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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Incessant rain disrupts normal life in Khammam even as Godavari rises

KHAMMAM: Non-stop rains since Thursday in the erstwhile Khammam district have disrupted normal life. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who was touring the constituency, cancelled his plans and reached Madhira due to heavy rains and waterlogging in some areas. Revanth monitors rain situation In the wake of heavy rains in the state, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday …

Rain Normal Life Chief Khammam Madhira

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fire breaks out at high-rise apartment in Jaipur, people rescued by ladder machine from 10th floor | VIDEO

India TV News

A fire broke out on the 10th floor of the Mansarovar Apartment in Rajasthan's Jaipur, causing panic among people in the building. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Three drown as rainwater floods basement in Jaipur Earlier on Thursday, a six-year-old girl was among three people who drowned after rainwater gushed into the basement of their house in Vishwakarma area in Jaipur, …

Jaipur

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi coaching centre deaths: 'Mercifully, you didn't challan water for entering basement,' quips HC

India TV News

Delhi coaching centre deaths: Delhi High Court on Friday expressed its disbelief over the deaths of UPSC aspirants drowning and said it was unable to fathom how the students could not come out. The court also directed the Delhi Police to provide a clear account of the facts, stating that failing to do so would be unacceptable and likening it …

Court Delhi High Court Deaths Delhi Delhi Mcd

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Groundwater level of 12 Haryana districts up by over 1 metre

Hindustan Times

Haryana chief secretary TVSN Prasad on Thursday said the state has secured second position nationwide in implementing the Jal Shakti Abhiyan-2023 as the groundwater level increased in 12 districts following rainwater conservation initiatives. Chief secretary TVSN Prasad says over 65,000 rainwater conservation structures have been constructed under the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain-2024’. “Due to this campaign, the water …

Conservation Water Conservation Water Groundwater Jal Haryana Chief 12 Districts

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Rainwater conservation stagnates in Lucknow’s govt buildings

Hindustan Times

Despite the pressing need for sustainable water management, only a fraction of government buildings in Lucknow are equipped with rooftop rainwater harvesting systems. If all the 587 state government and 110 central government buildings get proper rooftop water harvesting systems, then the city will send more than 50 lakh gallons of water back to earth.” Virendra Singh Yadav, who retired …

Water Conservation Water Lucknow Buildings Harvesting Rooftop Systems

5 months, 4 weeks ago

No flaw in Ram temple construction: Misra

Hindustan Times

AYODHYA/LUCKNOW Ram Temple Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Misra on Tuesday ruled out any flaw in the construction of the temple and asserted there was no water accumulation in its sanctum sanctorum while rejecting the claim of chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das regarding seepage of rainwater from the temple’s roof. Alleging negligence in the construction of the temple, Ram Janmabhoomi temple …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi govt suggests up to ₹5L fine on buildings without rainwater harvesting

Hindustan Times

The Delhi government has proposed slapping an environmental compensation of up to ₹5 lakh on property owners with an area of at least 100 square metres who fail to maintain a functional rainwater harvesting system. The Delhi government had made rainwater harvesting systems mandatory in 2012 and non-compliance attracts a penalty of one-and-a-half times the water bill amount. The government …

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2 years ago

Step wellÂ comes to life at Bansilalpet

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: What began as a modest effort to reinvigorate a stepwell blossomed into a lovely celebration on Monday when minister K.T. Rama Rao inaugurated the revitalised and restored Bansilalpet stepwell amid dance, music and cheers. The six-layer stepwell, built in the 17th century and said to bear the footprints of the Kakatiya dynasty as well as traces of the Nizam …

Step Lakh Litres Stepwell

2 years, 3 months ago

National Green Tribunal seeks suggestions from Centre, others on waterlogging issue

India TV News

Highlights NGT seeks suggestions from Central government and others on rainwater blockage issue on roads NGT sought suggestions on a plea to ensure free flow of rainwater on flanks of roads Principal bench of NGT headed by its Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel heard the application The National Green Tribunal has sought suggestions from the Centre and others on a …

Urban Development Tribunal Departments Ngt

2 years, 3 months ago

Some bridges over Trustpuram Canal may need a relook

The Hindu

It just takes some glaring into the mirror to realise lack of symmetry is the constantly recurring fact of life. Garbage flinging fest at Trustpuram Canal The nameboard announces Puliyur First Main Road. Standing beside the Trustpuram Canal, it gives an inkling of how the Canal is treated, not only on Puliyur First Main Road but along its entire course. …

Water Road Street Rainwater Rajendran Kodambakkam Trustpuram Canal

2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka to take merciless action against properties blocking flow of rainwater

