Articles for Ground Land

A confluence of heritage and infra as Prayagraj prepares for Kumbh
1 week, 2 days ago

A confluence of heritage and infra as Prayagraj prepares for Kumbh

Hindustan Times  

The sun is already setting behind the Ganga when Ram Asrey and Harish Chandra start packing up their hammers and shovels. “Thousands of people have worked day and night to make the upcoming Maha Kumbh 2025 memorable for 400 million devotees who are expected to visit here between January 13 and February 26. Between 2019 and 2024, the Ganga shifted …

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Mulund residents campaign for hospital, bus terminus on octroi, dumping ground land
2 months, 1 week ago

Mulund residents campaign for hospital, bus terminus on octroi, dumping ground land

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI The 60 acres of vacant land – 18 acres of the now-defunct octroi naka and 42 acres taken up by a garbage dump, which is being cleared -- in Mulund East, has stoked the imagination of the 10,000-strong population of Hari Om Nagar about innumerable possibilities. “A well-made bus terminus with an upper floor for restaurants and other commercial …

Bus Residents Honafe Mulund Ground Land Gutti Thane
What’s causing luxury homes in Rolling Hills Estates to slide down a canyon? Here’s what we know
1 year, 5 months ago

What’s causing luxury homes in Rolling Hills Estates to slide down a canyon? Here’s what we know

LA Times  

An aerial photo shows cracked foundations and crumbled homes along a canyon on Peartree Lane in Rolling Hills Estates, where dozens of residents were evacuated and structures condemned after the ground shifted. Rolling Hills Estates Mayor Britt Huff said officials were surprised by the destruction. In 1997, workers from 18 small businesses evacuated two buildings in a Rolling Hills Estates …

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Kerala landslips | On shaky ground
2 years, 3 months ago

Kerala landslips | On shaky ground

The Hindu  

Only a vantage view of the hill captures the true scale of the horror. The episode, triggered by the extreme rainfall the previous night, was the latest in a series of landslips and mudslides that have wrecked Kerala back-to-back since 2018. Sajin Kumar, member of the Kerala Landslide Expert Committee, in association with the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, unscientific …

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How a Suburb of San Francisco Used Cottage Cheese to Un-Poison Poisoned Land
2 years, 8 months ago

How a Suburb of San Francisco Used Cottage Cheese to Un-Poison Poisoned Land

Slate  

In 2004, Emeryville, an industrial suburb of San Francisco, sent an environmental remediation crew to inject 15,000 gallons of cottage cheese into groundwater below an abandoned factory. Emeryville’s city manager of several decades tells me the cottage cheese story with obvious delight. Much of San Francisco’s East Bay was once covered in industrial warehouses just like Emeryville’s, and those brave …

Environmental Industrial San Francisco Cheese Waste Toxic Sites