monsoon
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Mumbai’s Lakes Are 96% Full. BMC Is Keeping the Water Cut Anyway
Mumbai’s seven reservoirs hold nearly 96% of their capacity, but the BMC’s 10% water cut, in place since May, stays until stock is assured through 2027.
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Pimpri-Chinchwad’s Pothole Repairs Can’t Outpace the Monsoon
PCMC has fixed 1,609 of 2,164 reported potholes, but temporary patches and relentless rain keep the backlog refilling across the twin township.
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Nagpur’s Manish Nagar Underpass Floods Again Days After New Disaster Plan
Manish Nagar underpass flooded again in Nagpur’s latest downpour, days after NMC unveiled a City Disaster Management Plan meant to fix exactly this kind of failure.
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Maharashtra Keeps Schools Open Under Red Alert as Monsoon Toll Mounts
IMD issued a red alert for Pune’s ghats and orange alerts for four more districts on July 22, but authorities left schools open, a reversal from three weeks earlier.
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Mankhurd Chawl Collapse Kills Six, Renews Mumbai’s Monsoon Building Risk
A chawl collapse in Mankhurd killed six people as Mumbai’s monsoon batters old, dilapidated housing stock again. Here’s what it means for residents.
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Nagpur’s Narendra Nagar RUB Beats Its Four-Decade Flood Curse
A Rs 9-crore pump-and-sump system helped Nagpur’s most flood-prone railway underpass stay dry through its first real monsoon test, ending a decades-old problem.
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Mumbai Manhole Death Exposes Civic Accountability Gap in Monsoon
A commuter’s death in an open Kurla-Sakinaka manhole during Mumbai’s red-alert rains has triggered suspensions and a probe — and revived a decades-old safety question.
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Thane’s Monsoon Whiplash: From Worst June Deficit to Red Alert Flooding
Thane district went from a historic June rainfall deficit to a red alert deluge within days, exposing both a dam storage crisis and a scramble in civic flood response.