On Monday, the Hindon flowed at 202.1 metres in Ghaziabad Noida: Rain in its catchment area in Uttarakhand is making the docile Hindon river rise again, reviving memories of 2023, when hundreds of houses built on its heavily encroached riverbed were inundated and 3,000 people were displaced.On Monday, Hindon flowed at 202.1 metres in Ghaziabad…
Kolkata: The cleanup of the 8-acre Bikramgarh Jheel, which involved removing water hyacinth and piling saal logs along the banks, has enthused local residents who have long been demanding the restoration of the waterbody, often described as an oasis in the concrete jungle.Bikramgarh is south Kolkata’s second-largest water body after Rabindra Sarobar. The jheel, which…
Bhubaneswar: The struggle for water is not new in Jagatsinghpur. But instead of waiting for the administration to address the problem, Satya Narayan Swain and a small group of volunteers have been taking matters into their own hands. Their efforts range from reviving dried-up water bodies and cleaning polluted ponds to creating awareness about the…
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has removed nearly 80,000 tonnes of water hyacinth from Ambazari Lake as part of an ongoing drive to clear the city’s iconic waterbody of the invasive weed.Municipal commissioner Vipin Itankar inspected the lake on Friday and directed officials to speed up the operation by deploying additional machinery on both…
Akkulam Lake rejuvenation project was estimated at Rs 3.5 crore Thiruvananthapuram: The proposed rejuvenation of Akkulam Lake and the renovation of Kovalam Beach have run into fresh uncertainty, with the newly elected state govt unlikely to approve bids quoted at nearly double the estimated project cost, casting doubts over the future of two key tourism…
Nagpur: Facing a narrow window before the onset of monsoon, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) launched a full-scale operation to rid the historic Ambazari Lake of water hyacinth, with civic officials warning that failure to clear the invasive weed could obstruct water flow into the Nag River and increase flood risks.Inspecting the ongoing drive on…
