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Centre pushes for mandatory floodplain zoning law as only 4 states comply
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre pushes for mandatory floodplain zoning law as only 4 states comply

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, With only four states complying despite repeated reminders, the Centre is contemplating making it mandatory for states to enact floodplain zoning legislation if they want to access central flood management funds, officials have said. A senior official said the Ministry of Jal Shakti has been in continuous communication with state governments, urging them to notify the Flood Plain …

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Yogi allays ‘demolition’ fears of residents
5 months, 1 week ago

Yogi allays ‘demolition’ fears of residents

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday allayed fears of residents of Pant Nagar, Indraprastha Nagar, Rahim Nagar, Abrar Nagar and other areas who had been apprehensive over misleading reports about the demolition of their houses. Speaking to the affected families, the CM assured that if any building constructed on private land falls within the riverbed development zone and has …

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Yamuna's water level breaches danger mark in Delhi again after fresh spell of rain
1 year, 5 months ago

Yamuna's water level breaches danger mark in Delhi again after fresh spell of rain

India TV News  

Delhi floods: Yamuna river on Wednesday once again breached the danger water-level mark, less than 12 hours after it dropped below the threshold, after a fresh spell of rain in the national capital and the upper catchment areas of the river over the last two days. The water level in the Yamuna had dropped below the danger mark of 205.33 …

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NGT Orders The Constitution Of Joint Committee To Analyse The Damage To Riverine Ecology Due To Illegal Constructions On Floodplains Of Mahanadi River
3 years, 11 months ago

NGT Orders The Constitution Of Joint Committee To Analyse The Damage To Riverine Ecology Due To Illegal Constructions On Floodplains Of Mahanadi River

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal in an order dated 15.12.2020 constituted a Joint Committee to consider the effects of the proposed construction of new campus of SCB Medical College on the river beds and floodplain zones of river Mahanadi, Cuttack. A bench headed by Chairperson, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel took note of the instances of irreversible damage to the "riverine ecology" …

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Presto Chango: How flood map revisions allow building in risky areas
4 years, 1 month ago

Presto Chango: How flood map revisions allow building in risky areas

Salon  

This story was produced by FairWarning, a nonprofit news organization based in Southern California that focuses on public health, consumer, labor and environmental issues. Across the country, developers regularly use flood map changes to build in areas vulnerable to flooding after getting FEMA to approve measures such as elevating homes, building retention ponds and raising the land with fill. Developers …

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