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Volume 2016, Issue No .4, Dated: 1 to 16 April 2016, Time: 08:13:55 AM
Severe Summer in India, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Vidarbha, Odisha, and Telangana facing acute drinking water problem
Japan struck by two Earthquakes, a simmering mountain, possible rains at the struck site.
Japan struck by two Earthquakes, a simmering mountain, possible rains at the struck site.
by
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
(Retd. Prof. of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004)
Res: 17-11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,
Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.
kotcherlakoa_l_n@hotmail.com
lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck the South Pacific island nation of
Vanuatu on Sunday, 3 April. The quake hit at 7:23 PM local time (4.23 AM ET)
off the island of Espiritu Santo, 407 km (more than 250 miles) north-north-west
of the capital, Port Vila. School going children in Andhra Pradesh and
who are writing exams are facing the maximum heat threat.The newly found distant world,
known as KELT-4Ab, orbits one star. That star in turn is orbited by a nearby
pair of stars.On March 29, 2016 the discharge observed in the Ganga by the
India-Bangladesh joint observation team was 50,710 cusecs, while in comparison
the discharge on 29/03/2014 and 2/03/2015 were respectively 91,001 cusecs and
83,807 cusecs. A magnitude-6.9 earthquake
struck the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday. The quake hit at
7:23 PM local time (4.23 AM ET) off the island of Espiritu Santo, 407 km (more
than 250 miles) north-north-west of the capital, Port Vila. Two
train’s to supply water to parched Latur and the neighbouring two towns, due to
non-availability of water because the Manjara Factory, using the water. Rudravaram sunk earth
on 7 April 2016. The
sunk earth about 25 feet deep, 20 feet wide, and the mud is slowly dripping
down the sunk hole while in morning it was only 20 feet depth by evening,
several people are visiting it with wonder. Odisha,
Maharashtra, Andhra and Telangana are facing intense Heat Wave which recorded
above 40 C. Salur, Balijipeta and Icchapuram one cm rainfall recorded on 7
April. 13:25m 8 April: Supermassive black hole weighing 17 billion Suns in
the centre of Galaxy in a sparsely populated Universe.
INTRODUCTION
28 Galaxies hold water in the Universe.
Space.com: Nola Redd 15 hours ago: 1 April 2016.
28 Galaxies hold water in the Universe.
Space.com: Nola Redd 15 hours ago: 1 April 2016.
The newly found distant world,
known as KELT-4Ab, orbits one star. That star in turn is orbited by a nearby
pair of stars. The twin stars are close enough to the planet to appear about as
bright as the full moon in the sky, new research has revealed. KELT-4Ab, which
is about as massive as Jupiter, orbits the single star KELT-A once every three
days. Nearby, the stars KELT-B and KELT-C orbit one another once every 30
years, and together they travel around KELT-A and its planet every 4,000 years
or so. One reason the twin stars in the KELT-4 system were so easily identified
as two individual stars instead of one was because of the system's close
proximity to Earth.
MARS SURFACE REPLICA IN GUJARAT
GANGA DRYING UP?
Magnitude-6.9 earthquake hits Vanuatu: CNN: at 1228 GMT (1928 HKT) April 3, 2016
RUDRAVARAM SUNK EARTH 7 APRIL
HEAT WAVES IN TELANGANA
From three to five degrees excess heat resulted in (Vadagadpulu) winds of hot winds in Telangana with the increase of (Enda) morning temperatures. Friday 8 April, Nizambad registered 43 C, Anantapur, Kurnool 42 C, Ramgundem 41 C, Tirupati and HHyderabad 40 C. Th heat waves would survive in the next two to three days in Telangana. Rayalseema may have some rains in soome localities
.SUN’S HEAT
THE THIRUVATHIRAI STAR: NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
In Tamil month of Margazhi, during the ascendency of Thiruvathirai Star, a celebration was held in the homes of, where families would inform members of their community that they have an eligible bride in their house hold. As part of the celebrations, a dosai made of raw rice and jiggery was served to guests with the feast.
Fig.1 Surface of Mars 1 April 2016 from Matanumadh area in Gujarat
In an article published in Journal of Geophysical Rsearch:Planets, Souvika Mitra of IIT, Kharagpur ascertained that the Martian Surface revealed at Matanumadh (86 km north-west of Bhuj) Formation represents analog locality. The positive identification of Jarosite, in addition to the previously reported Minearals naturoalunite and minamiite forms a major evidence of the site resemblance with Martian Surface. MIGHTY
GANGA DRYING UP?
