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Centre monitoring Chinese mega dam plan, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

Union minister of state for environment Kirti Vardhan Singh said that NHPC Ltd. is implementing the recommendations of the state committee on the Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project (LSHEP) (AP)
Published on Feb 14, 2025 04:45 AM IST

Tungabhadra dam gates washed away; Karnataka, Andhra face flood risk

The chain of a crest gate of the Tungabhadra dam broke, leading to the release of huge amount of water, causing a flood risk in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. (PTI Photo)
Published on Aug 12, 2024 01:55 PM IST

Pune rains: Army deployed in Ekta Nagar, 125 people shifted to safe location

More ten thousand million cubic feet of water has been released from the Khadakwasla, Panshet and Warasgaon dams (HT PHOTO)
Published on Aug 04, 2024 03:53 PM IST

Over 200 mm of rainfall in last 48 hours, water storage in Pune dams increases

According to irrigation department data, the Khadakwasla dam cluster has recorded 10.12 TMC or 34.71% storage till 5.30 pm on July 14. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
Updated on Jul 15, 2024 08:34 AM IST

Dam breach at China's second-largest freshwater lake, 5700 residents relocated

Around 5,700 residents were relocated after waters breached a dike at China's second-largest freshwater lake in the south of the country, while rescue workers rushed to contain further damage from outflows, Chinese state media said on Saturday.
Published on Jul 06, 2024 01:34 PM IST

Minnesota's Rapidan dam faces collapse, locals request evacuation

Heavy rains cause high water levels at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato, Minn., Monday, June 24, 2024. Officials say the dam is threatened with “imminent failure.” (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
Published on Jun 25, 2024 10:20 AM IST

Bulldozers back in action to reclaim Kukrail riverbed

A demolition drive underway in Akbar Nagar on Monday (Mushtaq Ali/HT)
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 07:26 AM IST

Represented by stalwarts for decades, Sasaram continues to lack basic facilities

Sasaram is due to go to the polls on June 1. (ANI)
Updated on May 27, 2024 04:45 PM IST

Five drown in Bhavali dam backwaters during picnic

With the help of some locals, the bodies of the five victims were later fished out and sent to Igatpuri rural hospital, said the official. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
Updated on May 23, 2024 08:52 AM IST

Record flood waters rise in Russia's Urals, forcing thousands to evacuate

In this grab taken from a video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Saturday, April 6, 2024, emergency workers evacuate a local resident after a part of a dam burst causing flooding, in Orsk, Russia. Floods hit a city in the Ural Mountains areas after a river dam burst there, prompting evacuations of hundreds of people, local authorities said.
Updated on Apr 08, 2024 06:44 AM IST

UPSC aspirant drowns in dam reservoir while trying to save friend's pet dog

Btech graduate drowns in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal.
Published on Jan 04, 2024 06:07 PM IST

Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang questions quality of hydel dam destroyed in flood

Flood-hit Golitar area in Sikkim. (Reuters)
Updated on Oct 06, 2023 10:24 PM IST

Scores feared dead in flash floods in Sikkim

HT Image
Updated on Oct 05, 2023 06:40 AM IST

Sikkim dam washed away in 10 minutes after flash flood: Official

Water levels of the Teesta river rises in Sikkim on Wednesday. (AP)
Updated on Oct 04, 2023 07:28 PM IST

Two including teenager drown in Thane

Thane, India - July, 27, 2023: Chirag joshi 19 Year old boy has drowned at the waterfall in Pankhanda village of Ghodbunder Road Sanjay Gandhi national park in Thane , in Thane, in Mumbai, India, on,Thursday, July, 27, 2023. ( Praful Gangurde / HT Photo ) (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 01:07 AM IST

Himachal: NDRF teams roped in to open jammed floods gates of Malana dam

National Disaster Response Force Rescuers at the Mandala dam on Wednesday. (HT photo)
Updated on Jul 26, 2023 10:46 PM IST

Alert sounded as Himachal’s Malana dam gate malfunction triggers water overflow

An alert was sounded after the gates of Himachal’s Malana dam gate malfunctioned. (Source: HP govt Twitter)
Updated on Jul 24, 2023 11:24 PM IST

4 hatchlings of endangered bird washed away in Bijnor

Four Indian Skimmer hatchlings, born on a sand patch in a barrage in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor, have been washed away (PTI)
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 12:19 AM IST

Kherson residents return to flood-ruined homes after dam destruction

Ukrainian servicemen arrive by boat with civilians during evacuation from the flooded Kardashynka village.
Published on Jun 23, 2023 11:55 AM IST

UK agencies probing Ukraine dam destruction: Rishi Sunak

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Published on Jun 07, 2023 03:11 AM IST

Wildbuzz: For whom the bells toll

The injured nilgai at Sukhna Lake. (Vikram Jit Singh)
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 12:48 AM IST