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16 May 2025

The construction work exposes underground water, revealing a phreatic zone. The A69 highway is planned to be built on this phreatic zone. After the Administrative Court of Toulouse suspends all works on the A69 highway project between Toulouse and Castres, NGE/Atosca files an appeal against this decision and requests the Court to allow the works to continue while the appeal is judged. Two senators and two MPs from the Tarn department propose a retroactive law to authorize the building of the A69, aiming to bypass the decision of the Administrative Court of Toulouse. Atosca states that all leveling works have begun and that more than 70% of highway structures are completed. However, the leveling works and highway structures do not match the numbers provided by Atosca. Additionally, several issues affect the work, such as water evacuation and protection of species. The main association 'La Voie est Libre' (i.e., 'The Way is Free'), consisting of opponents, wants the construction of the highway to be stopped until all judicial decisions are made. All expropriations for farmers are not resolved. Opponents of this project argue that the reprofiling of the N126 will suffice for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost significantly less. The A69 highway is estimated to cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers. More than 100 protected species and 400 hectares of agricultural fields will be destroyed. In Toulouse, France, on May 15, 2025.

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#13770936

31 May 2026

People hold umbrellas while walking on the street during a hot summer day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2026.

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#13770938

31 May 2026

Bus stands appear empty on a hot summer day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2026.

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#13770940

31 May 2026

People rest in the shade of a tree on a hot summer day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2026.

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#13770942

31 May 2026

People rest in the shade of a tree at a bus stand in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2026.

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#13770943

31 May 2026

People walk on the street during a hot summer day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2026.

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#13770944

31 May 2026

A woman covers her face while walking on the street during a hot summer day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2026.

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#13770946

31 May 2026

A woman covers her face while walking on the street during a hot summer day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2026.

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31 May 2026

A woman covers her face while walking on the street during a hot summer day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2026.

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#13770948

31 May 2026

Women wait for buses inside a bus stand in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2026.

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#13713191

17 May 2026

A man walks across the cracked bed of a dried-up pond amid intense summer heat on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, on May 17, 2026, as rising temperatures and lack of rainfall continue to impact water sources in the region.

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17 May 2026

A man walks across the cracked bed of a dried-up pond amid intense summer heat on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, on May 17, 2026, as rising temperatures and lack of rainfall continue to impact water sources in the region.

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#13560866

11 Apr 2026

A man unloads packed drinking water bottles onto a boat along the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 11, 2026. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India reports that nearly 74 percent of Kashmir's lakes have either vanished or are shrinking, with 518 out of 697 water bodies affected. This includes 315 that have disappeared and 203 that have reduced in size, resulting in a loss of 2,851 hectares since 1967 due to factors such as climate change and encroachments.

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#13548659

8 Apr 2026

People wait in line for hours to refuel their vehicles at a filling station during a fuel crisis in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 8, 2026. Bangladesh implements fuel rationing on March 8 as an energy shortage intensifies due to the war in the Middle East, resulting in long queues at filling stations.

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#13548662

8 Apr 2026

People wait in line for hours to refuel their vehicles at a filling station during a fuel crisis in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 8, 2026. Bangladesh implements fuel rationing on March 8 as an energy shortage intensifies due to the war in the Middle East, resulting in long queues at filling stations.

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8 Apr 2026

People wait in line for hours to refuel their vehicles at a filling station during a fuel crisis in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 8, 2026. Bangladesh implements fuel rationing on March 8 as an energy shortage intensifies due to the war in the Middle East, resulting in long queues at filling stations.

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