On March 29, 2016 the
discharge observed in the Ganga by the India-Bangladesh joint observation team
was 50,710 cusecs, while in comparison the discharge on 29/03/2014 and
2/03/2015 were respectively 91,001 cusecs and 83,807 cusecs. In flow at Farakka
has dipped compared to water available in the last two years.
Magnitude-6.9 earthquake hits Vanuatu: CNN: at 1228 GMT (1928 HKT) April 3, 2016
A
magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on
Sunday. The quake hit at 7:23 PM local time (4.23 AM ET) off the island of
Espiritu Santo, 407 km (more than 250 miles) north-north-west of the capital,
Port Vila. It occurred about 81 km (50 miles) north-north-west of the town of Port
Olry at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
PAKISTAN RAINS ISLAMABAD
RAINS KILL IN NORTH PAKISTAN AT LEAST 63 PEOPLE
At least 57 people were killed and 27 others injured as flash floods triggered by torrential rains swept away houses across northwest Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said on Monday. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was worst-hit in the downpour that began last night and caused flash floods in several districts, a Pakistani national disaster management official said. Shangla district was most affected where 14 people were killed while 12 people died in Kohistan and eight in Swat, the official said. At least eight people, including five children, were killed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan regions where land slides buried houses. Several houses were badly damaged and some bridges were swept away by flash floods in different parts of the province. Death toll from northern Pakistan rains rises to 71 AFP news April 5, 2016.
SUMM ER HEAT ANDHRA
April 5 news that the summer is simmering all over Andhra, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Odisa. Visakhapatnam seems the only town in Andhra lucky to escape the Sun's heat and weather is considerably cool.
PAKISTAN RAINS ISLAMABAD
RAINS KILL IN NORTH PAKISTAN AT LEAST 63 PEOPLE
At least 57 people were killed and 27 others injured as flash floods triggered by torrential rains swept away houses across northwest Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said on Monday. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was worst-hit in the downpour that began last night and caused flash floods in several districts, a Pakistani national disaster management official said. Shangla district was most affected where 14 people were killed while 12 people died in Kohistan and eight in Swat, the official said. At least eight people, including five children, were killed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan regions where land slides buried houses. Several houses were badly damaged and some bridges were swept away by flash floods in different parts of the province. Death toll from northern Pakistan rains rises to 71 AFP news April 5, 2016.
SUMM ER HEAT ANDHRA
April 5 news that the summer is simmering all over Andhra, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Odisa. Visakhapatnam seems the only town in Andhra lucky to escape the Sun's heat and weather is considerably cool.
On 3 April 2016 Nizamabad
recorded 44 C, Ananthpuram 43 C, Ramagundem and Kurnool 42 C. While Telangana had
some rains Abnormal heat claims15 lives in AP till March 31. 11 deaths were reported from Kadapa, two from
Kurnool and one each from Anantapur and Srikakulam districts totalling about
15.
News on 4 April 2016
Kadapa
bound by Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats of the sub-continent mainly
responsible for summer scenario of intense heat, no exception this year.
Bowl-like structure does not allow the heat to escape, but traps it within the
boundaries. Southern region which falls close to the equator is the victim of
heat wave being radiated from Rajasthan Thar desert. 30 deaths recorded due to
Sunstroke, while 11 are officially confirmed while 19 awaiting confirmation. The government however, putting the death toll at 12,
claims not all deaths were due to the heat wave. Five districts Krishna,
Guntur, Prakasam, East Godavari and West Godavari feeling the pinch of blazing
Sun. Workers not ready even with a lure of Rs.100/-
and farm land workers not available after 11 AM. School going children
and who are writing exams are facing the maximum heat threat.
SUN STROKE 4 APRIL 2016 ANDHRA
Sun stroke killed 18 people reports on Monday, 4 April 2016, they are, Velurthi mandal Bandenawaz aged 40, Ironbunda Ramakrishna 38, Bethamcherla Jakria 70, M.Krishnapuram Pullamma 50, Veepanagandla Mabusahib 55, Dwaraka in Pallipadu 26, Anathsagar Sahib 61, Venkateswarulu in Muttharasupalli 65, Chitredapalli Muni venkatappa 60, Kshirasamudram Naidu 70, Parimadugulo Vijayyamma 45, Dharmavaram Venketesu 48, Nakkapeta Appamma 77, Uddavagandla Yesub 75, Balathimmayyagaripalle Kodaiah 60, Pullivendala Chinnasubbarayudu 58, Railwaykoduru Rahimabhi 80 and Erraguntl Vnkatayya 25.
