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Body Of Chennai Ex-Mayor's Son Recovered From River 8 Days After Accident
The body of a former Chennai mayor's son, who went missing after the vehicle he was travelling in plunged 200 metres down into the Satluj in Himachal's Kinnaur district, was recovered on Monday after eight days, police said.
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Pics: Roads Turn Into Rivers, Cars Submerged As Rain Batters Chennai
Cyclone Michaung, has unleashed Ferocious Winds in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The merciless presence of Cyclone Michaung is swirling over the Bay of Bengal and heading towards the Andhra coast currently.
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Parts Of Chennai Flooded, Residents Say Storm Water Drains Not Working
Pockets of Chennai's Manali are flooded partly due to heavy rainfall in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor as the heavy discharge into River Kosasthalaiyar has inundated several areas after 35000 cusecs of water was released from Poondi.
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Flood Alert In Chennai's Suburbs As Poondi Reservoir Nears Full Capacity
A preliminary flood alert was sounded on Sunday by authorities to people living close to the banks of Kosasthalaiyar River in Tiruvallur district as the nearby Poondi Reservoir is expected to reach its full capacity.
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Chennai Hoteliers' Motor Bike Expedition To Promote Tourism
Held on Madras Day, the bikers stopped at a few landmarks, including the Marina and the River Adyar Bridge, as they travelled upto the scenic Kovalam area along the East Coast Road.
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IIT Madras Study Moots ‘Straight Training Walls’ To Minimize Floods In Chennai
IIT Madras: Study focused on extreme storm surge scenarios & high tide levels along with flooding in the river and showed these walls at the creek mouth with regular de-silting will minimize the flood risk significantly
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Harbhajan Singh Makes Special Request To Jonty Rhodes After South African Takes A Dip In The Ganges
Veteran India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh came up with a special request after Jonty Rhodes posted a picture of him taking a dip in the river Ganges in Rishikesh.
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IIT Madras-Designed Check Dam Aids Palar River To Store Surplus Rainwater
The construction of this check dam began in March 2019 and the structure was completed by August 2019, before the onset of monsoon.
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Tamil Nadu Fined 2 Crores For Delay In Removing Encroachments In Chennai
The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 2 crore on the Tamil Nadu government over the inordinate delay in removal of the encroachments along and prevention of pollution of Adyar and Cooum rivers in Chennai.
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2 Men Drown In River While Immersing Ganesh Idol In Chennai
Two youths drowned while another was rescued after falling into Bhavani River while immersing a Lord Ganesh idol in the district, police said on Sunday.
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2015 Chennai Floods A "Man-Made Disaster", Says CAG Report
In a scathing report the Comptroller and Auditor General Of India (CAG) held the state government responsible for the 2015 Chennai floods and called it a "man-made disaster." The CAG report blamed the Tamil Nadu government for allowing encroachment of lakes and river floodplains, leading to massive destruction
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Flash Protest At Chennai's Marina Beach On Cauvery Issue
Hundreds of people on Saturday gathered at theMarinabeachin Chennai and staged a flash protest urging the Centre to immediately set up the Cauvery Water Management Board in compliance with a February 16 Supreme Court order on the decades-old river water-sharing dispute.
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Andhra Pradesh To Release 3.33 Thousand Million Cubic Feet Of Krishna River Water To Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh has agreed to release 3.33 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) of water from the Krishna river to Tamil Nadu to meet the drinking water requirement of the Chennai city.
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Kamal Haasan Visits Ennore Creek In Chennai, Raises Looming Crisis
Tamil Superstar Kamal Haasan today met local fishing communities at the Ennore creek, Chennai's largest estuary, which faces growing encroachment by industries raising the risk of a flood.
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M K Stalin To Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Put Inter-State River Linking Programme On Fast Track
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or DMK working president M K Stalin today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in expediting the inter-state river linking programme, saying it would benefit farmers across the country.
