The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Flash floods in the Munneru river snapped road connectivity between Vijayawada and Hyderabad as the NH-65 remained below a sheet of water on Friday

Labour Minister and Dharwad district in-charge Santosh Lad has said that a detailed project report (DPR) on proper utilisation of water available in the Benni Halla stream during the rainy season is being prepared and it is estimated to cost around ₹500 crore.

As it prepares a statewide flood prevention plan, the state found that almost 6 million Texans live in an area susceptible to floodwaters.

The Strategic Nala Development Programme devised by Telangana government to prevent urban flooding has failed to take off in municipalities peripheral to GHMC covering the city of Hyderabad, due to lack of funding to the urban local bodies

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The six-and-a-half-decade-old Kaddam Narayana Reddy project survived another scare and test of the time on Thursday, the second year in a row, as it withstood over 4 lakh cusecs flood that was reaching it for about 10 hours, in spite of its effective discharge capacity of 2.43 lakh cusecs through…

Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development K.T. Rama Rao said the impact of heavy rains is less on the city during the current bout as against earlier, due to various works taken up by the government, including the Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP).

Telangana Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari on July 28 said the administration has been put on alert as heavy rains continued to lash the state.

Belagavi district in-charge secretary Anjum Parvez asked officers to coordinate for effective flood management. He urged them to monitor inflow/outflow, water levels, rainfall and discharge from neighbouring states. He stressed on preventive measures and immediate compensation for victims. He asked field officers to survey vulnerable property and take up hygiene…