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Photos: A look back at the Gold King Mine Spill

Edit Denver Post 05 Aug 2016
The Animas River runs through Durango, Colorado on Friday morning, yellow from mine contamination ... People kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo ... 14, 2016 that they plan to sue the federal government and the owners of two Colorado mines that were the source of a massive spill last year that contaminated rivers in three Western states ... Mine wastewater washes up on shore August 7, 2015 along Animas River....

Gold King Mine spill’s economic impact fleeting in Durango, lasting in the Navajo Nation

Edit Denver Post 05 Aug 2016
The Animas River runs through Durango, Colorado on Friday morning, yellow from mine contamination ... People kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo ... 14, 2016 that they plan to sue the federal government and the owners of two Colorado mines that were the source of a massive spill last year that contaminated rivers in three Western states ... Mine wastewater washes up on shore August 7, 2015 along Animas River....

It's a tightrope ladder walk over swollen Kopra river

Edit The Times of India 05 Aug 2016
Close on the heels of a British-era bridge collapsing in Maharashtra and resulting in casualties after vehicles were washed away by a swollen river, 15,000 people in Damoh are putting their lives at stake every day on a wooden ladder for crossing a 25-feet stretch of river in spate. Villagers, especially students, hold tightly two parallel ropes and walk the ladder that has one end on river bank and the other atop a stop dam....

Arch of bridge collapsed due to raging water pressure: PWD

Edit DNA India 05 Aug 2016
According to PWD officers, the raging river exerted relentless pressure on the arch of the bridge, which gave away resulting in the collapse. While it was assumed that the 130-year-old bridge on the Savitri river collapsed due to weakened pillars, officers from Public Works Department (PWD) had a different tale to tell ... Savitri river in no time....

Shire residents encouraged to take part in 2016 Census (Shire of Augusta-Margaret River)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Aug 2016
Shire of Augusta-Margaret River). Acting Shire President Kylie Kennaugh is encouraging all residents in the Shire of Augusta Margaret River to participate in the Australian Census on 9 August 2016 ... Those without internet access can complete the census online at both the Augusta and Margaret River Libraries ... River Library from 6th - 13th August....

08/03/16 – Wailuku River Interim Instream Flow Suspension For Maintenance Activities In August (State of Hawaii)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Aug 2016
Photo of the waterfall in Iao Stream, since renamed Wailuku River, courtesy Bob Horcajo. WAILUKU RIVER INTERIM INSTREAM FLOW SUSPENSION ... WAILUKU, MAUI - The Commission on Water Resource Management will be performing work on the waterfall at the Waihe'e Ditch siphon where it crosses Wailuku River* ... However, an overhanging concrete lip at the top of a naturally occurring waterfall on the Wailuku River limits their upstream migration....

Navy divers keep crocs away at Mahad with noise bombs

Edit The Times of India 05 Aug 2016
Crocodiles have always been a problem in Savitri river ... After the 300kg, powerful magnet used to try and pull out the buses from the river got stuck to a metal pipeline, the divers have changed tack. Pavle's team is working on magnets that will be immersed again in an 8-km stretch of the river on Friday ... vehicles that fell into the river," said Pavle....

Sand mafia free-run abetted Mahad tragedy, say greens

Edit DNA India 05 Aug 2016
While welcoming chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' directive to conduct structural audit of all old bridges in the wake of the Mahad bridge collapse, environment rights activists are wondering why the government hasn't acted against the illegal sand mining mafia active both upstream and downstream of the Savitri river ... When the river is in spate, this only heightens the danger."....

Ascott Opens First Citadines Serviced Residence In Seoul To Cater To The Rise of Independent Travellers var onCat = "2016"; (The Ascott Group Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Aug 2016
South Korea, 5 August 2016 - CapitaLand's wholly owned serviced residence business, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), has opened its first Citadines-branded property in Korea's capital, Citadines Han River Seoul. The opening of the 149-unit Citadines Han River Seoul marks Ascott's continued expansion in South Korea, with more than 1,000 units in operation including the 410-unit Somerset Palace Seoul and 468-unit Citadines Haeundae Busan....

Mahad bridge collapse: 14 bodies recovered, 42 missing

Edit Deccan Herald 05 Aug 2016
The Mahad tragedy is turning out to be huge one with 14 bodies having been recovered from Savitri river so far during search operations launched after two buses and some private vehicles got swept away following collapse of a British-era bridge on Tuesday night ... Fadnavis said that apart from two state-run buses, a Tavera and a Honda City car had also fallen into river after the bridge crumbled on Tuesday night....

Mahad bridge collapse: 10 bodies recovered

Edit The Hindu 05 Aug 2016
The Colonial-era Bridge on the Mumbai-Goa Highway caved in around midnight on Tuesday after an incessant downpour that lashed the Konkan caused River Savitri to swell ... On Wednesday, a 300 kg magnet was lowered into the river to locate the two buses ... While the downpour has eased a little, the swirling waters of the river continued to pose considerable danger to the rescuers....

Mumbai-Goa highway bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 14

Edit DNA India 05 Aug 2016
Fourteen dead bodies, including 11 males and three females, have so far been recovered by the search teams, along with the locals from Savitri river in the Mumbai-Goa highway Mahad bridge collapse tragedy ... from the river....

Vaitarna rail bridge’s foundation damaged by sand mining: WR

Edit The Hindu 05 Aug 2016
The collapse of the British-era bridge spanning the Savitri river in Mahad on Wednesday has authorities taking a closer look at the rail bridge over the Vaitarna river, which Western Railway authorities admit has been weakened due to illegal sand mining on the river bed ... sand mining in the river Vaitarna, but no action is being taken .”....
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