Shah-led panel launches Rs 2,500 cr projects to tackle urban flooding

Aiming to mitigate urban flooding, a high-level committee headed by home minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced six projects in five states of Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal and Maharashtra at a cost of over Rs 2,500 crore. These projects are meant for urban flood management in six metro cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune. Last year in November the committee had announced Rs 560 crore for integrated solutions for flood management in Chennai.