Chennai cannot avoid floods and droughts, says Balaji Narasimhan, professor with the department of civil engineering at IIT-M, who works with the govt to design low-impact development (LID) measures ...

India’s National Institute of Disaster Mitigation has identified floods as the most recurrent disaster in India and marked 23 Indian states as flood-prone. It further categorized urban floods and ...

HelpAge India is responding to the floods in Chennai after the city of 4.6 million people experienced its heaviest rainfall in a century. The low-lying city on the country’s south-east coast was ...

In November 2015, the city of Chennai in the southern state of Tamilnadu, India, received a record of 490 mm of rainfall (over 19 inches) in a single day. This resulted in the worst flooding of the ...

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CHENNAI: Even as the government is steadfast in constructing the proposed greenfield airport in Parandur despite opposition ...

Chennai floods: The Chennai Airport has become fully operational from this morning, as airliners are resuming their domestic and international… In the wake of the Chennai floods and the terrible ...

Chennai faces unavoidable floods and droughts, according to IIT-M professor Balaji Narasimhan. He highlights the need for sustainable urban planning, integrating 'water-sensitive urban design' and low ...