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Imran Khan's Pet Project, $7 Billion Mega City, Turns Murky
Dozens of landowners are petitioning against the government's plan to build a megacity from scratch on the banks of the Ravi river, a once-thriving waterway that's been depleted by pollution and dwindling water levels.
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PM Modi Unveils Varanasi Port, Receives India's First Inland Cargo Vessel
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated an inland port in Varanasi on the Ganga River as part of the centre's push to develop inland waterways, starting with the stretch of the river between the Uttar Pradesh holy city and Haldia in West Bengal for navigation of large vessels.
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PM Narendra Modi Wraps Up Gujarat Campaign With An Appeal To Voters: Highlights
PM Modi began his travel in a seaplane from Sabarmati river in the city to Dharoi dam in Mehsana district, the first-ever flight by such a craft in the country. His return journey would also be by the same seaplane. The Congress "can't even imagine development work like this," said the Prime Minister, taking a dig at the opposition party which has ...
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Poland's Capital Warsaw Is No Longer A Tale Of Two Cities
The Polish capital is a city divided: by a river, by history, by reputation. For years, the right side of the wide Vistula waterway was known for murder and mayhem, while all the power and money went to the left. Not so anymore.
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Yamuna To Have Ferries; Work On Terminals, Dredging By December
The Inland Waterways Authority of India has floated three tenders for ferry vessels, dredging and the setting up of terminals on 16 km stretch of the Yamuna in the national capital.
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Green Panel Notice To Centre, Delhi Government On Yamuna 'Water Taxi Project'
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has moved the National Green Tribunal seeking its nod for commencement of boat transport service on a section of the Yamuna river, prompting the green panel to seek response from the centre and Delhi government on the issue.
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Waterways For Cargo Back. 200 Cars To Sail Down Ganga From Varanasi
The ghats of Varanasi symbolize birth, life and moksha (salvation). Today, Ram Ghat, the first of the 80 ghats in this holy city, will get a new dimension.
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Panama Seeks To Rebuild Battered Image With Widened Canal
Panama's efforts to polish its tarnished image in the wake of the "Panama Papers" scandal are set to get a big boost this weekend when it inaugurates a wider canal, the waterway's administrator said.
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Delhi Warns Water Crisis Could Run For Another 15 Days
A water crisis in the national capital will take up to two weeks to fix, authorities warned today, as taps ran dry, days after protesters from the Jat community in neighbouring Haryana sabotaged a crucial waterway to press for reservation in government jobs and education.
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'Significant' oil spill closes US ship channel
No timetable has been set to reopen a major U.S. shipping channel after nearly 170,000 gallons (643,500 liters) of tar-like oil spilled into the Texas waterway, but more help was being called in Monday to contain the spill and protect important shorebird habitat.
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Twenty bodies turn up in Syria's 'river of martyrs'
Syrian opposition campaigners said at least 20 bodies of young men shot by security forces were found on Sunday in a small waterway running through the contested city of Aleppo.
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Lost dolphin dies in polluted New York waterway
A dolphin that lost its way and got stuck in one of New York City's most polluted waterways died Friday, witnesses and local media said.
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Kalam backs the concept of national river grid
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam said that the nationwide smart waterway, based on the concept of a river grid, covering all major rivers in the country could be started from the Brahmaputra river in Assam.
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Court attaches two bungalows near Dachigam Park
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday attached two bungalows which were being constructed in violation of the Srinagar Master Plan near Dachigam National Park.
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Soldiers sweep ice for Dutch skating race
Dutch troops joined a race against time on Wednesday to prepare ice for a legendary 125-mile (200-kilometer) race across frozen waterways in the northern Netherlands that could be staged for the first time in 15 years. A group of 50 soldiers in camouflage fatigues shovelled snow along a possible alternative route in case ice on part of the traditio...
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Imran Khan's Pet Project, $7 Billion Mega City, Turns Murky
Dozens of landowners are petitioning against the government's plan to build a megacity from scratch on the banks of the Ravi river, a once-thriving waterway that's been depleted by pollution and dwindling water levels.
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PM Modi Unveils Varanasi Port, Receives India's First Inland Cargo Vessel
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated an inland port in Varanasi on the Ganga River as part of the centre's push to develop inland waterways, starting with the stretch of the river between the Uttar Pradesh holy city and Haldia in West Bengal for navigation of large vessels.
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PM Narendra Modi Wraps Up Gujarat Campaign With An Appeal To Voters: Highlights
PM Modi began his travel in a seaplane from Sabarmati river in the city to Dharoi dam in Mehsana district, the first-ever flight by such a craft in the country. His return journey would also be by the same seaplane. The Congress "can't even imagine development work like this," said the Prime Minister, taking a dig at the opposition party which has ...
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Poland's Capital Warsaw Is No Longer A Tale Of Two Cities
The Polish capital is a city divided: by a river, by history, by reputation. For years, the right side of the wide Vistula waterway was known for murder and mayhem, while all the power and money went to the left. Not so anymore.
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Yamuna To Have Ferries; Work On Terminals, Dredging By December
The Inland Waterways Authority of India has floated three tenders for ferry vessels, dredging and the setting up of terminals on 16 km stretch of the Yamuna in the national capital.
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Green Panel Notice To Centre, Delhi Government On Yamuna 'Water Taxi Project'
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has moved the National Green Tribunal seeking its nod for commencement of boat transport service on a section of the Yamuna river, prompting the green panel to seek response from the centre and Delhi government on the issue.
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Waterways For Cargo Back. 200 Cars To Sail Down Ganga From Varanasi
The ghats of Varanasi symbolize birth, life and moksha (salvation). Today, Ram Ghat, the first of the 80 ghats in this holy city, will get a new dimension.
-
Panama Seeks To Rebuild Battered Image With Widened Canal
Panama's efforts to polish its tarnished image in the wake of the "Panama Papers" scandal are set to get a big boost this weekend when it inaugurates a wider canal, the waterway's administrator said.
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Delhi Warns Water Crisis Could Run For Another 15 Days
A water crisis in the national capital will take up to two weeks to fix, authorities warned today, as taps ran dry, days after protesters from the Jat community in neighbouring Haryana sabotaged a crucial waterway to press for reservation in government jobs and education.
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'Significant' oil spill closes US ship channel
No timetable has been set to reopen a major U.S. shipping channel after nearly 170,000 gallons (643,500 liters) of tar-like oil spilled into the Texas waterway, but more help was being called in Monday to contain the spill and protect important shorebird habitat.
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Twenty bodies turn up in Syria's 'river of martyrs'
Syrian opposition campaigners said at least 20 bodies of young men shot by security forces were found on Sunday in a small waterway running through the contested city of Aleppo.
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Lost dolphin dies in polluted New York waterway
A dolphin that lost its way and got stuck in one of New York City's most polluted waterways died Friday, witnesses and local media said.
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Kalam backs the concept of national river grid
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam said that the nationwide smart waterway, based on the concept of a river grid, covering all major rivers in the country could be started from the Brahmaputra river in Assam.
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Court attaches two bungalows near Dachigam Park
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday attached two bungalows which were being constructed in violation of the Srinagar Master Plan near Dachigam National Park.
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Soldiers sweep ice for Dutch skating race
Dutch troops joined a race against time on Wednesday to prepare ice for a legendary 125-mile (200-kilometer) race across frozen waterways in the northern Netherlands that could be staged for the first time in 15 years. A group of 50 soldiers in camouflage fatigues shovelled snow along a possible alternative route in case ice on part of the traditio...
