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The 2008 Lucknow flood was a natural disaster that occurred in August 2008, caused by the overflow of the Gomti River after heavy monsoon rainfall. The flood submerged several parts of the city, affecting more than 100,000 people and killing at least 15. It also damaged property, crops, and infrastructure.
The 2008 Lucknow flood was a natural disaster that occurred in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India, in August 2008. It was caused by the overflow of the Gomti River after heavy rainfall in the monsoon season. The flood submerged several parts of the city, affecting more than 100,000 people and killing at least 15.
Kosi river flood was the worst hit flood of India in 2008. The nexus of the Bihar flood is the Kosi River's immense alluvial fan, extending some 185 km from the river's exit from the Himalayas and foothills in Nepal, down to its confluence with the Ganges in Bihar. The laws of geology and physics cause rivers to course back and forth across ...
The Gomti rises by 10–12 meters during the monsoon, and in 2008 a major flood was reported. [10] Around 2012, the newly-elected government and the Lucknow Development Authority began a feasibility study with the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee to build a river-front similar to Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. The LDA submitted the ...
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Lucknow Metro system is the most-quickly built metro system in the world [142] and most economical high-speed rapid transit system project in India. [143] The commencement of civil works started on 27 September 2014. [144] Lucknow has the third largest metro network in the state after Noida, Meerut and Ghaziabad.
The water treatment plant sits in flood waters from the Raccoon River in Des Moines, Iowa, in this July 17, 1993 photo. An estimated 250,000 central Iowans were left without tap water for nearly ...