Roads dug up, debris and mud lie untended in Abhay Khand, Ghaziabad Ghaziabad: Residents of Abhay Khand in Indirapuram have expressed growing frustration over deteriorating civic conditions, blaming incomplete work by GMC for escalating public health risks. They alleged that contractors have abandoned ongoing projects, leaving clogged drains, stagnant water, poor drainage and accumulated waste…
Energy minister AK Sharma on Sunday launched a 76-day public outreach and cleanliness campaign in the City South assembly constituency Varanasi: Urban development and energy minister AK Sharma on Sunday launched a 76-day public outreach and cleanliness campaign in the City South assembly constituency, under which local MLA Neelkanth Tiwari and BJP workers will visit…
Lucknow: More than 1,300 locations across the city have storm-water drains connected to sewer lines instead of the drainage network, raising concerns about sewer overflows, waterlogging and foul smell during the monsoon, according to a survey conducted by Suez India Pvt Ltd, the ‘One City One Operator’ agency engaged by Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) for…
Pic for representational purpose Pune: Intermittent spells of rain interspersed with warm and humid weather this monsoon have created ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes across Pune, with residents in several localities reporting a noticeable rise in their numbers.“We are fed up with the mosquitoes. It’s only the beginning of the monsoon, but there are many…
A waterlogged Khetan Market in Patna on Saturday Patna: More than 45mm of rain lashed Patna in the 24 hours till Saturday morning, leaving several low-lying areas waterlogged and slowing traffic across the city.Nehru Path, Rajiv Nagar, LNJP Hospital in Rajbanshi Nagar and parts of Patna City were among the worst-hit areas. Patients and visitors…
The municipal commissioner said the roads were flooded because the drains do not have the capacity to handle 210mm of rainfall Ghaziabad: A day after heavy rain ravaged the city and flooded the roads, officials responsible kept passing the buck for the failure of civic infrastructure that led to five deaths.On Friday, water receded from…
Lucknow: A moderate shower on Thursday left several low-lying localities in the city waterlogged, exposing gaps in the Lucknow Municipal Corporation’s monsoon preparedness. Accumulated rainwater disrupted traffic across multiple stretches, forcing commuters to wade through flooded roads and slowing vehicle movement.Hussainabad, one of the city’s major tourist hubs, was among the worst-hit areas. Residents reported…
A 10-year-old boy fell into an open manhole near Yatharth Hospital while walking with his mother Noida/Ghaziabad: The first widespread monsoon showers of the season were enough to expose familiar cracks in the civic fabric of Noida and Ghaziabad on Tuesday. Within hours, roads turned into pools, traffic ground to a crawl, commuters remained stranded…
A drain in Sector 51 clogged with plastic, horticulture waste, garbage and construction debris Noida: Not cleaned since June last year, drains across the city remain clogged with plastic, horticulture waste, garbage and construction debris, raising fears of waterlogging, traffic disruption, foul odour and disease outbreak.City’s 354-kilometre drainage network comprises 190 major and minor drains….
Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Continuous rainfall in twin cities on Thursday led to waterlogging, traffic congestion and disruption of daily activities across several low-lying areas. Commuters and pedestrians were seen wading through knee-deep water in some stretches, while waterlogged roads slowed down vehicular movement and caused long traffic snarls during peak hours. Several roads remained submerged for hours,…
