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 …
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 …
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 …
