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check dam news

Embankment breach at Kadarpur check dam floods Aravalli villages

The submerged road after the breach. (HtT Photo)
Published on Sept 03, 2025 04:52 am IST

Kerala gets Wildlife Board approval for Silandhi check dam, likely to trigger dispute with TN

Kerala gets Wildlife Board approval for Silandhi check dam, likely to trigger dispute with TN
Published on Feb 15, 2025 07:56 am IST

Wildbuzz: The ‘double engine’ serpent

Tenthouse workers search cloth piles for boa family; rescued mother and snakelets. (PHOTOS: SALIM KHAN)
Updated on Jul 30, 2023 03:23 pm IST

Delhi govt plans check dams on major drains to trap pollutants

Check dams are expected to reduce the pollutant load in drains by 70% - 80%
Updated on Jun 23, 2021 03:46 am IST

Panic at 3 am as floodwaters enter homes in Chandigarh’s Khuda Lahora, Mohali areas hit

Cars, scooters and a cart under water near the Baltana police chowki after heavy rains in the region.
Updated on Aug 23, 2020 06:23 pm IST

Mogharpada land leased to us, will not allow Metro car shed, say farmers

Residents of Mogharpada, fear losing their land to the government. Around 200 farmers said that though the land is the government’s, it was leased to them by the government in 1960 for cultivation.
Updated on Sept 15, 2019 04:26 am IST

272 borewells sealed under Jal Shakti Abhiyan in two days

All the SDMs have been asked to keep a daily tab on water extraction activities.
Updated on Jul 28, 2019 03:44 am IST

Dahisar river is worth a dam: BMC, forest dept nod for plan

To be built by the International Association for Human Values (IAHV), a part of Art of Living Foundation, the dam will be constructed 750m downstream from the boating area of the river inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).
Published on Sept 22, 2018 06:21 am IST

New storm water drain to ease waterlogging woes in Gurugram

The drain is planned to ease the load on Badshahpur drain, which narrows down near National Highway-48, leading to water-logging at Khandsa and Hero Honda Chowk.
Updated on Sept 20, 2018 03:35 am IST

Gurugram struggling to fix drainage

The problem, however, is a perennial one, albeit at a smaller magnitude, with many areas getting inundated following each spell of rain.
Updated on Aug 29, 2018 04:12 am IST

Kerala govt to probe whether check dam triggered landslide in Kozhikode

People engaged in rescue work after a landslide in Kattippara in Kozhikode on June 14, 2018.
Published on Jun 18, 2018 02:02 pm IST