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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre not to allow the construction of the Mekedatu dam by the Karnataka government.This comes days after the Congress-led Karnataka government proposed the construction of the Mekedatu dam project across the Cauvery river.In the letter, Vijay said that…
JABALPUR: An upper-deck seat on the Madhya Tourism cruise on the Bargi dam reservoir cost Rs 160. You had to pay more to be on the lower deck – Rs 200. Most of the lower deck was underwater, so one could even see the fish outside its floor-to-ceiling glass walls.On April 30, a 70-year-old former…
Authorities said the search would go on till all passengers were accounted for JABALPUR/BHOPAL: Ignored wind warnings came under sharp scrutiny after the death toll in the Bargi dam cruise disaster rose to 11 on Saturday, with rescuers retrieving two more bodies — both children — from the reservoir in central MP.The sinking has become…
BARGI (JABALPUR): A survivor of the Bargi Dam cruise accident has alleged that the boat’s pilot and crew abandoned passengers moments before the vessel sank, leaving them to fend for themselves in rapidly worsening conditions.Advocate Roshan Anand Verma, who was travelling with nine family members, said the weather was calm when they boarded the cruise….
BHOPAL: The death toll in the cruise boat capsize at Jabalpur’s Bargi Dam rose to nine on Friday, officials said, as a video capturing the moment the vessel overturned during a sudden storm surfaced online. The footage shows the boat struggling against strong winds before losing balance and capsizing in turbulent waters.The cruise boat operated…
4 dead, 17 missing as tourist boat capsizes in Jabalpur’s Bargi dam JABALPUR: A cruise boat operated by the MP tourism department capsized on Thursday during a sudden storm in a reservoir of Jabalpur’s Bargi Dam on the Narmada, leaving four people dead and 17 missing even as 22 were rescued.Officials said the vessel was…
A model of Shahpur Kandi dam (Image courtesy: PSPCL) JAMMU: India is preparing to stop surplus water from the Ravi flowing into Pakistan once the Shahpur Kandi dam on Punjab-J&K border becomes operational, marking a long-awaited shift in use of eastern river waters of Indus basin.J&K minister Javed Ahmed Rana said Monday the dam is…
Wood Buffalo National Park, in Canada, which spans northern Alberta and parts of the Northwest Territories, contains the largest beaver dam ever recorded. The structure lies deep within the park, far from roads, towns, or marked trails, making it largely inaccessible by foot. Its size is so vast that it is visible in satellite images…
China is pressing ahead with a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, a move that experts and officials warn could seriously endanger water security, ecology and livelihoods downstream in India. As the river enters India as the Brahmaputra, any large-scale intervention upstream is seen as a direct risk to millions who…
ALWAR: A 22-year-old MBBS student at Bashkir State Medical University in Russia’s Ufa city, who had been missing for the past 19 days, was found dead a few km from the varsity campus. The family of Ajit Chaudhary, from Kafanwada village in Alwar district, received the devastating news on Thursday afternoon.Ajit’s body was found in…
