Bags with sediment removed from stormwater drains in R.A. Puram left on the pavements. Published - October 05, 2019 03:20 pm IST Silt removed from stormwater drains left on pavements ...

The Chennai Corporation is removing silt from the storm water drains at Velachery in view of the monsoon. The workers have collected the silt in gunny bags and left the bags on the road margins.

I have noticed long, tubular-shaped bags blocking drains along some roads in Baton Rouge. They are shaped like cigars. I’ve seen them on South Harrell’s Ferry Road near Jones Creek ...

He also requested citizens not to dump inorganic material like plastic in open drain since it was observed that 50 per cent of silt composition has plastic bags, refrigerators, air coolers, sofa ...

Gunny bags of silt stacked up along the roads were a common sight in May last year across the city. This was because the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) had begun desilting storm water drains ...

In Sahadatganj's Nagariya drain, cleaning was done, but silt was not disposed of properly. Locals in Maulviganj and Mashakganj say drains are not only encroached upon but also piled with trash.

If it rains, the silt seeps into the drains. BBMP is more interested in giving out contracts. It does not execute the work properly,” Sandeep Anirudhan, convenor, Citizens’ Agenda for ...

The mechanical measures will include construction of silt retention dams, spillways and drains with silt pit in the hill. “These structures will trap the silt and allow only water to flow to the ...

Cuttack, July 25: The reappearance of silt loads in the main and branch drains in several places across the city have left the civic administration worried. The recurrence of silt has reduced the ...