BENGALURU: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) lake wing has decided to instal sluice gates at 38 lakes under the National Disaster Management Act, and has sought Rs 14 crore for the ...

Construction of a sluice gate at Bellandur Lake in 2018. (File Photo) These gates can hold waste water from flowing into lakes at diversion channels; BBMP plans to build more of these following ...

Weekend Read Unplanned sluice gates a curse for coastal districts Once a fisherman, Sagir Hossain Somed, 55, of Dakshin Gilabad village of Pirojpur’s Mathbaria upazila, switched to farming after fish ...

A £9.7m project will help extend the life of a sluice gate, which protects homes, businesses and habitats from flooding. The Dunball Sluice started life in 1971 and is used by the Environment Agency ...

The radial gate has been described as one of the “biggest liabilities” in the south west There are major operational and safety concerns over a river sluice gate after a “near catastrophic” incident ...

BENGALURU: Following heavy rain that caused flooding in areas such as Yeshwanthpura, MT Layout, Austin Town, Yelachanahalli and others, BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath announced efforts to ...

Bengaluru: The ambitious project of installing sluice gates at lakes in the city may take more time as Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is waiting for government approval to float tenders. According ...

Guwahati: Members of the Save Bharalu Abhiyan, a civil society initiative for the revival of the rivulets in the city, urged govt to remove the old and defunct sluice gate on the Bahini river. The ...

The demand for installation of stoplogs at Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS), near here, in the wake of the concern over washing away of a crest gate at Tungabhadra reservoir comes close on the heels of the ...

Villagers are concerned wildlife was put at risk after a river was “emptied for 30 hours” when one of the sluice gates at an empty factory was opened. The incident on the River Cam happened on 9 June ...