Drone show attracts visitors on Krishna River bank, creates Guinness Record

Drone show attracts visitors on Krishna River bank, creates Guinness Record

Organisers with drones ahead of the show at Punnami Ghat | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Thousands of drones flew into the sky in the largest drone show, organised as part of Amaravati Drone Summit – 2024, at Punnami Ghat on the banks of River Krishna on Tuesday. The river bank was illuminated for the drone … Read more

Kallai river revival to begin amid concerns over sea waste disposal plan

Kallai river revival to begin amid concerns over sea waste disposal plan

A platform formed on the Kallai river due to sand accumulation. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The long-awaited project to revive the Kallai river in Kozhikode, set to be inaugurated by Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine on Tuesday, has been a persistent demand of local fishermen and environmentalists. Many of the city’s issues have been … Read more

HMWSSB ED relieved, assigned Musi River Development Corporation Ltd. duties 

HMWSSB ED relieved, assigned Musi River Development Corporation Ltd. duties 

Executive Director (Retired) in Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) M. Satyanarayana, whose service was extended after superannuation and re-engaged till July 2025, has been relieved of his duties. As per the order by Principal Secretary (Municipal Administration & Urban Development) M. Dana Kishore, for the remaining service, which is up to July … Read more

Manu Wackernagel is Rapid Raja, Marissa Kaup Rapid Rani as Malabar River Festival concludes

Manu Wackernagel is Rapid Raja, Marissa Kaup Rapid Rani as Malabar River Festival concludes

Rapid Raja Manu Wackernagel and Rapid Rani Marissa Kaup at the valedictory function of Malabar River Festival at Elanthukadavu on July 28. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Rapid Raja Manu Wackernagel and Rapid Rani Marissa Kaup after they completed the Down River race of the Malabar River Festival at Elanthukadavu on July 28. Manu Wackernagel … Read more

Indian Army constructs 150 ft suspension bridge over flowing river in Sikkim in 48 hours

Indian Army constructs 150 ft suspension bridge over flowing river in Sikkim in 48 hours

The 150-foot suspension bridge, being constructed by engineers of Indian Army, being given final touches under a fast flowing river.  | Photo Credit: Ministry of Defence As heavy rains continue to lash parts of Sikkim and certain areas remain cut off, the engineers of Indian Army have successfully constructed a 150-foot suspension bridge in north … Read more

Seven killed as boat capsizes in Odisha’s Mahanadi River; President Murmu offers condolences

Seven killed as boat capsizes in Odisha’s Mahanadi River; President Murmu offers condolences

The toll in the boat capsize in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district rose to seven with the recovery of five more bodies on Saturday, an official said. Personnel of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force and Fire Services, who launched a search operation immediately after the boat capsized on Friday, recovered five more bodies from the Mahanadi … Read more

Mother, daughter among three drowned in river in Kozhikode

Mother, daughter among three drowned in river in Kozhikode

Three persons, including a 46-year-old woman and her 28-year-old daughter hailing from Wayanad district, drowned in a river at Chathamangalam near Kunnamangalam in Kozhikode on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Mini, her daughter Athira, and their relative’s 13-year-old son Adwaith Shaiju hailing from Kunnamangalam. The incident took place near Pulikkamannukadavu around 5.45 p.m. when … Read more

Revanth seeks builders’ support for Musi River Front development and infra in Telangana

Revanth seeks builders’ support for Musi River Front development and infra in Telangana

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Ministers N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy at the All India Builders Convention. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy sought the builders’ community to support his vision for developing the proposed Musi River Front on the lines of the Thames River Front in London and he … Read more

Shortage of river sand hits elevated corridor work on Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway in Ambur

Shortage of river sand hits elevated corridor work on Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway in Ambur

A view of the elevated corridor on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 44) near Ambur in Tirupattur district. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT For more than a month, work on the elevated corridor along the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 44) near Ambur in Tirupattur has been temporarily stopped by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which executes the project … Read more

Man accused of pushing paramour and her two children into river held in Konaseema district

Man accused of pushing paramour and her two children into river held in Konaseema district

RAVULAPALEM Ulava Suresh, 28, was arrested on August 11 (Friday) for allegedly killing his live-in partner and her one-year-old daughter by throwing them into River Gowthami from a bridge in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district in the early hours of August 6. Dr. B.A. Ambedkar Konaseema SP S. Sridhar said that Mr. Suresh had been … Read more