South Western Railway services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids will not call at Crewkerne from Monday 28 July, ...

Premier Li said that ensuring the safety of the main embankments is critical to flood control and must therefore never be taken lightly. As the main flood season has just arrived, the situation could ...

Green embankments help conserve Yellow River. Full moon shines on night of Mid-Autumn Festival in China. X-ray images, lunar farside soil shed more light on moon.

The embankments constructed with gabions, which have good water permeability, have not only addressed the problems but also prevented livestock waste from entering the river.

Heavy rainfall in Nepal has swelled the Kosi and Budhi Gandak rivers in North Bihar. Budhi Gandak is 41 cm above the danger ...

IN the Vernon-Harcourt Lecture delivered at the Institution of Civil Engineers on December 8, Dr. Brysson Cunningham discussed “Estuary Channels and Embankments". The two chief objects of the ...

A World Bank-led study finds that integrating mangroves into Bangladesh’s coastal embankments can significantly reduce flood risks, boost local livelihoods, and sequester carbon. With 255 potential ...

Man-made flood protections, not climate change, are the main culprit in sea-level rise in southwest Bangladesh, according to new research conducted for the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research.

Khagaria: Incessant rain in catchment areas and rising level of river Ganga in the last few days have inundated a number of ...

Embankments breached every year. Most embankments on the rivers of north Bihar breach every year. The flood situation becomes more severe when the breach occurs and all the floodwater gushes out ...

Embankments, like canals, are resource-intensive, bear a strong footprint of the State, and are potential sites for rent-seeking. A lot has been written with respect to canal management. Unfortunately ...