Torrential monsoon rains caused widespread destruction across India on Thursday. Roads and residential areas remained submerged, disrupting...

Mumbai recorded exceptionally high rainfall, exceeding normal monsoon levels significantly. This extreme weather event surpassed annual ave...

In 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...

The New Delhi Municipal Council has launched a technology-driven Monsoon Action Plan 2026. This initiative aims to significantly reduce wat...

Delhi is upgrading its drainage system with a new Master Plan. Four major drains are being developed to tackle waterlogging. Projects in Ki...

Indian cities grapple with increasing floods due to poor urban planning and suburban sprawl. Suburbanization leads to inadequate stormwater...

Gurgaon and Bengaluru’s frequent flooding reflects deeper flaws in urban planning, where natural drainage has been sacrificed for construct...

The Delhi government has ordered agencies to remove all encroachments from the Yamuna floodplains by November as part of a 45-point action ...

The Delhi government is set to combat waterlogging at seven identified hotspots. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has approved both short-term an...

The Delhi government has proposed long-term solutions to tackle the city's persistent waterlogging issues during monsoon. Key measures incl...

A magisterial probe into the Delhi coaching centre tragedy found MCD officials allowed basement libraries and ignored encroachments on stor...

Following the deaths of three IAS aspirants due to basement flooding at a coaching centre, the MCD is taking action on three fronts: demoli...

India introduced its National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008, following which state governments were instructed to create th...

During the inspection, the LG was informed by officials that 95 per cent of the work, like broadening and deepening of drains, construction...

Engineering department officials from the Public Works Department, Delhi Jal Board, New Delhi Municipal Council, the Central Ground Water B...

If the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) judgment on Yamuna and stormwater drains in Delhi is implemented, drains, that are eyesore now, will...

Where does our water come from and where does the sewage go? Ours is a story of mixing it all up