Resilience building in flood-prone areas require capacity-building of the community so that people can anticipate, absorb, adapt, mitigate and transfer disaster risk Villagers try to repair a breached ...

Localities in the Mekong Delta have asked for VND8.14 trillion ($352 million) in government funds to build dikes at 76 erosion hotspots. The proposed embankments will stretch a total 140 km (87 miles) ...

The government, however, has so far reclaimed 1,036 sq km land through dredging and building embankments along the Jamuna and Meghna, added the minister. Anisul said a project titled “Rehabilitation ...

A humanitarian crisis of epic proportions is unfolding in South Asia. The region has experienced devastating floods leading to a loss of over 1,000 lives in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Senior ...

Ashik Miah, a 45-year-old farmer of Jaladhartupi village, was staring helplessly at his inundated paddy field as he sat beside Dekhar Haor at Dakshin Sunamganj upazila. “I cultivated Boro on around ...

The West Bengal government has decided to offer a “provisional compensation package” to acquire land for building embankments in three 2009 cyclone-affected districts of the State. The three districts ...

Tipra Motha Party (TMP), ruling BJP's aly in the state, is holding protests against the construction of embankments by the Bangladesh government along the border with Tripura. The demonstration took ...

More people in the Mekong Delta are planting trees and building embankments made of natural materials to prevent erosion along rivers and canals. A natural embankment in Phung Hiep District’s Bung Tau ...

LAHORE: Ravi Urban Development Authority CEO Imran Amin says building embankments and barrages to restore the Ravi river is the top priority and the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) also will soon ...

A joint secretary of Water Resources Ministry and six officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) have admitted their negligence of duty in connection with irregularities in building ...