Will the government be able to keep its promise to protect the houses in the No Development Zone from being demolished?

Farmer Organisations in Habarana area accused the ruling party politicians and officials of allowing their favourites to encroach the Kadahatha tank reservation and sell land to build hotels. A tense atmosphere emerged when Deputy Minister of Land Development Chandrasiri Sooriarachchi arrived to attend their meeting.

Huge quantity of water gushed into Hasthinapuram

Alarming: The breached portion of the outlet point of Sembakkam Lake.

TAMBARAM: In a repeat of incidents that took place during monsoon the previous years, encroachers damaged a portion of the outlet point of a lake near Tambaram.

Mumbai: The director of archaeology and museums, state, has issued a stop-work notice to the builder carrying out excavation work near the Magathane caves.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor work on the peripheral road of Gottigere in Bangalore City. The apex court has stayed the High Court order in this regard.

CHENNAI: Encroachments on Keerai Thottam in the Adyar river at Saidapet will be removed on Wednesday.

KOLLAM: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said that the databank on paddy fields lying barren in the State will be published soon.

Ahmedabad: As many as 30 farmers from a coastal village in south Gujarat have moved Gujarat High Court to stop a power generation company from filling up low-lying areas in order to protect their village and agriculture fields from submerging during high tides.

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has found a new road to prevent encroachments as it begins work of replacing the 12.3km water pipeline network between Maroshi and Ruparel College. An underground tunnel will be constructed to overcome the problem of inequitable distribution of water and cut down on leakages.

The Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) was planned in 1962 as a goods service linking five important work areas of the city. Subsequently, it was upgraded for commuter use as well. Pakistan Railways now wish to upgrade and expand the circular railway and double-track those parts of it that are single track.

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