Rescue efforts in Ektanagari on Wednesday (July 8). Photo by Shyam Sonar Pune: The last time residents of Ektanagari were alerted of serious flooding was in 2024, when Khadakwasla dam released water at 35,000 cusec, overnight.This year, it took discharge at just 27,000 cusec to inundate the area’s homes and parking lots. On Wednesday, nearly…
Houses in New Hindon Vihar encroach on the floodplain zone Ghaziabad: Days after the UP govt informed the National Green Tribunal that 258 unauthorised colonies in Ghaziabad were discharging untreated sewage daily into the Hindon, district magistrate Ravindra Kumar Mandar on Friday directed officials to launch a coordinated drive to identify and remove encroachments along…
Gaya: Years after the Patna high court ordered the removal of encroachments from the Falgu river and restoration of its original condition, the long-delayed exercise is finally set to begin in Gaya.The district administration had earlier identified nearly 900 permanent encroachments along both banks of the river. Although several attempts were made to remove them,…
