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Aaditya Thackeray accuses BJP of "draining" BMC funds as Mumbai faces severe waterlogging due to heavy downpourMumbai faced significant waterlogging after heavy rains, prompting Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray to criticize the government's focu...- Aaditya Thackeray accuses BJP of "draining" BMC funds as Mumbai faces severe waterlogging due to heavy downpourMumbai faced significant waterlogging after heavy rains, prompting Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray to criticize the government. He ur...
- Aravalli Biodiversity Park helps Delhi retain 3 million litres of rainwater, reduce flooding: StudyDelhi's Aravalli Biodiversity Park is a vital green lung, retaining nearly three million litres of rainwater annually and significantly red...
- Hurdles behind India's supertall buildings & vertical ambitionsIndia's urban growth is rapid, yet only one building crosses the 300-meter supertall mark. Fragmented regulations and infrastructure gaps h...
- Delhi to get mirror-like roads: New road plan promises AI-style monitoring, green belts and scientific maintenanceDelhi is set for a major road upgrade. A new scientific system will manage road construction and maintenance. This initiative focuses on im...
- Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
- China enters its flood season; heavy rain expected in the southChina has entered its flood season with heavy rains forecast for the south. Some northern areas and major river basins will experience belo...
- India faces no immediate public health threat from hantavirus: NIV chiefTwo Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...
- Congress manifesto for Assam: No MLA’s close relatives to be awarded government contracts or schemesAssam: The Congress manifesto talked about transparent land records, revenue, and taxation system.Priority to local people in jobs and gove...
- Sprawls to make us crawlIndian cities grapple with increasing floods due to poor urban planning and suburban sprawl. Suburbanization leads to inadequate stormwater...
- Odisha govt rolls out flood management plan for citiesThe Odisha government has launched an Urban Flood and Waterlogging Management Action Plan for all urban local bodies. This initiative focus...
- Delhi coaching centre deaths: Indian cities grapple with a twin challengeThe drowning of three students in Delhi's flooded basement highlights India's urban water challenges. Indian cities face severe oscillation...
- Yamuna reaches iconic Taj Mahal walls after 45 years, floods gardenThe recent heavy rains causing a surge in the Yamuna river's water level have touched the walls of the Taj Mahal, submerging a garden, whic...
- How India can equip its cities to deal with extreme rainfall eventsThe ongoing floods in Delhi show how heavy rainfall in the mountain areas can impact cities downstream. Several studies across cities have ...
- Mushrooming of illegal colonies across country is menace to urban development: SCA bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai appointed senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan as amicus curiae in the matter and asked...
- Supply chains at risk from urban floodsA 2017 flood report says that the Tamil Nadu government desilted over 22,000 tanks, 11,000 km of water bodies and recharged nearly 7,000 pi...
- ET View: Focused, forward-looking water policy neededThe way ahead is to step-up recharge of aquifers and groundwater resources, even as we better allocate resources for surface irrigation sys...
- New system uses Twitter, AI to predict floodsUrban flooding is difficult to monitor due to complexities in data collection and processing. This prevents detailed risk analysis, floodin...
- Unplanned development in Chennai causes floodsHelplessness was writ large on the faces of civic authorities, the police and politicians alike, as rain of over 1,000 mm pummelled Chennai...
- Maharashtra gets two more projects under JNNURMAiming at providing sewerage facilities to urban poor, Urban Development Ministry has approved Storm Water Drainage Project and underground...
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