The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to purchase 804 inflatable boats for 22 flood-prone districts of the state. The inflatable boats, to be bought at the cost of Rs 80.40 crores, will cater to the needs of 2,412 villages located in the basins of the Ghaghra/Saryu, Rapti, and Sharda rive
The Central government has approved the first urban flood mitigation project of Rs 561.29 crore for 'Integrated Urban Flood Management' activities for the Chennai Basin project, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday.
Eleven express trains from Chennai Central were cancelled on Monday after the water level reached the danger mark at Bridge No. 14 between Vyasarpadi and Basin Bridge owing to heavy downpours.
"So far 85.81 TMC of water has been supplied to Ayakattu from Prakasam Barrage. Due to the lack of flow in the Krishna River, water is being taken from the Pattiseema lifting scheme and Pulichintala project," a release from the Chief Minister's Office said.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan will be on a two-day visit to Congo to participate in the 'Second Summit of Three Basins for Biodiversity Ecosystem and Tropical Forests'
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang visited Chungthang on Sunday, where a dam was washed away after flash floods on October 4. The Chief Minister assessed the extent of destruction caused by the washing away of the Teesta Stage III dam and the flood at the Teesta basin, said officials
The Indian Army has initiated the process to acquire eight landing attack craft for carrying out search and rescue operations in the creek areas and river basins in different parts of the country, said the army officials.
Over 8,733 labourers will be handed the relief fund after they were affected South Lhonak Lake Glacial Lake Outburst Flood across the Teesta Basin in the State.
Amid the catastrophe in the northeastern state of Sikkim, following the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in South Lhonak Lake creating havoc across the Teesta basin in Sikkim and North Bengal, a total of 523 tourists were left stranded in the Lachen village out of which, two suffered ca
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that cumulative inflows into the reservoirs in Karnataka's Cauvery basin are decreasing. He also said that water in the reservoirs is just above half of what is needed.