Month: September 2011

Why Hirakud dam failed to check flood

There is no sign of floods abating in Odisha and two-thirds of the state’s 30 districts are affected. Experts and the public attribute the current flood in Orissa entirely to the mismanagement of the Hirakud dam. In fact,...

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Pak’s flood victims save what they can

Pingrio: Pakistani soldiers in inflatable rescue boats peered across kilometers of flooded farmland and spotted a man wading through waist-deep water desperate to move his goat to high ground. For the past two weeks, Kaywall has...

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