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Ongole Collector urges public participation in solid waste management

Participating in the ‘Operation Clean Sweep’ drive, Raja Babu says current focus is on the management of canal and drainages

Sound of falling rain is no longer soothing for Pazhavangadi residents

Local residents say that the toxically polluted Amayizhanjan canal, a noxious black open sewer that doubles as a convenient trash dump and a fertile breeding ground for malaria- and dengue-spreading mosquitoes, which courses through the heart of the city, overflowed, raising the spectre of diseases, including leptospirosis

Watch: Massive dust wall engulfs Jaisalmer, darkens skies

A colossal dust whirlwind, originating near the India-Pakistan border, engulfed Jaisalmer's canal and border regions on Sunday. Ramgarh, Mohangarh, and PTM town experienced near-darkness as the storm reduced visibility drastically, forcing daytime headlight use. This powerful sandstorm, accompanied by high winds, disrupted daily life and caused power outages, offering a stark contrast to the preceding heat.

News in Frames | Bringing water to a scorching desert

The Indira Gandhi Canal serves as a critical water supply resource for Jaisalmer and thousands of remote desert villages; yet scarcity persists, with many still relying on ancestral wells as concerns over groundwater depletion and canal maintenance remain

Government launches ‘Operation Clean Sweep’ to enhance awareness on sanitation

Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, along with District Collector and Panyam MLA, inaugurate desilting and sanitation works at the drainage canal near Ashwini Hospital, as well as at the Suddavagu stream

Kochi Corpn. seeks deferment of canal restoration

The Mayor has instructed the canal restoration work be postponed until around August

Parched Delhi to push Haryana for water via the Somb route

Delhi Jal Board is now pressing Haryana to redirect a portion of the Western Jamuna Canal flow through the Somb so that some water can reach Wazirabad.

Resolve water disputes through cooperation, says PM Modi to States

The Prime Minister also emphasised that innovative use of canal networks should be explored, including installation of solar panels along canals and over canals for clean electricity generation

Supreme Court constitutes panel under Home Secretary to draw up action plan to clean Yamuna

Supreme Court says Yamuna reduced to “little more than a sewage canal”; Panel has to ready action plan in eight weeks

Wild elephant ‘Chillikomban’ injured in fight with another tusker before being washed away in PAP canal

Kerala’s iconic wild elephant ‘Chillikomban’ dies after being washed away in Parambikulam Aliyar Project contour canal

Chillikomban was known as a docile tusker that lived amongst people in the Nelliampathi region, without causing trouble. The tusker would traverse to the Tamil Nadu side during musth and return to the home turf, recalled a biologist from Kerala.