| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Monsoon rains have again exposed the failure of civic preparations in Mumbai — whichever government is in power, Mumbai comes to a halt in the rains — raising questions for the BJP and Fadnavis government.
Mumbai monsoon flooding
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
India is advancing multiple hydropower projects on the Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir: the 1,000 MW Pakal Dul project, the approved Dulhasti Stage II project, the approved Sawalkot project (10,856 MW, ₹31,380 crore), and the cleared 850 MW Ratle project.
Chenab hydropower projects
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
A Chenab-Beas link tunnel project costing ₹2,352 crore has begun in Himachal Pradesh, with an 8-km tunnel to divert extra Chenab water to the Beas basin so India can store and use it.
Chenab-Beas link tunnel
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
Mumbai's coastal road primarily connects Worli to South Bombay and mainly benefits South Bombay's affluent residents rather than ordinary citizens.
coastal road priorities
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
On 13 February this year, the Ministry of Road Transport told Parliament that around 9,100 deaths occurred in the past five years due to potholes, a 53% increase over the previous five years, with Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra as the top three states.
pothole deaths
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infrastructure transport |
misleading |
85.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
The two college students were riding a two-wheeler near Bikaner Sweets in Nerul, Navi Mumbai, beneath the LP bridge, when they contacted floodwater electrified by a short circuit from a low-hanging electrical wire and collapsed.
electrocution Nerul flooding
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
There were 14 children on the school bus when the tree fell; 12 were trapped on board, and one died.
school bus tree fall
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
65.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
A 55-year-old man died after falling into an open manhole in Mumbai's Sakinaka because private contract workers had removed the cover and failed to replace it; only his umbrella and slippers were recovered.
Sakinaka manhole death
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
On the morning of June 24, a civic worker fell into an open manhole at King Circle, Mumbai, right in front of the Mumbai mayor during her inspection.
manhole fall King Circle
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
Also in Junagadh, Gujarat, a woman with children and a motorcyclist fell into a submerged drain.
submerged drain fall
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
In Azad Chowk, Junagadh, Gujarat, a couple on their way to work fell into an open sewer pit, and the man suffered a serious head injury.
open sewer pit fall
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
This week, two college girls were electrocuted on a waterlogged road, were initially presumed dead, but survived.
electrocution on waterlogged road
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
A 60-year-old tree that municipal authorities were supposed to remove fell on a school bus in Mumbai, killing an 11-year-old boy named Vihan and injuring five others, with surviving children aged four to twelve.
tree fall on school bus
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
India has no international container transshipment terminal, losing about Rs 1894 crore every year as cargo routes through Colombo or Singapore, while the sea depth at the Great Nicobar terminal site is 20 metres, suitable for large ships.
transshipment terminal need
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-02 |
Some monsoon accidents fall in the category of man-made disasters because they are caused by the system's negligence.
man-made disasters
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-02 |
The brand-new Delhi-Dehradun highway got torn up in the very first rain.
highway quality failure
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-02 |
Japan plays a key role in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project and is its largest investor.
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-02 |
In big projects like the Delhi Metro and the bullet train, Japan gave India not only financial assistance but also its technology.
Metro and bullet train
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 18.14 crore traffic challans worth ₹12,631 crore were issued between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, yet 21.83 lakh road accidents still occurred in that period.
traffic enforcement failure
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Drunk-driving road accidents in India killed 3,204 people and injured 846 in a year — meaning roughly eight people die every day because a driver was drunk.
drunk driving deaths
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The burnt bus was registered under Indore's Hans Travels but its registration and fitness certificate were issued in a remote part of Arunachal Pradesh — an alleged scheme to obtain All India permits for unfit buses without inspection.
bus permit loophole
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
A sleeper bus from Haridwar to Indore caught fire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway after hitting a truck, burning eight people alive; the anchor argues dishonesty, not mere accident, killed them.
sleeper bus fire
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
150 CCTV cameras have been installed on the Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, but they are being used only for issuing challans rather than preventing road accidents.
CCTV enforcement use
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Recently on the Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, a car that was reversing was hit hard by a vehicle coming from behind, killing four people.
Dehradun expressway crash
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Between 2019 and 2023 there were 21.83 lakh (2.183 million) road accidents in India, despite the rise in challan collections.
challans vs road safety
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