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Body Of Chennai Ex-Mayor's Son Recovered From River 8 Days After Accident
The body of a former Chennai mayor's son, who went missing after the vehicle he was travelling in plunged 200 metres down into the Satluj in Himachal's Kinnaur district, was recovered on Monday after eight days, police said.
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Pics: Roads Turn Into Rivers, Cars Submerged As Rain Batters Chennai
Cyclone Michaung, has unleashed Ferocious Winds in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The merciless presence of Cyclone Michaung is swirling over the Bay of Bengal and heading towards the Andhra coast currently.
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Parts Of Chennai Flooded, Residents Say Storm Water Drains Not Working
Pockets of Chennai's Manali are flooded partly due to heavy rainfall in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor as the heavy discharge into River Kosasthalaiyar has inundated several areas after 35000 cusecs of water was released from Poondi.
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Flood Alert In Chennai's Suburbs As Poondi Reservoir Nears Full Capacity
A preliminary flood alert was sounded on Sunday by authorities to people living close to the banks of Kosasthalaiyar River in Tiruvallur district as the nearby Poondi Reservoir is expected to reach its full capacity.
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Chennai Hoteliers' Motor Bike Expedition To Promote Tourism
Held on Madras Day, the bikers stopped at a few landmarks, including the Marina and the River Adyar Bridge, as they travelled upto the scenic Kovalam area along the East Coast Road.
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IIT Madras Study Moots ‘Straight Training Walls’ To Minimize Floods In Chennai
IIT Madras: Study focused on extreme storm surge scenarios & high tide levels along with flooding in the river and showed these walls at the creek mouth with regular de-silting will minimize the flood risk significantly
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Harbhajan Singh Makes Special Request To Jonty Rhodes After South African Takes A Dip In The Ganges
Veteran India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh came up with a special request after Jonty Rhodes posted a picture of him taking a dip in the river Ganges in Rishikesh.
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IIT Madras-Designed Check Dam Aids Palar River To Store Surplus Rainwater
The construction of this check dam began in March 2019 and the structure was completed by August 2019, before the onset of monsoon.
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Tamil Nadu Fined 2 Crores For Delay In Removing Encroachments In Chennai
The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 2 crore on the Tamil Nadu government over the inordinate delay in removal of the encroachments along and prevention of pollution of Adyar and Cooum rivers in Chennai.
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2 Men Drown In River While Immersing Ganesh Idol In Chennai
Two youths drowned while another was rescued after falling into Bhavani River while immersing a Lord Ganesh idol in the district, police said on Sunday.
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2015 Chennai Floods A "Man-Made Disaster", Says CAG Report
In a scathing report the Comptroller and Auditor General Of India (CAG) held the state government responsible for the 2015 Chennai floods and called it a "man-made disaster." The CAG report blamed the Tamil Nadu government for allowing encroachment of lakes and river floodplains, leading to massive destruction
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Flash Protest At Chennai's Marina Beach On Cauvery Issue
Hundreds of people on Saturday gathered at theMarinabeachin Chennai and staged a flash protest urging the Centre to immediately set up the Cauvery Water Management Board in compliance with a February 16 Supreme Court order on the decades-old river water-sharing dispute.
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Andhra Pradesh To Release 3.33 Thousand Million Cubic Feet Of Krishna River Water To Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh has agreed to release 3.33 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) of water from the Krishna river to Tamil Nadu to meet the drinking water requirement of the Chennai city.
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Kamal Haasan Visits Ennore Creek In Chennai, Raises Looming Crisis
Tamil Superstar Kamal Haasan today met local fishing communities at the Ennore creek, Chennai's largest estuary, which faces growing encroachment by industries raising the risk of a flood.
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M K Stalin To Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Put Inter-State River Linking Programme On Fast Track
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or DMK working president M K Stalin today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in expediting the inter-state river linking programme, saying it would benefit farmers across the country.