ANDHRA
DROUGHT RELIEF!
6 April 2016 News: Andhra state half
hit by drought and centre sanctioned NDRF about Rs.280.19 crore for supply of
drinking water where there is a shortage. Majority hit Mandals are in Kurnool,
Kadaph, Chittoor, Anantapur, Srikakulam, Prakasham and Nellore districts. The
rural water supply department allocated Rs. 158.21 crore for the purpose. The
department already spent Rs.60 crore on drinking water supply to 425 rural
habitations by tankers. Urban Local Bodies spending about Rs.112crore on water
supply in ULBs.
NEW MYSTERIOUS STATE OF MATTER
A quantum
state of matter known as quantum spin liquid predicted 40 years ago, the
University of Cambridge in UK, measured the first signature of these fractional
particles, known as Majorana Fermions. It has a structure similar to 2D
graphene. Electrons break up, in a material containing a spin liquid, at alost
cooled to absolute zero, form an entangled soup caused by quantum fluctuations.
The experimental results matched with the Kitaev model main theory of quantum
spin liquid.
AFTER-GLOW ORIGINATED FROM BLACK
HOLE
News: April 6, 2018 Mr Schholtz said that he
found a total of 10 new bursts. Some FRBs last just a few thousands of a
second, since they were first reported a decade ago. Laural Spitler post-doc of
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, in Germany published in Nature, asserting
that the Fast Radio Bursts, repeat with their brightness and spectra differ
from those of other FRB's. Mr Schholtz said that he found a total of 10 new
bursts. Some FRBs last just a few thousands of a second, since they were first
reported a decade ago. Nature Year published: (2016) doi: 10.1038/
nature 17168, Received 03 December 2015 Accepted 21 January 2016 Published on
line 02 March 2016. NEW FIND: The FRB 150418
obtained Feb last year was only a second one to be identified in real time. JVLAN
radio network showed the initial observations have completely faded out. But a
persistent radio source whose strength varied randomly by a factor of three,
matching often the brightness of the claimed afterglow. It goes up and down but
never goes away. So it could be associated with a fast radio burst. Emission
originates from an active galactic nucleus, powered by a supermassive black
hole. Both the short and long gamma bursts, FRBs and the constant source of
radio waves point to complex physical processes within these jets!
WORLD’S SMALLEST DIODE
The size of a molecule, world’s
smallest diode was developed, such an element is the nano-scale diode or
molecular rectifier, which allows flow
of current in only a single direction.
The
world's smallest diode, the size of a single molecule, has been created.
Scientists have constructed a theoretical model of the DNA molecule inside the
electric circuit to better understand the results of the experiment. Prof. Bingqian Xu's group at the College of
Engineering at the University of Georgia took a single DNA molecule constructed
from 11 base pairs and connected it to an electronic circuit only a few
nanometers in size. When they measured the current through the molecule, it did
not show any special behavior. However, when layers of a molecule called
"coralyne," were inserted (or intercalated) between layers of DNA,
the behavior of the circuit changed drastically. The current jumped to 15 times
larger negative vs. positive voltages--a necessary feature for a nano diode.
The researchers published their results in the latest issue of Nature
Nanotechnology. see below.
Elementary physics in a
single molecule July 25, 2013 Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology,
Fig.2 The idea of measurement in a single molecule
The smallest unit of a magnet is the magnetic moment of a single
atom or ion. If two of these magnetic moments are coupled, two options result:
Either the magnetic moments add up to a stronger moment or they compensate each
other and magnetism disappears. From the quantum physics point of view, this is
referred to as a triplet or singlet. A team of researchers around Professor
Mario Ruben from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Professor Heiko B. Weber
from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg now wanted to find
out whether the magnetism of a pair of magnetic moments can be measured
electrically in a single molecule.
TELANGANA
TELANGANA
Telangana about 4 C above
normal on Wednesday. A total of about 66 lives in Telangana to date 6 April
2016,in Telangana, with the night temperatures also 3 degrees above normal. in April. Mahbubnagar districts registered the
most number of heat wave deaths. Hyderabad 41 C. The district accounted for 28
deaths, while Medak (42 C) reported 11 deaths followed by Nizamabad with 7, Khamamma
and Karimnagar with each 5 deaths. Adilabad and Warangal reported 4 each and
Nalgonda (at 43 C) registered two deaths. Heat wave claimed 15 deaths on
Tuesday. One officer checking the sand dust deals died due to heat stroke on Wednesday
6 April 2016 in AP. Today at Visakhapatnam 7 April 2016 it was blowing hot
winds in the afternoon around 3PM.
