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Delhi’s roads take a beating this monsoon, with potholes and damaged stretches across key routesDelhi's roads show monsoon damage with potholes and broken surfaces. Poor drainage exacerbates water accumulation, weakening the bituminous...- Enough of Gurugram as Potemkin villageGurugram's modern facade crumbles during heavy rains, revealing inadequate infrastructure and poor upkeep. Over-concretisation and insuffic...
- Delhi rain floods streets, disrupts traffic; locals use makeshift raft to ferry school childrenHeavy rainfall lashed New Delhi, resulting in extensive waterlogging and major traffic disruptions throughout the city. Low-lying areas, pa...
- Monsoon fury batters several states, disrupts normal life across north, west IndiaTorrential monsoon rains caused widespread destruction across India on Thursday. Roads and residential areas remained submerged, disrupting...
- Why Mumbai still floods despite upgraded infrastructure; and why even light rain disrupts the cityMumbai recorded exceptionally high rainfall, exceeding normal monsoon levels significantly. This extreme weather event surpassed annual ave...
- 10 Ganga basin cities adopting integrated river-sensitive urban planning: Namami GangeIn a post on X, Namami Gange, the mission's flagship programme for conserving the Ganga river, said the URMP initiative is an attempt to re...
- NDMC has a robotic plan to save Delhi from waterlogging this rainy seasonThe New Delhi Municipal Council has launched a technology-driven Monsoon Action Plan 2026. This initiative aims to significantly reduce wat...
- Delhi to get permanent relief from waterlogging; construction of 4 major trunk drains underway: CM Rekha GuptaDelhi is upgrading its drainage system with a new Master Plan. Four major drains are being developed to tackle waterlogging. Projects in Ki...
- Sprawls to make us crawlIndian cities grapple with increasing floods due to poor urban planning and suburban sprawl. Suburbanization leads to inadequate stormwater...
- Pump it like Kolkata: What IT cities Bengaluru and Gurgaon can learn from a city that stopped sinking a decade agoGurgaon and Bengaluru’s frequent flooding reflects deeper flaws in urban planning, where natural drainage has been sacrificed for construct...
- Delhi govt sets November deadline to clear Yamuna floodplains of encroachmentsThe Delhi government has ordered agencies to remove all encroachments from the Yamuna floodplains by November as part of a 45-point action ...
- New drains, sumps, automated pump house: Delhi PWD's plan to tackle waterlogging at seven hotspotsThe Delhi government is set to combat waterlogging at seven identified hotspots. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has approved both short-term an...
- Water water everywhere? Delhi govt has a long-term solution for waterlogging issueThe Delhi government has proposed long-term solutions to tackle the city's persistent waterlogging issues during monsoon. Key measures incl...
- Delhi coaching centre tragedy: Probe claims negligence, building officials and coaching management under fireA magisterial probe into the Delhi coaching centre tragedy found MCD officials allowed basement libraries and ignored encroachments on stor...
- Delhi coaching centre deaths: Encroachments over stormwater drains to be demolished, says MCD commissionerFollowing the deaths of three IAS aspirants due to basement flooding at a coaching centre, the MCD is taking action on three fronts: demoli...
- Delhi may suffer losses of Rs 2.75 trillion by 2050 due to climate change: Draft action planIndia introduced its National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008, following which state governments were instructed to create th...
- 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...
- Guess what they found at AIIMS flyover rainwater pitEngineering department officials from the Public Works Department, Delhi Jal Board, New Delhi Municipal Council, the Central Ground Water B...
- NGT order to make Delhi drains pollution-freeIf the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) judgment on Yamuna and stormwater drains in Delhi is implemented, drains, that are eyesore now, will...
- Riversutra gone all wrongWhere does our water come from and where does the sewage go? Ours is a story of mixing it all up
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