Flooding after a few hours of rain: Why Indian cities keep fixing the same problems again and againBengaluru's recent flooding highlights a recurring issue in Indian cities: infrastructure upgrades fail to prevent disruptions due to a lac...
11 May, 2026, 08.32 PM IST
Torrential rains in parts of J&K trigger flood-like situation, bridge damaged on Jammu-Pathankot highwayHeavy overnight rains lashed Jammu and Kashmir, submerging low-lying areas, damaging infrastructure and triggering flood-like conditions, o...
24 Aug, 2025, 02.34 PM IST
Tharali town buried as rain drain overflows with debris; One deadTragedy struck Tharali town in Chamoli district as a woman died and another went missing due to an overflowing rain drain caused by heavy o...
23 Aug, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
Video: Built at Rs 422 crore, Patna’s new double-deck flyover sinks just 2 months after inaugurationA newly built flyover in Patna experienced sinking after heavy rainfall. This incident raised concerns about construction quality. Patna fa...
03 Aug, 2025, 09.51 PM IST
IMD issues red alert for Nagpur, schools and colleges shutNagpur faces heavy rainfall as the India Meteorological Department issues a red alert. Authorities have declared a holiday for all schools ...
09 Jul, 2025, 11.01 AM IST
NHRC notice to Delhi govt, HR & UP authorities over deaths due to drowning, electrocutionThe NHRC issued notices to the Delhi government and authorities in Haryana and UP after 13 deaths due to drowning and electrocution in Delh...
03 Aug, 2024, 04.06 PM IST
How Noida dodged Delhi-like traffic gridlock despite heavy rains, thanks to copsTeams from the Noida Authority were deployed at the usual chokepoints in the city such as the DND Flyway loop, the Sector 62 underpass and ...
02 Aug, 2024, 05.28 PM IST
IGI Airport drain to be ready by July, says Delhi LG's officeDuring the inspection, the LG was informed by officials that 95 per cent of the work, like broadening and deepening of drains, construction...
15 Jun, 2023, 07.31 PM IST
MCD polls: Waterlogging, poor roads in mind as voters in Delhi's rural areas turn up in large numbersGrappling with issues such as waterlogging, poor roads and lack of education facilities, people in the rural areas of Delhi's Rohini and Ba...
04 Dec, 2022, 05.48 PM IST
Rains bring Bengaluru to its knees every year. Here's whyThe heavy downpour has led to traffic snarls in several parts of the city, leaving houses and vehicles partially inundated.
07 Sep, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
Chhattisgarh: 5 of family killed in house wall collapse in KankerThe incident took place in the morning in Irpanar village in Pakhanjore area when the victims were sleeping in their mud house, the officia...
15 Aug, 2022, 01.06 PM IST
Rains to flood Bengaluru roads this year tooBS Prahlad, chief engineer of the storm water drains department, BBMP, said the state of the drains was much better this time and the new p...
25 Apr, 2019, 10.26 AM IST
Heavy rains lash Bengaluru, BBMP on high alertChief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has asked BBMP commissioner to take necessary precautions on the back of forecast that the city will get rain...
24 Sep, 2018, 11.08 PM IST
Lakes overflow due to incessant rains, parts of BengaluruA portion of the compound wall in the campus of software major Infosys in the Electronic City here collapsed in the early hours due to heav...
10 Sep, 2017, 10.38 PM IST
Government sleeps over hard lessons of July 2016 delugeThe BWSSB received as many as 203 complaints related only to overflowing sanitary lines, mostly in places such as Koramangala, JP Nagar and...
16 Aug, 2017, 10.44 AM IST
Kiran Kumar Reddy reviews situation in Andhra after heavy rainsKiran Kumar Reddy reviewed the situation caused due to heavy rains at a high-level meeting here today and directed the administration to ca...
25 Oct, 2013, 08.50 PM IST
- Poor Waste Disposal System, unauthorised constructions & siltation behind flooding: NSSO Report
In 2002, waterlogging had affected 36% slums, as per a report by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). India has about 49,000 slum clus...
17 Jun, 2010, 02.34 AM IST