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South Central Asia
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Cambodia: Controversial Sand Dredging on Tatai River Continues

  Ruling party senator Ly Yong Phat has defied an order endorsed by the Prime Minster to halt his co...

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India: High Court Bans Sand Dredging Around Vaitarna Bridge

A division bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday banned sand mining using suction pumps around V...

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Bangladesh: Turag River Dredging Begins

The government has finally started dredging the Turag river in efforts to bring fresh water to the h...

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India: Sagar Port Construction Could Harm Haldia Dock

The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) seems to be in undue haste to start work for a deep-draughted port at ...

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China: Xiangjiang River Dredging to Allow River Traffic to Resume

  Drought has caused major problems for boats that use the Xiangjiang River in Hunan Province. (xinh...

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India: Leaders Discuss Port Expansion and Dredging Proposals

A proposal to set up a port based Special Economic Zone and a Maritime research facility were discus...

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India: Maharashtra Government Takes Measures on Illegal Sand Dredging

Admitting that illegal sand dredging was difficult to stamp out, Maharashtra Government today told t...

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India Plans Major Port Expansion Projects

India is on track to award 23 contracts for port expansion worth $3.8 billion this fiscal year, as A...

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Gulf of Thailand Land Reclamation Project Could Have Severe Environmental Impact, Says Academic

The Pheu Thai party’s megaproject to reclaim 300 square kilometres of new land in the Gulf of ...

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Malaysia: No Dredging Project for Sibu ?

State DAP chairman Wong Ho Leng yesterday failed to come forward to bid for the dredging project at ...

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India’s Overseas Maritime Plan Takes Shape

India is set to go places with its overseas maritime plans. The Centre plans to float a company̷...

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City Corporation Plans to Protect Akkulam Lake from Encroachment (India)

The City Corporation has stepped forward to protect the Akkulam lake from encroachment. A team of Co...

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India: Thane Police Takes Action Against Illegal Sand Dredging

The officials of the Revenue department of Thane along with the police force arrested 20 persons in ...

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India: Union Minister for Shipping Reviews Performance of Chennai Port and Other Projects

The Union Minister for Shipping, Thiru G.K. Vasan, reviewed the performance of Chennai Port at the P...

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India: IIT Conducts Comprehensive Study of Pentha Coastal Erosion

A three-member team of oceanography experts from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, made...

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Sri Lanka Inaugurates Kankasanthurai Harbour Development Project

Sri Lanka with the assistance of Indian government inaugurated the project to rehabilitate the Kanka...

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Sri Lanka: Kankesanthurai Harbour Development Plan Moves Ahead

Six shipwrecks had been identified to be removed from the Kankesanthurai Harbour as part of the port...

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South Korea: Four Rivers Dredging Project Reduces Risk of Flooding, Says Survey

The four rivers restoration project has lowered the risk of flooding, according to the results of an...

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