ODISHA
Odisha facing intense Heat Wave
in 16 stations which recorded above 40 C, Bhubaneswar (7 C above normal)
sizzling at 43.2 C, on Wednesday. Coastal districts the mercury is above six
degrees normal on Wednesday. North-West India winds gathers surface temperatures
from central plains on its way to Bay of Bengal, and arrives in coastal districts
with the winds heats up considerably.
FIJI CYCLONE
Fiji impacted by Tropical Cyclone Zena just weeks after devastation of Tropical Cyclone Winston
RUDRAVARAM SUNK EARTH 7 APRIL
Fig.3 SUNK HOLE OF 25 FEET DEEP AND 20 FEET WIDE
The sunk earth about 25 feet deep, 20 feet wide, and the mud is slowly dripping down the sunk hole while in morning it was only 20 feet depth by evening, several people are visiting it with wonder.
7 April 2016
Visakhapatnam very hot day 0n
7 April 2016 and afternoon at 3PM there was a hot wind blowing. Kurnool recorded
42 C. Ramagundem, Tirupati, Anantapur and Nizamabad recorded 41 C.
RAINS
Salur, Balijipeta and Icchapuram one cm rainfall
recorded on 7 April.
HEAT WAVE REPORT OF 7 APRIL
Hindu news paper gives 45 deaths till to date, with 16 people killed in Kadapa, 11 in Prakasam district, 4 in Anatapur, 3 each in Chittoor, and Vijayanagaram 2 in Srikakulum and Krihna districts, and one in West Godavari district. Heat wave on 7 April confining people indoor during day time with Srikakulum facing 34 C that may become worst in next two days. 7 and 8
The HEAT WAVE was very effective on the 7 and 8 April in Visakhapatnam and people were made to be on guard.
The HEAT WAVE was very effective on the 7 and 8 April in Visakhapatnam and people were made to be on guard.
TEN TRAINS TO SUPPLY WATER!! Dt. 8 April 2016
Two train’s to supply
water to parched Latur and the neighbouring two towns, due to non-availability
of water because the Manjara Factory, using the water. They factory people said at
least 10 trains should be used to supply water to the city. About 50,000 people
migrated away from Latur due to scarcity of water. Steps are to be taken to control
water tank rates. The city is getting water only once in 20 days. Minister
refuted allegations. The Manjara dam water being used by the Sugar factory.
8
April 2016: after 130 years
Famous Kumbh bathing spot goes
waterless after 130 years, Ramkund a spot on river Godavari in 130 years.
Thousands gathered for a holy dip at Nasik, with water tankers provided
knee-deep water hardly enough for a dip. 100 litres a day for person in Nashik
but may be reduced. Third week of July rains expected. IPL matches cancelled.
Thane near Mumbai would have water disconnected up to 60 hours each week.
GIANT
BLACK HOLE FOUND
13:25m 8 April: Supermassive
black hole weighing 17 billion Suns in the centre of Galaxy in a sparsely
populated Universe.
Huge
tornado killed on 08 April 2015
Wife 67 years old, along with her good
friend and next door neighbour Klosa 69 years, died in the tornado that swept
away their house some 30 miles away in Fairdale, Illinois. Clem Schultz filmed
the storm and majestically survived in the tiny rural neighbourhood with
population of 152. He never expected the storm would pass through his house. It
would be shown in Atmospheric Science meeting in California and shared with a
graduate student of University of Wisconsin to study structure of tornadoes. Washington
post.
Adithya Rays
Simhachalam
deity on the Telugu New Year’s day of Friday, 8 April 2016, has been blessed with the
rays of Sun directly falling on its feet in the evening. Crossing over the Dwajastambha,
passing through the main entrance, Neeladri steps and through the Govindraja
Swamy Mandhiram and straight into the Garbhalaya, touched the feet of the
blessed soul.
HEAT WAVES IN TELANGANA
From three to five degrees excess heat resulted in (Vadagadpulu) winds of hot winds in Telangana with the increase of (Enda) morning temperatures. Friday 8 April, Nizambad registered 43 C, Anantapur, Kurnool 42 C, Ramgundem 41 C, Tirupati and HHyderabad 40 C. Th heat waves would survive in the next two to three days in Telangana. Rayalseema may have some rains in soome localities
.SUN’S HEAT
Sun Heat soaring in AP on 9
April, at Nizamabad and Anantapur 42 C, Kurnool 41 C, Ramgundam and Nandigamma
40 C, Hyderabad, Tirupati, and Gannavaram 39 C, temperatures were recorded. The
sun was blazing right from its sun rise till late evening up to 6.25PM in
Visakhapatnam during the last few days. On Saturday, 9 April, about 24 people
died due to Sun stroke in AP. Minimum age 7 years old to maximum age of 85,
collapsed due to the heat wave on Saturday 9 April.
