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Dewatering in ill-fated Assam coal mine continues, no sign of trapped miners
12 hours, 56 minutes ago

Dewatering in ill-fated Assam coal mine continues, no sign of trapped miners

The Hindu  

Persistently high levels of water affected the ninth day of operation on Wednesday to find the five miners trapped in the water-filled rat-hole mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district since January 6. The personnel of multiple agencies, including the Indian Navy, Army, and the National Disaster Response Force retrieved the bodies of four of the trapped miners between January 8 …

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8 workers remain trapped in Assam's flooded mine for fifth day
6 days, 6 hours ago

8 workers remain trapped in Assam's flooded mine for fifth day

India Today  

There was no breakthrough in the rescue of eight miners trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district since Monday, as dewatering continued for the second consecutive day on Friday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The divers from Army and Navy could not go inside the quarry for the second day in a row as the dewatering …

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Dewatering at South32's Groote Eylandt mine probed after vegetation dieback
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Dewatering at South32's Groote Eylandt mine probed after vegetation dieback

ABC  

The Northern Territory's environment department is investigating vegetation dieback on Groote Eylandt believed to have been caused by the dewatering of mining pits on the island. "Using drone technology, we recently detected localised impacts to vegetation in the relevant area where water had recently been discharged," the spokesperson said. A Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security spokesperson said it …

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Monsoon preparedness: Tenders floated for 550 dewatering pumps in Chennai
4 months, 1 week ago

Monsoon preparedness: Tenders floated for 550 dewatering pumps in Chennai

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Chennai Corporation has floated tenders for the supply of 466 tractor-driven and 88 diesel engine-driven dewatering pumps, to address any waterlogging during the upcoming monsoon season, at an estimated cost of Rs 21 crore. Each tractor-driven dewatering pump, equipped with 4”x4” suction and delivery pipes, will be contracted for 300 hours per pump in order to dewater flooded areas, …

Chennai Water Pump Pumps Tenders Floated
Luanshya New Mine hailed as 'milestone event' for Zambia
4 months, 1 week ago

Luanshya New Mine hailed as 'milestone event' for Zambia

China Daily  

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, accompanied by CLM Chairman Wang Jingjun and CNMC's former chairman Xi Zhengping, visits CLM's booth during the forum. They reached a consensus to cooperate and revitalize the Shaft 28, also known as the Luanshya New Mine project. CNMC has lived up to its word by "continuously and efficiently proceeding the project", said Hichilema, who visited CLM …

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‘We spent night on roads with no food or power’: Bawana residents hit by canal breach
6 months ago

‘We spent night on roads with no food or power’: Bawana residents hit by canal breach

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi People scramble to reach higher elevation. Over 2,000 families living along the periphery of the Munak Canal in Bawana woke up around midnight to loud noises and cries for help as water from a 50-foot-wide breach in the canal channel — that carries over a third of Delhi’s water supply — gushed into their localities. Those on upper …

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Chennai Corporation yet to begin cleaning 19 waterbodies slated for restoration in current year
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation yet to begin cleaning 19 waterbodies slated for restoration in current year

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation has yet to begin cleaning 19 of the 42 waterbodies it planned to tackle this year under various schemes. As per the data, the Singara Chennai 2.0 scheme includes the restoration of 12 ponds spanning 32,424 square meters with an estimated cost of ₹9.07 crore. Of these, three ponds covering 3,211 square meters with a budget …

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G-20 Summit: Delhi deploys mobile de-watering trucks to prevent waterlogging
1 year, 4 months ago

G-20 Summit: Delhi deploys mobile de-watering trucks to prevent waterlogging

Live Mint  

G20 summit in Delhi: In order to avert any waterlogging or flood related situation during the upcoming G20 summit, four heavy-duty mobile de-watering trucks, borrowed from Ahmedabad have been deployed at ITPO and Raj Ghat areas. According to an official statement issued by the Lieutenant Governor office, these vehicles are equipped with high-capacity suction pumps have been brought in by …

Vehicles Raj Ghat Itpo G20 Summit Summit Delhi
AP awaits nod from CWC to take up dewatering and resume D-wall works
1 year, 5 months ago

AP awaits nod from CWC to take up dewatering and resume D-wall works

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government is awaiting a nod from the Central Water Commission to go ahead with its dewatering plans and resume works on the scoured portion of the diaphragm wall of the Polavaram irrigation project at Polavaram in Eluru district. Water resources authorities are facing the biggest challenge of dewatering nearly 450 acres of work area located between …

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Heavy Floods in Godavari Stall Polavaram Works
1 year, 5 months ago

