Live
- Summer Essentials: Beat the Heat in Style
- Spectacular getaways to visit this Summer
- SP Gaikwad Vaibhav Raghunath returned the lost cell phone to the 52 victims
- Polling booth vandalized in Chamarajanagar
- We will implement UCC in entire country, it is 'Modi ki Guarantee': Amit Shah
- Outer Manipur: Over 54 pc turnout recorded till 1 p.m. in 8 districts
- Ahead of selection day, looking at India's likely squad for the T20 World Cup
- CM Jagan Focuses on Manifesto Preparation, convenes meeting with key leaders
- Investment opportunities in Indian hospitality
- Nomination of BJP’s Birbhum candidate cancelled, Debtanu Bhattacharya to contest
Include climate change in Telangana growth agenda
Eminent environmentalists urged the Telangana government to include climate change as an integral part of the State’s development agenda.
Hyderabad: Eminent environmentalists urged the Telangana government to include climate change as an integral part of the State’s development agenda.
They shared their views at a workshop organised under the aegis of Centre for Climate Change on “Climate Change Challenges – Synergy through Partnership,” held here on Thursday.
The speakers pointed out that of late Hyderabad city has been experiencing floods and extreme heat conditions. And, these could be addressed only by adopting effective mitigation methods.
However, the State government was not following the norms prescribed by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to stop flooding in the State.
Environmentalist Prof K Purushotham Reddy said, “Lack of a focused approach on the part of government on climatic issues has resulted in removing 3,000 trees from a big ecosystem of KBR Park.”
After a comprehensive study by the Centre, the speakers said Hyderabad was currently experiencing the “Heat island” phenomenon.
Heat Island phenomenon is associated for those urban areas which are slightly warmer than the surrounding areas due to human activities, they pointed out.