In 139 years the Godavari River
originating in Nasik in Maharashtra has completely dried up. Only concrete
slabs remained. On Gudipadava (India New Year of Andhra and Maharashtra states)
about 60 tankers water filled the bathing ghat at Nasik on 8 April. ' Ramkunda' has no water at all. The dam at
Gangapur Ghat has no water. Death body disposal and, performance of the imminent
rituals got totally disturbed. Nasik Purhoits Society President Satish Shukla
appealed to Government for some assistance. Latur, Bhidu and Parbhani facing
acute water problem and railway are trying to supply water. One wagon of train
loads about 54,000 litres of water. Each train would have 50 wagons! Two trains
made ready for the supply of water.
WATER PROBLEM
WATER PROBLEM
Local police had to invoke
section 144 to prevent violence over water, and it seems 31% of gram panchayats
exist in drought affected districts. Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana are facing the problem. Problem seems to be
the Sugar Crops that are consuming the potable water denying the rural population
the dire need of drinking water.
Naidu observed that during his
college days AP used to get over 1200 to 1500 tmcft from the Krishna River, now
it is not even 65 tmcft. Gravity of situation that Swarnamukhi River life line
of Chittoor district has gone dry. April 9, 2016 news.
THE THIRUVATHIRAI STAR: NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
In Tamil month of Margazhi, during the ascendency of Thiruvathirai Star, a celebration was held in the homes of, where families would inform members of their community that they have an eligible bride in their house hold. As part of the celebrations, a dosai made of raw rice and jiggery was served to guests with the feast.
Fig 4. The Dosai prepared by Tamil Nadu people
on the New Year's Day for a gracious occasion of their daughter's welfare.
CONTENTS: 2 cups raw rice; ½ cup
black gram; 6 red chiillies;1½ tsp ‘chukku’
powedered;6 cardamom, powdered; 100 gm jiggery;150
grams brown sugar: Method: Soak rice for ½ hour dry it; Grind the rice in a
blender to coarse consistency. Spread it
on a piece of paper and let it dry. Grind the black gram in a blender without
water, to a consistency where you can roll it into a ball. Mix rice flour
chillies, chukka, cardamom, together. Add ¼ cup water in a pan and add jiggery and
brown sugar. Let it dissolve totally. And strain contents with a muslin cloth.
Keep the strained liquid on the stove and cook on low flame till it thickens so
that you can roll it in a ball shape. Remove from the flame and allow it to
cool on a plate. Add the rice flour and black green mixture to this liquid
gradually and stir it. Mixture should ferment for eight hours. Heat a girdle
and pour a spoonful of this batter to the consistency of a pancake or
oothappan. Use a tooth pick and make 10-20 holes on the batter to ensure it
cooks evenly and serve it hot.
Earthquake in Delhi: 6.8 magnitude quake hits north India, China,
Pakistan; 3 feared dead, 28 injured.
A powerful 6.8
magnitude quake on Richter scale rocked north India including Chandigarh,
Kashmir and other areas in region -- the initial tremor felt was at 4.01 pm in
Delhi. The earthquake was earlier said to be of 7.1 magnitude. According to a
report one person has died due to the quake April 10, 2016,11:18 PM. A
powerful 6.8 magnitude quake on Richter scale rocked north India including
Chandigarh, Kashmir and other areas in region,the initial tremor felt was at
4.01 pm in Delhi. The earthquake was earlier said to be of 7.1 magnitude.
According to a report 3 people died due to the quake. The quake hit not just
India, but also Afghanistan, Pakistan and even China. The trembler had its
epicentre in the Hindukush mountain range of Afghanistan at 36.4 degrees North
Latitude and 71.2 degrees East Longitude. USGS reports
that earthquake epicentre was (236km reports TOI) 282 km NE off Kabul in Afghanistan. Germany’s GFZ Research Centre for
Geo-sciences set the quake’s magnitude at 6.5 on Richter scale. About 28
people were reported injured in the provincial capital Peshawar. The
entire area in North India including Kashmir, Leh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab,
Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh have been shaken. Tremors were also felt in
Madhya Pradesh towns like Gwalior, Bhind, Morena and Bhopal, but did not last
for long. The actual timing was 3.59 p.m. at the very spot of the quake in
Hindukush. “The earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale at a depth of 190
km hit Hindukush mountain region at 3:58 PM,” A mild quake of 3.4R epicentre at Nandvi town, shook Surat and Tapi districts.
