In the 1910s, engineers proposed cutting a canal from the Mediterranean into Egypt's Qattara Depression to flood a below-sea-level desert basin and generate endless hydropowerEgypt has cancelled its century-old Qattara Depression canal project this year. This plan aimed to generate hydroelectric power by flooding...
23 Jul, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
NHPC says efforts under way to evacuate personnel trapped in under-construction tunnel in Sikkim projectA disastrous tunnel collapse at Sikkim's Teesta Stage-VI project trapped 25 workers, with initial reports indicating a methane gas explosio...
21 Jul, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
Wayanad Landslides: The hills are alive, but have a warningWayanad faces escalating ecological crises and deadly landslides. Recent disasters highlight unscientific development and policy conflicts....
09 Jul, 2026, 04.36 PM IST
Scientists just gave remote-controlled cockroaches tiny underwater suits, and the insects kept walking for up to 3 hours because the oxygen trick could help search flooded disaster zones and maybe even extreme worlds like MarsSearch-and-rescue teams may soon deploy a new six-legged ally: a cyborg cockroach equipped with a wearable diving suit. This innovation all...
30 Jun, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
PWD installs more CCTV cameras, elevates underground pumps as rain contingency ahead of G20 SummitThe public works department of Delhi has put into place a rain contingency plan ahead of the G20 Summit, which includes increasing the numb...
19 Aug, 2023, 02.30 PM IST
2 more bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel; Uttarakhand disaster toll crosses 60Thirteen workers have so far been pulled out of the sludge-choked tunnel at Tapovan where a large number of people were at work when the tr...
18 Feb, 2021, 05.33 PM IST
Uttarakhand floods: Rescue efforts hampered by water accumulation inside tunnelSludge clearing at the adit tunnel, where eleven bodies were recovered recently, was temporarily suspended since Tuesday evening due to the...
17 Feb, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
Rescue operations to continue till last victim is reached: NDRF commandantAmid fading hopes of the survival of those who went missing after a glacier disaster in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district 10 days ago, NDRF Co...
16 Feb, 2021, 07.02 PM IST
Uttarakhand disaster: Rescue teams start widening hole in Tapovan tunnel to reach trapped peopleDrilling of a 12-metre-long hole of 75 mm diameter in the intake adit tunnel to its inside has been successful, National Thermal Power Corp...
13 Feb, 2021, 04.27 PM IST
Hopes fade as rescuers struggle to find 35 men trapped in Indian Himalayas tunnelSo far authorities have found the bodies of 38 people. While scores are believed to have been swept to their deaths, rescue efforts have fo...
12 Feb, 2021, 07.11 PM IST
Rescue teams battle on in Tapovan tunnelRescue teams battled on against various odds for the sixth consecutive day on Friday to get to the over 30 people trapped inside the sludge...
12 Feb, 2021, 02.41 PM IST
Rising waters interrupt rescue effort, operation resumes after all-clearSecurity personnel at work inside the tunnel rushed out and heavy machines engaged in drilling through the debris and sludge inside were wi...
11 Feb, 2021, 04.41 PM IST
Drilling operation launched at Tapovan tunnel to rescue trapped workersThe focal point of the multi-agency rescue operation for the last over four days remains the more-than-1.5-km-long "head-race tunnel" of th...
11 Feb, 2021, 02.24 PM IST
ITBP recce team visits glacier-burst site; DG says tunnel operation to continue till trapped are found"We are very hopeful that we will be able to rescue them. The workers are stated to be located at their work station that is about 180 metr...
10 Feb, 2021, 06.00 PM IST
Uttarakhand Glacier disaster: Rescue operation to locate 25-35 workers trapped inside Tapovan tunnel continuesThe rescue operation at the NTPC hydel project site, which bore the brunt of the disaster, has been going on uninterrupted since Sunday aft...
10 Feb, 2021, 11.22 AM IST
50 still feared trapped in 2 km T-tunnel at TapovanA day after a glacier burst triggered a flash flood in the region, nearly 200 people including locals and construction workers are reported...
09 Feb, 2021, 07.47 AM IST
UN chief expresses grief over loss of life following glacier burst, floods in UttarakhandThe statement comes after a glacial broke in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli District in Uttarakhand on Sunday, which led to massive flood...
08 Feb, 2021, 10.02 AM IST