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Monsoon showers cause waterlogging, traffic snarls in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The long-awaited monsoon showers in Delhi brought with it inevitable annual traffic snarls and waterlogging in several parts of the city and many commuters struggled to drive past roads with ill-equipped drainage systems.
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Nepal villages flooded as rivers swell after downpour
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 4 (ANI): Many villages in the Rautahat district of Nepal have been inundated as swollen rivers drain out waters in low lying areas.
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Man cleaning drainage pipeline at Hyderabad airport dies after inhaling to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 18 (ANI): A man died after allegedly inhaling toxic gases from the drainage pipeline at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, on Thursday. Two others were also rushed to the emergency care at the airport for immediate medical assistance.
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Shiv Sena MLA makes contractor sit on Mumbai's waterlogged road, gets garb
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 13 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a Shiv Sena MLA forced a civic contractor to sit on a waterlogged road in Mumbai on Saturday and asked workers to dump garbage on him for allegedly not getting the drains cleaned properly.
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Strict action against those dumping garbage in drains, gutters: Mumbai May
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 11 (ANI): Mayor of Mumbai Kishori Kishor Pednekar has notified that strict action would be taken against those who are found dumping garbage in the drains and gutters.
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Ashes is mentally draining, Australia better going in with less Tests: Pon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], May 26 (ANI): Former Australia captain reckons that the Tim Paine-led side would not be physically drained out before the Ashes as the side would not be playing not many Tests before that.
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HCC-KEC JV wins Rs 1,147 crore Chennai Metro order
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in a joint venture with KEC International has been awarded Rs 1,147 crore contract by Chennai Metro Rail Ltd for construction of 7.95 km elevated viaduct section and nine elevated stations on corridor four of ph
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Report highlights nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 29 (ANI): A new report highlights planting urban trees, increasing community green spaces, utilising brownfield sites and building sustainable drainage systems as effective nature-based solutions in cities to improve wellbeing, bring economic benefit, increase biodiversity
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Microplastic waste becomes 'hubs' for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pa
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): The findings of a new study show how microplastics found in daily personal care products can host pathogens and boost antibiotic-resistant bacteria by up to 30 times once they wash down household drains and enter municipal wastewater treatment plants
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Workshop organised to discuss suggestive measures to overcome sewerage and
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 16 (ANI): In order to discuss suggestive measures and steps to be taken to overcome the rising drainage and sewerage problems in Srinagar, a workshop titled 'Sewerage and Drainage issues of Srinagar' was held here on Tuesday at Church Lane. The wor
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Hong Kong faces brain drain as educated people plan to move abroad
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, March 15 (ANI): Hong Kong could witness a brain drain in the next five years after a new survey revealed that a quarter of university-educated people under the age of 35 were planning to leave the city to work elsewhere, amid easing of immigration schemes by foreign countries in r
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Drainage system, built using Indian financial aid, inaugurated in Nepal
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], March 13 (ANI): A culvert and drainage system, which was built with Indian financial assistance in Nepal's Sarlahi, was inaugurated on Saturday.
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