Report by the District Magistrate, Agra in EA No. 34 of 2024 IN OA No. 338 of 2023 (Ravendra Singh Vs. NHAI & Ors.) dated January 21, 2025. The compliance report was in response to the NGT order of May 22, 2023 regarding the inaction of the authorities in cleaning …
Mumbai Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Wednesday there was no guarantee against flooding in the city, his remark coming after several promises by the government and multi-crore projects undertaken after the 2005 deluge.
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) alongwith traffic police is gearing up to monitor water logging in the city by installing CCTVs at major traffic junctions in the metropolis. The civic administration has written to the traffic department asking for footage obtained from CCTVs that they have installed at major …
To prevent potholes, water-logging and resultant traffic chaos in the Capital this monsoon season, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to take
OUR understanding of Indian cities— their history, geography, sociology, politics— is seriously limited. At the time of its Independence, India was primarily a rural country. The government invested heavily in understanding rural India. Take the case of the adivasis. The government assigned sociologists and anthropologists to understand the Scheduled Tribes; …
An urban drainage system conveys storm water from the upstream to the drainage point in the towns and cities. The most important task of this system is to keep the streets and buildings from flooding. In this context, a cost effective solution would be to utilise the existing sewerage systems …
HEAVY rains battered Chennai on Friday, bringing normal life to a standstill and causing widespread damage to roads, and probems for vehicles, even as the weatherman predicted that the downpour would last till Sunday morning in coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Official s o u r c e s maintained …
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
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 …
Ahmedabad : This monsoon the western part of the city might not have to put up with water clogged roads. With monsoon, which is likely to hit the state on June 15, according to the Indian Meteorological Department, areas like Naranpura, Navranagpura, Paldi, Nehru Nagar among others can expect less …
Civic engineers are exploring the possibility of laying an underground pipeline from Subhas Sarobar to the Hooghly, alongside the proposed East-West Metro tunnel, to solve the waterlogging problem in the city proper. Over 20 waterlogging-prone city pockets, from Camac Street to Shyambazar, could benefit from the project, according to the …
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday gave its approval for the purchase of over 1400 tenements to rehabilitate Project Affected People (PAP) by the Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drain (BRIMSTOWAD) project which is touted as the solution for floods in the city. Rehabilitation of the PAPs is one of …
The IGI airport got its third runway on Thursday but don't expect hovering time over the airport to reduce just yet. For, the 75-metre-wide and 4,430-metre-long runway
Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 8 Leader of the house in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Subhash Arya and Standing Committee chairperson Vijender Gupta have said that the MCD has appointed a high power co-ordination committee under the chairmanship of Mayor Arti Mehra to monitor waterlogging on the …
If you are lucky you might get through one of the listed numbers of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) control rooms. Delhiites who have been calling to complain about waterlogging say that the listed numbers are either continuously busy or they have to call for hours to get through. …
A child enjoys his journey back home from school through a waterlogged street in north Calcutta. Picture by Sanat Kumar Sinha Showers lashed the city on Wednesday, with the Met office recording the season's second highest rainfall so far. Calcutta received 51.4 mm of rainfall in 24 hours, till 8.30pm …
The ground water level at Calcutta airport has risen to six inches below the primary runway this monsoon, adding to safety concerns triggered by rubber deposits and patches of concrete peeling off the main tarmac. "One of the reasons for the surface becoming fragile is the rising water level under …
Mumbai, July 04 WET WEEKEND AHEAD Met office forecasts thundershowers or spells of rain with gusty winds; 4.84-metre high tide likely today With the second highest high tide of this monsoon season forecast on Saturday afternoon at 4.84 metres and the Indian Meteorological Department also predicting spells of rain or …
The Greater Guwahati Citizen's Coordination Committee has decided to stage a sit-in demonstration in front of the State Assembly during its monsoon session on the issue of artificial floods in the city. The committee condemned the government agencies on their laid back attitude on the civic problems of the city …