Hindustan Times

A day after many areas here were inundated due to heavy rain and breached lake bunds, the Karnataka government on Wednesday decided to "mercilessly" remove properties blocking rainwater flow. We have told the officers to be merciless while implementing the drive without attending to any phone calls," Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka told reporters after a high-level meeting, chaired by …

Bengaluru Karnataka Rain Chief Minister Bommai

2 years, 5 months ago

High Court Grants Time To Centre & Delhi Govt For Filing Status Reports In Suo Moto Case On Lack Of Rainwater Harvesting Efforts In City

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted four weeks time to the Centre, Delhi Government and other authorities for filing status reports in a suo moto case concerning the issue of lack of rainwater harvesting efforts taken by the departments in the city. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad ordered thus:"Respondents are …

Justice Delhi High Court Court Centre Taken Traffic Jams

2 years, 9 months ago

Himachal Pradesh gets its first-ever multipurpose rainwater harvesting dam in Una district

India TV News

Highlights HP has got its 1st ever multipurpose rainwater harvesting dam constructed in Una district Dam has been constructed in Samoor Khad area near village Samoor at the cost of Rs 16.38 crores Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will inaugurate the dam this month Himachal Pradesh has got its first-ever multipurpose rainwater harvesting dam constructed in the Una …

Dam Minister Una District Area Pradesh Himachal Pradesh

3 years, 1 month ago

Madras High Court pulls up Chennai Corporation for rainwater logging

The Hindu

The Madras High Court on Tuesday warned the Greater Chennai Corporation that it would take up a suo motu public interest litigation petition on Chennai residents’ travails due to waterlogging, if the situation did not improve by Friday or Saturday. The Chief Justice said the GCC ought to have taken corrective measures and made sure that the city did not …

Water State Gcc

3 years, 2 months ago

‘Super sewer’ needs to be twice as big to stop waste spilling into Thames

The Telegraph

A planned "super sewer" would need to be twice as big to stop waste spilling into Thames, a water boss has said. Sarah Bentley, the Thames Water chief executive, admitted to MPs that her company's performance was "unacceptable" as it continues to dump millions of tonnes of raw sewage in the river each year. The £4.9bn sewage tunnel, the width …

Water Sewage

3 years, 10 months ago

South Carolina revenues up, but no one knows if it will last

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina economists decided Friday to make no changes to 3-month-old revenue estimates because COVID-19 is still causing so much uncertainty in the economy. We don’t want to be careless in this uncertain time,” Rainwater said at Friday’s meeting of the state Board of Economic Advisors. That means the official prediction for South Carolina remains unchanged from …

South Carolina Revenue Estimates Rainwater

4 years, 3 months ago

NGT Orders Panel Probe Into NHAI's Non-Compliance Of Conditions Of Compensatory Afforestation, Rainwater Harvesting While Constructing Pune-Nashik Highway [Read Order]

Live Law

The Pune Bench of the National Green Tribunal has ordered a panel probe into National Highway Authority of India's alleged violations of the specific conditions imposed on it by the Environmental Clearance granted to it for up-gradation of the Khed-Sinnar section of the NH-50 Pune Nashik Highway. The Applicants submitted to the NGT that the National Highway Authority of India …

Order Highway Pune Bench Ngt

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Incessant rain disrupts normal life in Khammam even as Godavari rises

Fire breaks out at high-rise apartment in Jaipur, people rescued by ladder machine from 10th floor | VIDEO

Delhi coaching centre deaths: 'Mercifully, you didn't challan water for entering basement,' quips HC

Groundwater level of 12 Haryana districts up by over 1 metre

Rainwater conservation stagnates in Lucknow’s govt buildings

No flaw in Ram temple construction: Misra

Delhi govt suggests up to ₹5L fine on buildings without rainwater harvesting

Step wellÂ comes to life at Bansilalpet

National Green Tribunal seeks suggestions from Centre, others on waterlogging issue

Some bridges over Trustpuram Canal may need a relook

Karnataka to take merciless action against properties blocking flow of rainwater

High Court Grants Time To Centre & Delhi Govt For Filing Status Reports In Suo Moto Case On Lack Of Rainwater Harvesting Efforts In City

Himachal Pradesh gets its first-ever multipurpose rainwater harvesting dam in Una district

Madras High Court pulls up Chennai Corporation for rainwater logging

‘Super sewer’ needs to be twice as big to stop waste spilling into Thames

South Carolina revenues up, but no one knows if it will last

NGT Orders Panel Probe Into NHAI's Non-Compliance Of Conditions Of Compensatory Afforestation, Rainwater Harvesting While Constructing Pune-Nashik Highway [Read Order]