Heavy Floods in Godavari Stall Polavaram Works

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Attempts by the water resources department to continue the works of Polavaram project’s diaphragm wall even during the Godavari floods proved futile. The Polavaram project authorities planned to avoid any disruption to the ongoing works at the D-wall so as to expedite the completion of the project and set up the dewatering equipment with high capacity motors and even …

Water Work Works Godavari Polavaram Project Authorities
Focus on saving India’s wetlands
1 year, 11 months ago

Focus on saving India’s wetlands

Hindustan Times  

That India’s wetlands face a daily challenge of survival is well documented. Earlier this week, the Union environment ministry directed Uttar Pradesh to stop further draining of the Haiderpur wetland and ensure the dewatering, done under pressure from local farmers, is carried out only when migratory birds are not nesting there. Despite being a Ramsar site of international importance, the …

India Wetland
Mumbai is better prepared for upcoming monsoon than previous years: BMC Commissioner
2 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai is better prepared for upcoming monsoon than previous years: BMC Commissioner

India Today  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Monday said that it is better prepared than last year for the upcoming monsoon season and appropriate measures are being put in place to avoid flooding in low-lying areas. Talking to India Today, BMC Commissioner, Iqbal Singh Chahal, said that the BMC was better prepared than last year and maintenance of the drainage system in …

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Gold Coast residents claim 'blood red' canal caused by dewatering at Palm Beach development
3 years, 8 months ago

Gold Coast residents claim 'blood red' canal caused by dewatering at Palm Beach development

ABC  

Palm Beach residents living along the Mallawa canal believe dewatering at a nearby development site has turned their canal 'blood red' after recent heavy rains. Key points: Palm Beach resident and science graduate Kim Parker says the red water has the hallmarks of an acid sulphate soil problem Dewatering is the removal of groundwater or surface water from a construction …

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Dewatering Hyderabad lakes pollutes water bodies
5 years ago

Dewatering Hyderabad lakes pollutes water bodies

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The road to hell is paved with good intention. Once the GHMC dewaters the lake, pollutants from the lake can flow downstream into the next inter-connected lake, and eventually find their way into the Musi river, which not only ruin the river but also the agrarian and fishery development alongside its banks. The only way water can escape is …

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R Block to witness cultivation after a decade
5 years, 6 months ago

R Block to witness cultivation after a decade

Deccan Chronicle  

ALAPPUZHA: R. Block, the remotest Kayal kand in Kuttanad, will soon witness cultivation of crops after almost a decade. The government has now made available new dewatering system by setting up at least 12 vertical axial pumps, and 17 farmers, who own the R. Block Kayal lands, have agreed to cultivate crops, including sugarcane, coco, tapioca, vanilla, plantain, coconuts, grambu …

Land Block Sets Pump Kayal R Block System Cultivation
R. Block residents call for urgent dewatering
5 years, 7 months ago

R. Block residents call for urgent dewatering

Deccan Chronicle  

Alappuzha: Fear of yet another flood has gripped remotest R. Block of 24 families in Kuttanad as authorities have failed to begin pumping out water. As part of the project, they built outer bunds and 21 pump sets for dewatering, and it continued to protect the land with periodical maintenance till 2013. Sheela Panicker, principal agriculture officer here, said that …

Water Pump Pump Sets
Lake revamp affects downstream bodies
5 years, 8 months ago

Lake revamp affects downstream bodies

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has been releasing highly contaminated water from the city’s lakes into downstream water bodies leading to the Musi river. Corporation officials claim that this is the only possible way to protect the city lakes, even at the risk of contaminating downstream water bodies. Terming the dewatering and diversion of contaminated water from one lake …

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Adani groundwater bores investigated amid claims they were sunk without approval
6 years, 4 months ago

Adani groundwater bores investigated amid claims they were sunk without approval

ABC  

The Queensland environment department has launched an investigation into a series of groundwater bores drilled by Indian miner Adani, which conservationists say were sunk without approval. Key points: Adani told the ABC it was abiding by the conditions of the Carmichael project's approvals Conservationists have repeatedly warned that the company's dewatering plans would see groundwater levels plummet The Queensland Environmental …

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Thai cave rescue and the Indian connection
6 years, 6 months ago

Thai cave rescue and the Indian connection

The Hindu  

Experts from a Pune-headquartered firm gave technical support in the operations to rescue a football team trapped inside a cave system in Thailand, the company said here today. Its experts were on site at the cave in Tham Luang since July 5 and offered “technical know-how and advice on dewatering and pumps involved in the rescue operation,” said a KBL …

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