Delhi govt to set up control room to monitor city's waterlogging situation after heavy rainBharadwaj said a round-the-clock control room is being set up at the PWD headquarters where senior officials will be present to monitor the...
28 Jun, 2024, 08.22 PM IST
Delhi rains: LG holds emergency meeting, officials' leave cancelledLieutenant Governor V K Saxena conducted an emergency meeting on Friday to address the severe waterlogging in Delhi following prolonged rai...
28 Jun, 2024, 03.34 PM IST
Delhi LG appeals to people not to throw garbage directly into Najafgarh drainNow that the seemingly undoable task of rejuvenating the Najafgarh drain and the revival of Sahibi river has started becoming a reality, pe...
17 Dec, 2022, 09.30 PM IST
Water resources department building 1,000 km of concrete embankment: Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma inaugurated a railway overbridge at Rangapara in Sonitpur today. The 804.7-meter-long overbridge built by PWD (Roads) for a total amo...
26 Jan, 2022, 09.55 AM IST
NGT refuses total ban on dredging in Tamil Nadu, says resources of nature be used scientificallyResources of Mother Nature should be used in a scientific manner by a human being so that it can be available not only for the present gene...
21 May, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
Centre amends mining law, exempts several activities from green clearanceMinistry of Environment has said that extraction of ordinary clay or sand by manual mining, by the 'kumhars' (potter) to prepare earthen po...
05 Apr, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
Government seeks report on PM’s pre-monsoon letter to CMsThe PM had on April 29 written to all CMs and administrators of 36 states and union territories and asked them to take requisite steps till...
04 Jul, 2018, 07.46 AM IST
How a group of citizen activists saved Bengaluru's Agara lakeThe lake was no different from the rest of the lakes ion the city and was covered with swathes of hyacinth and had sewage sweeping in.
17 Jan, 2018, 10.53 AM IST
Ganga siltation on Centre's radarKumar had blamed the deposit of silt in the Ganga for the “slow discharge of water“ from the Farakka Dam, which, he claimed, had led to flo...
08 Aug, 2017, 11.46 AM IST
A national silt policy being prepared to desilt all rivers to deal with floodsSeeking to handle threat of floods in many parts of the country during Monsoon, the Centre will soon come out with a national silt policy w...
17 Mar, 2017, 10.49 PM IST
Two separate committees formed to prepare draft of Ganga Act79-year-old Malviya is chairman of Ganga Mahasabha, which was formed by his grandfather and Banaras Hindu University founder Pandit Madan M...
22 Jul, 2016, 05.54 PM IST
Congress backs striking doctors, asks Delhi Government to address issuesExtending support to the striking doctors, Congress today asked the Delhi government to address their demands immediately as the possibilit...
22 Jun, 2015, 06.17 PM IST
- No dedicated Delhi master plan on sewerage rehabilitation: CAG
Delhi is yet to have a dedicated master plan on sewerage rehabilitation, a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General said today.
01 Aug, 2014, 11.09 PM IST
- Kishanganga could have larger impact than expected
The court made it clear that the decision will not impact the exiting projects or those under implementation, but it essentially became pre...
21 Feb, 2013, 02.04 PM IST
- 1000 MW Karcham Wangtoo hydro electric project to be commissioned in Himachal Pradesh
India's largest Hydropower Project, in the Private Sector Karcham Wangtoo in Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh is scheduled for commissi...
05 Jul, 2011, 09.18 PM IST
- BHEL bags Rs 641-cr contract from SJVNL
State-run power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals today said it has bagged Rs 641-crore contract for setting up a 412 MW hydro elect...
21 Oct, 2008, 04.46 PM IST
- For Joseph, BMC job was one of the toughest ever
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to install four giant, high-capacity pumps to flush out rainwater and prevent wate...
19 May, 2007, 03.17 AM IST