severe water stress India is predicted to face in the decades to come and reduce non-communicable diseases such as coronary heart...
More »Bengaluru water crisis: Karnataka faces severe scarcity, 160 of 176 taluks declared drought-hit
-The Financial Express The South Indian state, Karnataka is facing a severe water crisis for the fourth consecutive season as less than 20% water is left in 9 of Karnataka’s 12 dams. The situation is getting worse in the state as we are heading towards the cropping season and even the IT city of Bengaluru may face a drinking water crisis by May. Currently, 160 of 176 taluks in Karnataka have...
More »With pastures for cattle shrinking, India may have to import milk by 2021 -Gangadhar S Patil
-Hindustan Times/ IndiaSpend India may have to import milk in four years, if it cannot increase fodder supply for its 299 million cattle, as rising pressure on land reduces pastures nationwide. Spurred by rising incomes, a growing population and changing food preferences, the demand for milk and milk products will grow to at least 210 million tonnes by 2021–22, a rise of 36% over five years, according to government estimates. To meet...
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