A precursor of the actual
earthquake on Sunday, according to the PMD, the region was shaken on Friday 8 April, last by at least four distinct tremors,
ranging in intensity from 3.3 to 5.3 on the Richter scale, the strongest of which
was felt in parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa such as Malakand and Swat. Delhi Secretariat when the tremors were
felt tweeted, Plants and Furniture shaking at the sixth floor office of Delhi secretariat.
WARM WIND BLOWING IN VISAKHAPATNAM
WARM WIND BLOWING IN VISAKHAPATNAM
At 2 'O clock after noon on 11 April hot wind browsing over Visakhapatnam. News papers report that the Sun's heat is more than what the official figures say.
Pune reports today that the maximum temperature is fluctuating between 39 C and 40 C .
AP SUMMER WATER PROBLEM
Fig.5 Kadapa City carrying water in Rikshwas
Fig.7 Guntur, Kadavapatti
Pune reports today that the maximum temperature is fluctuating between 39 C and 40 C .
AP SUMMER WATER PROBLEM
Fig.6 Kurnool, Alluru Mandal Kothapeta Water trouble
Fig.8 a. The Rudravaram sunken land is oozing out water
a great surprise for the people who didn't get water at 200 feet depth.
b. KurnoolAdoni Mandak water problem
Fig. 9 The Srisailam Reservoir has only 26.7235 TMC water.
The water shortage for the next two months is heavily anticipated and people are afraid of their survival. Srisailam reached the lowest level of water storage. At 795.30 depth water being released to people.
Kurnool Gadivemula mandal, out of 264 bore wells 70 dried up, and in 54 mandals 1500 living families drinking water problem has built up. Only 27 villages tankers are able tosupply water. 264 villages using the bore wells in the agricultural fields for just drinking water. Pattikondamandal 15 villages there is no drinking water. Agricultural bore water being brough by people walking over miles of distance. Atmakuru supplying water once a week. Water pot costs Rs.6/- in Produtur and Rayachotii. Penna River totally dried up. Once in 3 to 4 days drinking water is being suppled to Produtur. Mydukoor mandal sunkalavri 100 families surviving on one bore well. Mylavaram water reservoir dwindled, 38 villagers and Jammalmadugu city facing shortage of water. Kalasapadu, Galliveedu and Pendlimarri mandals also facing the water problem. Putparti also facing problem with 30 villages around. Hasakanahal facing water problem since several months. Peddakodipalli not receiving water last fe weeks. Vijayanagaram has water supply nce in three days. Bobbili from 3 km water being brought by ladies. Prakasam 17 mandals, water being supplied for about 127 areas by tankers.Peddarveedu, Dornala people in 24 villages facing drinking water problem. Giddalur the water supply stpped on Wednesday. Podali 400 families dependent on 5 bore wells that drie up and facing acute water problem. Sagar waters filled about 80 lakes helping people to quench their thirst.
HEAT WAVES GRIPPING THE COASTAL TOWN
Visakhapatnam
turned out to be very warm due to the hot winds blowing from morning to evening
till 4 PM and with temperatures reported in Eenadu newspaper as about 36 C on
8, 37.2 C on 9, 37.2 C on 10, and 38.6 C on 11(higher by 3 degrees). Land
labour many of them fainted, and two wheeler riders forced to take shelter
under shades. Till the end of this month the heat waves would continue. Next
three to four days the heat waves may increase. From Tuni to Visakhapatnam the
heat wave enhanced considerably. The hot winds have troubled the people, while
in the evening till 7 PM the heat wave existed in some parts of the city near
the Hills, like Muralinagar. Afternoons around 2 PM the Sun was ferociously
blazing in the last four days.
12 April 2016
Visakha
Steel Plant facing problem with only 10 MGD water supply. Godavari and Eleswram
reservoirs have less water so only 10 MGD instead of 35 MGD.
Vidharbha, Marathwada, Telangana, Jagadalpur, heat waves are troubling people from Monday, 11 April. Ramgundem 44 C, Tuni, Nizambad and Kurnool 43 C, Visakha airpot 39 C, temperatures were recorded on 11 April.
