Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim was spotted unclogging a gully pit in his neighbourhood in Chetla on Tuesday morning, dragging out plastic waste with the tip of an umbrella. The thin plastic packets ...

A council has said nearly 70,000 gullies have been cleaned across Oxfordshire since April. The county council is aiming to clean all of them in the county in 12 months, which means nearly 145,000 ...

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Work to clean and empty every highway drainage gully in Oxfordshire is underway. The year-long programme, which will take place every year going forward, began in Wheatley last month. Contractors, ...

Work is being stepped up to make sure every roadside drain in Oxfordshire is cleaned and emptied this year. In April, Oxfordshire County Council began its enhanced programme to clean nearly 145,000 ...

Newcastle residents have raised concerns over blocked street drains amid flash floods in the Co Down town. The Department for Infrastructure had previously pledged "every effort" to keep drainage ...

Matthias Vanmaercke receives funding from the University of Leuven. The research behind this article was funded through the Belgian ARES research collaboration project PREMITURG (Prevention and ...

The number of crews has doubled from six to 12 A council has said nearly 70,000 gullies have been cleaned across Oxfordshire since April. The county council is aiming to clean all of them in the ...