The Japorigog Jyotirupa Sangha on Thursday alleged that lackadaisical attitude on the part of the concerned departments has aggravated the problem of artificial water-logging in the Japorigog area.

The silt thrown up by the gigantic brick sewers under the city is enough to cover the Shahid Minar 10 times over or fill up 150 reservoirs like the Tallah tank. This is the first time the sewers are being cleaned since they were laid in 1859.

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has taken up a project to lay a mastic asphalt coat on all motorable roads in the city proper before Puja.

According to civic engineers, laying bitumen on the surface is the cheapest way to metal a road. Bituminous roads are good in dry weather. A layer of mastic asphalt prevents water from seeping to the bitumen.

Nashik: Atleast 225 mcft water from the Nandurmadhmeshwar dam near here was flown away after a hole developed in it, official sources said today.

The 100-year-old dam, which was renovated by the state government last year, developed a hole yesterday resulting in water-logging in nearby fields, causing threat of water shortage in Marathwada, they said.
Repair work is on, sources added.

The Airports Authority of India will undertake a Rs 30-crore project to solve the waterlogging problem at the city airport.

The project is based on the recommendations of Jadavpur University

Shajarana village, located some 15 km from Fazilka, is slowly discovering the benefits of aquaculture.

Badly affected by soil salinity and waterlogging, agriculture here means a single crop in a year and that too only in soil having low salt deposits.