Plans On To Build 10m High Embankment Wall Along Tapi

Unabated erosions by 12 rivers, including the Brahmaputra, Teesta and Dharla, have taken a turn for the worse, leaving some 3,400 families of over 100 villages in five upazilas of the district home

Mumbai : Eight years after a deluge claimed 450 lives in the city in 2005, the ambitious revival of the choked Mithi river to check floods is far from complete.

Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma has ordered audit of the flood control measures and the drainage system in the capital on priority basis.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in collaboration with the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs), has finalised a contingency plan to tackle flash flood in vulnerable

Even as the district has remained prone to floods for the last several years, the authorities have failed to take any concrete steps to protect the lives and properties of the local residents.