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West Bengal: 11 districts declared drought hit
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
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The West Bengal government has declared 11 of the 18 districts in the state as drought-affected. The monsoon has been 30 per cent deficient in the West Bengal State. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the chief minister of West Bengal will write to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asking him to send a Central team to visit the drought-affected areas in the state, reports Business Standard. |
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60% of Bihar reeling under drought like condition, 20% shortfall in rain
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Monday, August 02, 2010 |
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60 percentage of Bihar is reeling under drought. The state recorded 20% rainfall deficit. The state cabinet wil declare more than two dozen districts drought hit. The Government asked all district magistrates to submit report on the drought, reports The Times Of India. |
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Poverty Is A Bigger Problem Than Climate Change
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
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I think the big problem facing poor countries is poverty. If you climb out of poverty, you are equipped to deal with any change that might take place with or without human intervention. I think this discussion here in Copenhagen is short circuiting that relationship, that it is poverty that makes people vulnerable, Says Barun Mitra. |
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Droughts set to be longer, more severe
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
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A report by EcoClimate, a consortium of scientific and economic research organizations, for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in New Zealand has concluded that more extreme and frequent droughts, brought on as a result of climate change, will adversely impact agriculture. Econometric modelling by the Treasury a few years ago found drought to be the second most potent influence on the New Zealand economic cycle, after export prices. Droughts would become more frequent, said Niwa scientist David Wratt, and the work suggested the likelihood of the especially damaging case of a two-year drought might be higher, reports Brian Fallow.
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