Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, July 28 (IANS) At least six pilgrims, comprising two children, were killed and five people have gone missing after an overloaded mini-truck carrying 25 people fell into the swollen Sirhind canal in Punjab’s Ludhiana district, police said on Monday. The accident occurred near the Jagera bridge on the Malerkotla … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday announced that an elevated corridor would soon be built over north Delhi’s Munak Canal to reduce traffic congestion in the area, along with the development of a riverfront along the water channel. After inaugurating a series of public … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Patna, July 14 (IANS) In a tragic incident, three children of the same family drowned while bathing in a newly constructed canal in Kazichak village under the Magadh Medical Police Station area on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Dilshad (15) and Irshad (14), sons of Mohammad Imtiaz, and … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Patna, July 12 (IANS) Three people, including a 10-year-old girl, lost their lives while two others sustained critical injuries after an uncontrolled car fell into a canal in Patna’s Ranitalab area early Saturday morning, officials said. The accident occurred around 6 a.m. near Saraiya village under Ranitalab police station in … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 15 (IANS) A 31-year-old man tragically lost his life in the early hours of Sunday when the car he was driving plunged into a canal at Thathampally near the Rajiv Nagar jetty in Kerala’s Alappuzha. The deceased, Bijoy Antony, a resident of Thathampally, was returning home with two … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 5 (IANS) Farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur and Coimbatore districts have urged the Water Resources Department (WRD) to fully dredge the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) main canal before releasing water to the fourth irrigation zone, warning that failure to do so would lead to massive water wastage and reduced … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, June 4 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Railways, V. Somanna, on Wednesday wrote a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, urging him to withdraw the cases filed against protestors, elected representatives, and seers who agitated against the Hemavati Express Link Canal Project. Somanna further demanded … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Tumakuru, June 3 (IANS) Former minister Sogadu Shivanna has been taken into police custody while staging an indefinite hunger strike inside the premises of the Tumakuru District Deputy Commissioner’s office, protesting against the filing of FIRs against farmers who agitated against the Hemavati Link Express Canal Project. Sogadu Shivanna is … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Patna, June 2 (IANS) In a tragic incident, two teenagers drowned in the Tirhut Canal while bathing on Monday in the Bairia police station area of Bihar’s West Champaran district. A State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team has been deployed and is conducting search operations to locate the missing teenagers. … Read more