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Musi still listed as one of the most polluted rivers

Edit The Times of India 01 Aug 2016
Will the river Musi ever regain its erstwhile glory? Unfortunately, the answer may be a big no. Despite the Musi revitalisation project in operation for the last five years, there seems to be no end to the release of pollutants into the river ... Despite the influx of funds, the river has been listed, for the third time in a row, by the Central Pollution Control Board, in a list of most-polluted rivers in the country....

PHOTOS: From the archive – The Big Thompson river flood of 1976

Edit Denver Post 01 Aug 2016
Big Thompson River flood, 1976 Photo by Steve Larson, The Denver Post ... Big Thompson River Canyon flood, 1976 ... Big Thompson River Canyon flood in 1976 ... Litter of the roof of a cabin is scattered across a bridge which spans the rain-swollen Big Thompson River, which left is banks July 31, 1976 ... Mud and leaves dry out inside a wrecked truck along Big Thompson river ... Big Thompson River flood of 1976 ... Big Thompson River flood of 1976....

Work on parks along Adyar river to begin soon

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
The civic body has already started work along the Cooum River ... The Mayor said efforts to obtain a government nod for the eco-restoration of Adyar river have already been taken. The Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust has developed a master plan for the eco-restoration of a 42-km stretch of the Adyar, from Adanur lake to the river mouth....

Anthya Pushkaralu begins on religious note

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
The once-in-12-years river Godavari Anthya Pushkaralu began on a religious note amid chanting of vedic hymns at Sri Laxminarasimha Swamy devasthanam in Dharmapuri temple shrine in Karimnagar district on Sunday morning. Guntur Datta Peetadhipathi Vishwayogi Vishwanth Swamiji launched the pushkaralu by offering prayers to the river Godavari and giving ‘harathi’....

Ongoing projects on Mahanadi won’t stop: Chhattisgarh Minister

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
Amid an ongoing row over the Mahanadi river with Odisha, Chhattisgarh Water Resources Minister Brijmohan Agrawal on Sunday asserted his State will continue with the projects approved by the Central Water Commission (CWC) on the river. “The ongoing projects, approved by the CWC on theMahanadi river (in Chhattisgarh), will not be stopped,” Mr....

Rationalists oppose State-sponsored Pushkaram

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
He disputed the religious belief based on mythology that a holy bath in Pushkar cleansed the sin of Lord Indira who had committed adultery with Ahalya, the wife of a sage, and that Pushkar stayed in 12 Indian rivers as planet Jupiter entered each zodiac in a year or so. “Protect river from pollution”....

Ceremonial procession

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
Devotees took a holy bath in the river, as Irrigation Department personnel as well as dozens of swimmers maintained strict vigilto prevent any untoward incident....

Officials ID Lebanon woman killed in Md. flash floods

Edit Penn Live 01 Aug 2016
Baltimore County officials have identified two people killed in Saturday's flash flooding of the Patapsco River in Ellicott City, Maryland, including one midstate resident ... Baltimore County police recovered the victim's bodies on the opposite side of the Patapsco River, according to reports ... by a man on a walking trail near the Patapsco River shore....

Local State of Emergency Renewed, Emergency Conservation Bylaw still in effect (City of Prince Albert)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Aug 2016
On the status of the Little Red River water pipeline. The City is reporting that water is being pumped from the Little Red River to the sediment basins for pre-treatment ... Status update of the South Saskatchewan River project ... Rotary Trail and parts of River Street East are impacted by the water pipeline but remain open....

Flood warning issued in Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
With the continuation of heavy flow into the dam, water is likely to be released from the dam into River Thenpennai which flows through the five districts ... The entire inflow of 2,112 cusecs is being released into the river, official sources said....

Ceremonial of procession utsav idols

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
Devotees took a holy bath in the river, as Irrigation Department personnel as well as dozens of swimmers maintained strict vigilto prevent any untoward incident....

Permanent solution needed to keep Thiruvallam clean

Edit The Times of India 01 Aug 2016
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ... The irrigation department, which has started operating pumps round the clock, has managed to bring fresh water from Karamana river to the stream, which is now overflowing ... The department is also worried about the pollution of Killi river, another reason for entry of polluted water into the stream. "Proper sewage connectivity for houses on the bank of the river is needed to prevent pollution of Killi ... RELATED....

Dead body pulled from the river in Prince Albert, Sask.

Edit CBC 01 Aug 2016
At around 9 a.m. CST police responded to a call about someone in the river. Officers found a deceased man in the west area of the river near the south bank a short distance from shore ... ....
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