Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
New Delhi: Under the Yamuna Action Plan, about Rs 1,500 crore has been spent so far on cleaning the river and another project worth Rs 4,000 crore is ready to take off. This has, however, made little difference to the state of the river. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit recently observed …
New Delhi: The blame game on desilting of drains has already begun before the onset of monsoons. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), on Wednesday, claimed that while it was held responsible for desilting of Public Works Department
Natural disasters threaten to trigger widespread damage and distress in emerging economies, many of which are already on the brink because of the global recession, a United Nations body said on Sunday. There are 1 billion people living in hazard-prone slums and shantytowns in developing countries, many of which overlooked …
Peasant leader Ghulam Rasool Sehto has urged the Sindh government to help end water shortage, waterlogging and salinity in Khairpur district, particularly in Faiz Gunj taluka. Speaking to journalists here on Friday, he said Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, who was elected CM for the second time, belonged to …
New Delhi: MCD seems to have one set of figures for public consumption and an entirely different one for official purposes. During a review of the work on desilting of drains by urban development minister A K Walia on Thursday, the civic agency said it had managed to desilt 995 …
A team of Survey of India experts is expected to arrive in the State next month to carry out a topographical survey of Altinho hill as a part of project to prepare a master drainage plan.
Water supply to half of the town remains suspended for 45 days due to construction of a drain network. The affected areas include Manzoorabad, Najam colony, Masan Nako, Mallah chowk, workshop, Chhano Shahabad, New bus stand, Johi More and Pir Bux colony. People believe that the shortage is artificial. On …
Surface meltwater that reaches the base of an ice sheet creates a mechanism for the rapid response of ice flow to climate change. The process whereby such a pathway is created through thick, cold ice has not, however, been previously observed. We describe the rapid (<2 hours) drainage …
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the irrigation network of Sindh is very important and it is the need of the hour to properly maintain all structures, canals, distributors and channel paths. He was presiding over a meeting regarding revamping/rehabilitation of Irrigation and Drainage system in …
The Irrigation network of Sindh is very important and it is the utmost need of hour to properly maintain all structures, canals, distributaries and channel paths. This was stated by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah while presiding over a meeting regarding revamping/rehabilitation of Irrigation & Drainage system in …
NAVI MUMBAI: Villagers from Kalamboli protested against the ongoing work at the Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone (NMSEZ) by obstructing the work process on Tuesday. Villagers from the neighbouring gaothan of Tembhode have threatened to disrupt work again at the NMSEZ if Reliance (promoters of the SEZ) officials do not …
Three months have passed since the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) impressed upon the state government to fill all the open bores, manholes and pits for the safety of the people, but the instructions seem to have no takers so far. In order to ensure that no bore …
MARGAO, MAY 5 The Margao Municipal Council will spent a whopping Rs 22.93 lakh to cover the Sonsodo dump yard and construct water drainage network at the site before the ensuing onset of monsoons. While the Civic body has tendered work of covering the dumping site with tarpaulin at a …
Training in integrated water and sanitation planning will be organised in Gaibandha Municipality under a joint project of the Government, UNICEF and DFID, officials said. The project titled Sanitation, Hygiene Education and Water Supply in Bangladesh (SHEWAB) began in the municipality in July, 2008. The aim of the project is …
Manish Tewari, who released his vision document today, has termed Budha Nullah as the biggest challenge. The open drain passing through the heart of the city needs to be immediately cleaned, he added and promised to take up the issue with the Central government. While committing himself to the cause, …
