This year, the rivers of PoGB expanded more than expected, destroying several households, farms, and other infrastructure. This could have been protected if measures were taken on time.
Local representatives in the Joshimath area on Sunday sent a memorandum to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami urging to commence the construction work of Tapovan-Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project which was closed after the landslides in the town in January this year.
Barpeta (Assam) [India], July 3 (ANI): More than 200 families in the Kachumara area under the Chenga assembly constituency in Assam's Barpeta district have been forced to move to other safer places after the mighty Brahmaputra river wiped out their homes, lands.
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Heavy rains and landslips along railway tracks in Sakleshpur eroded embankment along Sakleshpur-Subramanya Road Ghat Section here, an official statement South Western Railway said on Sunday.
Par Anupnagar (West Bengal) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Scores of villagers from Par-Anupnagar, who lost their homes in 2017, due to a land erosion along the river Ganga, are irked over not receiving any sort of compensatory relief from the government