Cuddalore

Cyclone Nivar in Chennai

As Cyclone Nivar Hits Tamil Nadu, Farmers, Fisherfolk Remember Gaja

Nalini Ravichandran 25/11/2020

They are still counting their losses from 2018, with...

kaveri-delta

TN Govt’s Bill to Protect Cauvery Delta Makes the Right Noises, Not Much Else

Aditya Ramesh and Senthil Babu 07/03/2020

The Bill foregrounds large-scale protests in the Cauvery delta...

Cyclone Gaja, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Pudukkottai, Vedaranyam, Cuddalore, panchayat, fish stock, fishing, fisherfolk, fisheries inspector, national disaster, Cyclone Fani, salt pans, Vedaranyam, fishing boats,

Gaja: When a Cyclone’s Wake Is Worse Than the Cyclone Itself

Aparna Shukla 02/06/2019

One structural barrier to improving disaster resilience is the...

Pichavaram mangrove forest, Kollidam river, Vellar river, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Irula tribe, scheduled tribe, MG Ramachandran, 2004 tsunami, climate change, sea level rise, sedimentation, freshwater, fishing, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute,

They Helped the Forest Grow. But in the Face of Climate Change, They’re Helpless.

Nidhi Jamwal 19/01/2019

The Pichavaram mangrove forest near Chidambaram, Cuddalore, is the...

Cyclone Gaja, Cauvery delta, paddy crop, rice cultivation, cottage industries, kuruvai, Cauvery river, Cauvery dispute, coconut groves, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Chennai, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Chola Empire, Harichandra river, farmer suicides, farmers march, Tamil Nadu

Cyclone Gaja Was a National Disaster – Don’t Let State Apathy Suggest Otherwise

Poonkuzhali and Kavin Malar 15/12/2018

If Gaja is treated – and dismissed – as...