India's urban growth is rapid, yet only one building crosses the 300-meter supertall mark. Fragmented regulations and infrastructure gaps h...

Delhi is set for a major road upgrade. A new scientific system will manage road construction and maintenance. This initiative focuses on im...

Today, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...

China has entered its flood season with heavy rains forecast for the south. Some northern areas and major river basins will experience belo...

Two Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...

Assam: The Congress manifesto talked about transparent land records, revenue, and taxation system.Priority to local people in jobs and gove...

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

The Odisha government has launched an Urban Flood and Waterlogging Management Action Plan for all urban local bodies. This initiative focus...

The drowning of three students in Delhi's flooded basement highlights India's urban water challenges. Indian cities face severe oscillation...

The 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...

The ongoing floods in Delhi show how heavy rainfall in the mountain areas can impact cities downstream. Several studies across cities have ...

A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai appointed senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan as amicus curiae in the matter and asked...

A 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...

The way ahead is to step-up recharge of aquifers and groundwater resources, even as we better allocate resources for surface irrigation sys...

Urban flooding is difficult to monitor due to complexities in data collection and processing. This prevents detailed risk analysis, floodin...

Helplessness was writ large on the faces of civic authorities, the police and politicians alike, as rain of over 1,000 mm pummelled Chennai...

Aiming at providing sewerage facilities to urban poor, Urban Development Ministry has approved Storm Water Drainage Project and underground...