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, …
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 …
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 …