Heat Wave In Odisha Claims 19 Lives, Schools Closed
Till April 20
April 12,
2016 04:57 IST
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government
on Monday announced the closure of schools till April 20 in view of the
prevailing heat wave in the state, where 19 deaths due to sun stroke have so
far been reported.Normal life continued to remain affected in Odisha as the
mercury hovered above 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of the state. A meteorological
office release said 17 places in Odisha recorded temperatures above 40 degrees
while Talcher, Sundargarh and Chandbali recorded above 43 degrees.The state
capital recorded a high of 45.8 degrees, the highest for the month
PALESTINIAN WATER
Khizaran identifies access to water as the greatest challenge facing
Palestinian farmers. According to the Palestinian Water Authority, on Sunday 10 April 2016, average domestic, urban and industrial consumption
in those parts of the West Bank connected to the water grid stood at 73 litres
per capita per day in 2011, less than the WHO-recommended minimum of 100 litres.
HEAT STROKE MONDAY 11 APRIL
Monday, 11 April 2016, EVPRD Madam Nischala struck by heat stroke riding on a two wheeler from Srikakulam, to Narasanapeta, Parishad reached office and while sitting on the office chair she collapsed, luckily when nearby office people transported her to a nearby hospital she recovered. But 19 people died on Monday in the state. People of 30, 40, 49, 60, 65, 55, 64, 61, 80, 50, 65, 60, 70, and 32 aged person to 87 years old persons have died due to heat stroke.
LAKE TUKANA DISAPPEARING: KENYA
An 180-mile shining ribbon that cuts neatly across north-western Kenya,
Lake Turkana is a vital source of life for more than 1.2 million people. It
occupies an arid region bordering Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia that is
famously known as the “cradle of mankind,” because the oldest known fossils of
early humans were unearthed there. But the lake, once so vast that some still
know it as the Jade Sea, is fast disappearing. A combination of global warming and
water resources projects have caused the inland sea to shrink. And according to
paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey, it's already too late
to save it."
12 April 2016
Fig. 10 Waves of Beach sand in Gara Mandal,
Kalingpatnam, Bundarvanipeta, rikurmam, and Matsylenam.
Fig.11. Rare sight of a White Gudlagubba in Visakhapatnam
Gajuwalka area handed to Zoo
VIZAG:Sun
stroke killed 13 people in the state on Tuesday 12 April 2016. Youngest in
Kukumbakam, was 20 years old lady and oldest in Kothapalli Janakamma 86 old.
MYANMAR EARTHQUAKE AT 13:55:17.80 UTC
An earthquake with magnitude 6.9 occurred near
Monywa, Myanmar at 13:55:17.80 UTC on Apr 13, 2016.
M6.9
Earthquake 74 km SE of Mawlaik, Burma. Tremors were
felt in parts of Kolkata, Guwahati, Patna, Bhubaneswar and Delhi. The magnitude-6.9
quake struck at a depth of 135 kilometers (84 miles), 396 kilometers (246
miles) north of Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, according to the U.S. Geological
Survey. Residents in Myanmar’s main city of Yangon panicked after the quake
struck, Radius, Population 75 km, 1 million people 50 km, 230000 people 20
km, 22000 people 10 km, 2700 people.
Tremors jolted North Coastal Andhra
Mild tremors felt at several places in
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, following th powerful earthquake in Myanmar, people
ran out of homes, office, and shops as ground shook for a few seconds. In
Visakhapatnam residents in coastal stretch from RK beach to VUDA Park,
Kirlampudi, Rushikonda, MVP Colony, Sagarnagar, Yendada, Akkayapalem, PR Gardens, Muralinagar,
Sithammdhara, experienced powerful tremors. MVP Colony residents said tremors
felt for about three seconds, twice.The first one was at 7.24, PM followed by another
at 7.29 PM. The second one was felt stronger. Srikakulam tremors were mainly
felt in Roy colony, Old Bridge junction, Seven roads junction, Official colony, Ramalakshman junction, Gurlam, Chintalavanipeta, Nandagam Mandals.
LATUR
WATER PROBLEM
The
second special train carrying around five lakh litres of water has reached
Latur district in Marathwada region which is battling its worst drought ever.
On April 8, the train had left from Kota workshop for Miraj in Pune division.
The second train consisting of 50 wagons is expected to be ready for water
loading around April 15, a railway official had earlier said.
Japan quake: Nine killed, 1,000 injured; nuclear plants safe:
(Bloomberg) -- Hundreds injured
when a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in southern Japan caused the strongest shaking
since the 2011 disaster. The quake struck in Kumamoto prefecture at 9:26 p.m.
local time Thursday, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) and was
followed by several strong aftershocks, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. At
least nine people were killed and nearly 1,000 injured after a strong quake hit
southwestern Japan, toppling houses and leaving thousands without power, but no
problems were reported at nuclear plants in the area. Strong aftershocks
continued to shake the area around the city of Kumamoto on Friday, the morning
after it was hit by the initial 6.0 magnitude quake.
HEAT WAVES IN INDIA
From morning 8 AM to evening 4 PM the heat
waves and the winds troubling people in Rayalseema, Telangana, and in Andhra
since last three days. April 14 news. Four districts in Rayalseema, Telangana,
Hyderabad, Nallagonda, Rangareddi, Karimnagar, Medak temperature is three
degrees above normal. Thursday Nizambad, Anatpur, 44 C, Kurnool, Ramgundem, Medak,
Adilabad, 43 C, Tirupati, Kammama, 42 C, Hyderabad, Arogynagar, Nandigamma,
Jangmeswaram, Nellore 41 C.
Western and Vayavya direction hot winds blowing and
middle India the weather depression has considerably weeded away, when active
it would have prevented the flow of weatern winds, but since no gales from
Gujarat hot winds via Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra blowing over Telangana and
Rayalseema. At the same time the Bay of Bengal excess pressure
being depressed, from the Ocean no wet winds blowing, the reason why Telugu
state facing the intense summer heat.
OVER SOUTH INDIA HEAT WAVE
About 13 lives loss in AP on
the 13 April. As intense heat wave stifled swathes of South India, with Odisha
in grip of sizzler, 18 stations recorded 40 C plus as Sun stroke deaths rise to
30.Schools closed till April 20. Many districts in North Karnataka reel under
heat waves, water shortage, power cuts, and especially drought hit areas
suffering the maximum Government offices work in Raichur, Kalaburagi and
Vijapura from 8 am to 1 PM only. Water scarcity cripples life at hundreds of
villages, panchayats, in Thuralyur, Manaparal areas in Tamil Nadu. 47 C touched
in Adilabad and Karimnagar. Kerala facing harsh summer no heat wave like
conditions have been recorded.
Japan
earthquake: Powerful new tremor in Kumamoto
16 April 2016 The magnitude-7.3 quake hit at a
depth of 10km (six miles) at 01:25 on Saturday (15:25 GMT on Friday) in Kyushu
region. At least 32 people (latest news) died and hundreds were injured. A
village has been evacuated after a dam collapsed, media reports say. A tsunami
warning was issued, and lifted some 50 minutes later. Japan is regularly hit by
earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that they rarely cause
significant damage. This new earthquake in Kyushu was much bigger and hit a
wider area than the one that struck Kumamoto on Thursday night, says the BBC's
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo. In one town near the coast, the city hall has
been so badly damaged there are fears it could collapse. A hospital has been
evacuated because it is no longer safe. But there are numerous reports of
people trapped inside buildings, including at least 60 inside an old people's
home. Public broadcaster NHK says the dam collapsed in the Nishihara
village. NHK had warned of sea waves of
up to 1m (3ft).Japan's nuclear authority said the Sendai nuclear plant was not
damaged. The quake was originally assessed as magnitude 7.1 but revised upwards
to 7.3 later.
Kumamoto Castle is said to have suffered more damage in the new tremor. The
city hall has been so badly damaged there are fears it could collapse. A
hospital has been evacuated because it is no longer safe. At least 28 people
have been confirmed dead Rescue
efforts have been hindered by damage to the region's transport network, with
one tunnel caved in, a highway bridge damaged, roads blocked by landslips and
train and air services halted. Continued tremors are also being felt,
with more than 230 aftershocks of at least level one on the Japanese scale
reported since Thursday's quake, the country's meteorological agency said. One
massive landslide has already torn open a mountainside in Kumamato
Prefecture all the way from the top to a highway below. Seven hours after the quake a small eruption occurred
at Mount Aso, about 30 miles from Kumamoto city, with smoke rising about 100
metres. While around 400,000 homes are
without water. There are fears that forecast heavy rain could set off more
mudslides.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author is indebted to Late Prof K R Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London) for his advice, guidance and direction, in the author’s work. In his childhood Prof K R Rao, he remembered to have walked almost four miles Eastward in to the Sea at Visakhapatnam (at an age of about nine years, in 1909). April first fortnight in Visakhapatnam and rest of South India except Kerala, but including Maharashtra State were simmering extremely severe Summer with Heat Waves and temperatures between 45 C to 40 C.
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