Desilting

Development of valleys, desilting of drains, and encroachment, increasing the number of STPs across Bengaluru are some of the measures announced by Karnataka Chief Minister.

Two bodies - 55 km apart - were fished out from the Ganga canal in western Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar during a desilting process.

Adani Ports has incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary Aqua Desiltingto carry out business of dredging, desiltation and sale / disposal of such desilted material from sea, river, dams and other water bodies

The Arvind Kejriwal government should pay compensation to families of the four people who died in rain-related incidents and the people whose houses were damaged due to heavy rainfall and waterlogging on Sunday, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta said.

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Friday said he has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking a probe into "unauthorised" mobilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds by Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi for desilting lakes.

The Public Works Department (PWD) on Tuesday suspended two engineers after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered action after noticing shoddy work in the desilting of drains.

The Madras High Court today allowed DMK Working President M K Stalin to visit a tank in Edappadi taluk in Salem district, falling under Chief Minister K Palaniswami's constituency, to monitor desilting work claimed to be carried out by DMK cadres.

DMK leader M K Stalin was today arrested near Coimbatore on grounds of "law and order," when he attempted to proceed to Salem to oversee the desilting work of a lake, over which his party men and AIADMK (Amma) workers had clashed.

All drains in the city will be desilted by June 7 to prevent water-logging on roads during the monsoon season, Delhi PWD Minister Satyendar Jain said today.

A high-level committee has been formed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to look after desilting of drains and open manholes in the city to prevent waterlogging problems during the monsoon season.

Almost a year after massive floods devastated Chennai, many are complaining that the Tamil Nadu government has not desilted River Adyar to avert a similar tragedy. Floods on this river had killed over 300 and left more than 17 lakh without homes last December. The clean-up, they say is important to let the river carry more water into the sea withou...

Even in Latur's blistering heat, Shyam Barure has to ensure the work goes on. The rains are less than two months away and the 27 km nallah (drain) has to be widened and desilted in time.

Two workers engaged in desilting a well near Erode were crushed to death as a crane dashed against them, police said today.

The Thungabahdra reservoir will be desilted on an experimental basis in July. The government would hold discussions next week with Technofo Firm, which would be taking up the de-silting work, Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday.

Five persons, including a gram panchayat member, died of asphyxiation on Tuesday while desilting a 40 foot well in Ferozabad village, about 20 km away from Gulbarga, police said.

Development of valleys, desilting of drains, and encroachment, increasing the number of STPs across Bengaluru are some of the measures announced by Karnataka Chief Minister.

Two bodies - 55 km apart - were fished out from the Ganga canal in western Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar during a desilting process.

Adani Ports has incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary Aqua Desiltingto carry out business of dredging, desiltation and sale / disposal of such desilted material from sea, river, dams and other water bodies

The Arvind Kejriwal government should pay compensation to families of the four people who died in rain-related incidents and the people whose houses were damaged due to heavy rainfall and waterlogging on Sunday, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta said.

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Friday said he has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking a probe into "unauthorised" mobilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds by Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi for desilting lakes.

The Public Works Department (PWD) on Tuesday suspended two engineers after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered action after noticing shoddy work in the desilting of drains.

The Madras High Court today allowed DMK Working President M K Stalin to visit a tank in Edappadi taluk in Salem district, falling under Chief Minister K Palaniswami's constituency, to monitor desilting work claimed to be carried out by DMK cadres.

DMK leader M K Stalin was today arrested near Coimbatore on grounds of "law and order," when he attempted to proceed to Salem to oversee the desilting work of a lake, over which his party men and AIADMK (Amma) workers had clashed.

All drains in the city will be desilted by June 7 to prevent water-logging on roads during the monsoon season, Delhi PWD Minister Satyendar Jain said today.

A high-level committee has been formed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to look after desilting of drains and open manholes in the city to prevent waterlogging problems during the monsoon season.

Almost a year after massive floods devastated Chennai, many are complaining that the Tamil Nadu government has not desilted River Adyar to avert a similar tragedy. Floods on this river had killed over 300 and left more than 17 lakh without homes last December. The clean-up, they say is important to let the river carry more water into the sea withou...

Even in Latur's blistering heat, Shyam Barure has to ensure the work goes on. The rains are less than two months away and the 27 km nallah (drain) has to be widened and desilted in time.

Two workers engaged in desilting a well near Erode were crushed to death as a crane dashed against them, police said today.

The Thungabahdra reservoir will be desilted on an experimental basis in July. The government would hold discussions next week with Technofo Firm, which would be taking up the de-silting work, Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday.

Five persons, including a gram panchayat member, died of asphyxiation on Tuesday while desilting a 40 foot well in Ferozabad village, about 20 km away from Gulbarga, police said.