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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …