Bhubaneswar: To make the city flood-resilient, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday released the draft comprehensive stormwater drainage master plan prepared in association with IIT Roorkee. The BMC and IIT Roorkee had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard on Feb 18 last year.According to the draft, the total drainage coverage is 256…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is set to prepare a 30-year master plan (up to 2057) for the city’s drainage and stormwater network. It proposed appointing IIT Gandhinagar for the exercise at a cost of Rs 8 crore. The proposal will be placed before the standing committee for approval at its meeting on Wednesday.According…
Hyderabad: Irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday accused the BRS leadership of deliberately spreading misinformation. He said the party was falsely claiming that the Kannepalli pump house at Medigadda (Lakshmi Barrage) could simply be switched on to lift water through the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages.Rejecting those claims outright, the…
