desilting

New Delhi, April 10 – In an effort to prepare for the monsoon, Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh conducted an on-site inspection of desilting work at the Delhi Gate drain and the Barapulla drain on Friday.The visit highlighted both the scale and seriousness of the...

Chandigarh, April 3 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini emphasized the need to strengthen sanitation and drainage systems in rural areas on Friday and directed officials to ensure regular and time-bound cleaning of village ponds and waste water channels.Chairing a review meeting of the...

Chandigarh, March 18 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Wednesday that his government has achieved a turnaround in the irrigation sector over the past four years by increasing canal water irrigation from 26.50 per cent to 78 per cent of farm land, spending Rs 6,700 crore on canal lining...

New Delhi, March 13 – Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched new, state-of-the-art amphibious excavator machines (with both long and short booms) at the Badusarai Bridge, Najafgarh Drain, and Pankha Road Drain on Friday, aimed at strengthening the cleaning of the city's drainage network...

Chandigarh, March 12 Not even a spoonful of sand can be taken out of the Beas river for desilting unless a "very long procedure" mandated by the Centre is followed, as the river stretch is a Ramsar site under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Punjab Minister Barinder Goyal informed the state...