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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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Microplastic waste becomes 'hubs' for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months 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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Residents of Chhattisgarh village depend on drain water for drinking
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], February 27 (ANI): Residents of Kundru village in Balrampur district of Chhattisgarh have to use water from streams and drains for drinking purposes due to the unavailability of other sources of water and said their complaints to the authorities have gone un
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Delhi govt to treat polluted water coming from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh in d
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): Delhi government will use modern technology to treat around 150 million gallons of polluted water coming from the states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh by natural wetlands and aeration method, officials said on Wednesday.
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Global airline industry drains USD 77 billion cash in H2 2020: IATA
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that the global airline industry will burn through 77 billion dollars in cash during the second half of 2020 (almost 13 billion dollars a month or 300,000 dollars per minute) despite the resu
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Hyderabad civic body to take up open-drain capping works worth Rs 300 cror
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 22 (ANI): Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday said that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will soon commence capping work on open drains to avoid any untoward incidents.
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Uttarakhand: ITBP jawans carry injured woman for 15 hours on foot to neare
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans on Saturday rescued an injured woman in a remote Uttrakhand village, carrying her on a stretcher for 15 hours through flooded drains, landslide zone areas, and slippery slopes to reach a distant road 40 kilometres
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KTR announces special drive in Warangal city to remove encroachments of dr
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Warangal (Telangana) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao announced that a special drive would be conducted for a month in Warangal city to remove all the encroachments of drains, according to Chief Minister's Office (CMO).
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Delhi HC directs DDA to deposit environmental compensation of Rs 50 lakh f
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to deposit an environmental compensation of Rs 50 lakh with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for allegedly damaging stormwater drains on the Samalkha-Dwarka Road.
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Indian Oil Corporation gives robotic machine to Assam govt for cleaning dr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 29 (ANI): The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Tuesday gifted a robotic mechanism for removal of sludge from underground drains in a bid to help the state government keep the street of Guwahati clean.
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Heavy rainfall: Mumbai civic body warns Goregaon residents
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai [Maharashtra], July 16 (ANI): The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Thursday warned residents of Goregaon, Mumbai, about the dangers posed by the increased water level in drains in the city due to the heavy rainfall.
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