Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Rs. 8,992 crore set aside for irrigation and flood management With focus on Ganga rejuvenation and irrigation, allocation of funds for the Water Resources Ministry has gone up from Rs. 2,076 crore in 2013-14 to a whopping Rs. 13,836 crore in budget allocations for 2014-15. The Rs. 8,992 crore set …
A consultant engineer, JN Khatoniar, said on Tuesday that the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project being set up at Gerukamukh along the Assam–Arunachal Pradesh border had many technical faults. Talking to newsmen in Guwahati on Tuesday, Khatoniar said: “The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) can never reduce the height of the …
Leaked draft communications strategy includes comments from the Environment Agency challenging funding claims The government’s drive to spin its cuts to flood protection funding has been revealed in a leaked communications strategy from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), seen by the Guardian. In comments on the …
Stuck on a waterlogged road, many of you would blame the monsoon for your misery. This report should dispel that notion. In its audit of Delhi's drainage, desilting and flood control measures, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has unearthed systematic fraud and neglect, showing how taxpayers' money is …
The growing frequency of extreme weather events in the UK is putting the nation's infrastructure networks at risk, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has warned. The structures underpinning the UK's transport, energy, flood, waste and water networks have been assessed by ICE in its latest infrastructure 'state of the …
With the summer heat melting the glaciers faster, the rising levels of Bhagirathi river have raised the level of anxiety being experienced by those living along the banks of this river in the Uttarkashi district. The rising waters of the Bhagirathi covering the banks of the river are also adversely …
The announcement of the winning flood defence projects for metropolitan New York and New Jersey marks a new and powerful role for design competitions in the US. A series of landmark infrastructure projects to protect New York City and New Jersey from flooding have been given the go-ahead after the …
The All Assam Water Resources Contractors Association today put forth several of their demands regarding improvement of the State flood and erosion scenario in front of the new MPs elected from the State and hoped that the new representatives will take a bold stance to solve the worsening flood and …
The Government of India has sanctioned 28 flood management schemes for Assam at an estimated cost of Rs 583 crore. The Government of Assam had submitted 32 medium and major flood management schemes last year, out of which 30 projects have been approved under the Flood Management Programme. This was …
ITANAGAR: Incessant rain in the last couple of days has flooded several rivers in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh threatening Tezu, the district headquarters, and its adjoining villages. A source said on Sunday, the Tezu Nallah, Shukha Nallah and Dening Nallah rivers in the district are in spate because of …
Located deep in the Dudhwa National Tiger Reserve, barely 10 km west of the Gauri-Phanta checkpost along the India-Nepal border, Nijhota village has little relevance on the political map of Uttar Pradesh. The last village on Indian soil along the international borders, Nijhota has seen little political activity this poll …
BALASORE: A century-old canal between Odisha and West Bengal has become a major poll issue in Balasore parliamentary constituency. Leading political parties have promised to revive the 221-km long Coast Canal, which would provide a boost to irrigation, flood control and pisciculture in the district. "The canal is a national …
The London Assembly Environment Committee has today called for more impetus on sustainable drainage and river restoration to reduce flood risk. The Committee says that focusing on these initiatives will create space for flood waters to be held higher in the river catchment and soak back into the ground. It …
Flood control measures in northern parts of Balasore, known as flood prone area of the State, will be the major poll plank for the political parties in the district. While people face the fury of flood every year during monsoon, assurances made by the politicians for flood management turn hollow …
Global warming may lead to more heat-related deaths and increase the damage caused by floods in Japan, a group of researchers said in a study released today. About 3,000 deaths each year in Japan are linked to heatstroke, a number that may double if no adaptation measures are taken, according …
The members of four different organizations named Youth Against Social Evils, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Sara Bharat Krishak Sabha and Sara Assam Nirman Shramik Union along with the inhabitants of Manikpur GP under Borkhola constituency staged a protest demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner …
Standing Committee on Water Resources (2013-2014) present the Twenty First Report on 'Review of Ganga Flood Control Commission'. The Committee (2008-2009) was the first to take up the subject 'Ganga Flood Control Commission' for detailed examination and report. The succeeding Standing Committees on Water Resources for the years 2009-2010 and …
Hundreds of locals living near Mohana River in Kailali are building an embankment along the river banks to prevent flooding in their settlement. They have taken the initiative after the government did not show any interest in combating the natural disaster, which annually inundates their settlement during rainy season. More …
The eighth meeting of Nepal-India Joint Committee on Inundation and Flood Management (JCIFM) was held during 4th – 8th February, 2014 in Kathmandu. The Indian delegation was led by A. Paramesham, Member (Coordination), Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC), Government of India and the Nepalese delegation was led by K.P. Regmi, …
The eighth meeting of the Nepal-India joint committee on inundation and flood management was held from February 4 to February 8 in Kathmandu. The Indian delegation was led by A Paramesham, member of Ganga Flood Control Commission, and the Nepali delegation was led by KP Regmi, director-general of the Department …
