In Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest sugarcane-producing states, Red Rot and Top Borer diseases have severely impacted yields. Heavy and untimely rainfall and flooding in certain districts have further worsened the situation, spreading the infections to unaffected crops, reducing both sugarcane production and recovery rates.
Minor scuffles, fist-fights, people dying in queues, heat strokes and cases of knife-stabbing are increasingly becoming a feature of Sri Lankan life in 2021.
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India's next leap in disaster management should not simply be to predict disasters better. It should be to connect knowledge better, strengthen institutions and act earlier.
A decade after the earthquake, the flood has shown that unfinished reconstruction is not only an administrative failure – it is a life-and-death vulnerability in a warming mountain landscape.
India's next leap in disaster management should not simply be to predict disasters better. It should be to connect knowledge better, strengthen institutions and act earlier.
A decade after the earthquake, the flood has shown that unfinished reconstruction is not only an administrative failure – it is a life-and-death vulnerability in a warming mountain landscape.