Municipal Performance Index 2020
The Municipal Performance Index (MPI) was launched as an accompaniment to the Ease of Living Index. It seeks to examine local government practice in municipalities across areas of services, finance, policy,
Municipal Corporation
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Trash smoke chokes Wagholi
Pune: Wagholi, a growing residential area on the fringes of the city, is battling an urban problem-- garbage accumulation, no system to dispose it of and people setting the collected mounds on fire. The
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Behind Centre's new sand mining policy, a Solapur model
According to data from the union environment ministry and Solapur district administration, there was a massive revenue increase of Rs.50 crores in the 2013-14 financial year due to e-auctioning, spike
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OMC to get Rs 40 crore for water supply
Ongole: The government has agreed to release Rs 40 crore to the Ongole Municipal Corporation to improve drinking water supply to the city. The minister for municipal administration, Dr P. Narayana, who
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Kejriwal backs municipal workers as garbage piles up across the Capital
As the Municipal Corporations’ sanitation workers continued with their strike on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came out in support of the protesting safai karamcharis. Mr. Kejriwal, who
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding demarcation of silent zones in Mumbai, 01/02/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Mohd. Ishatiaque E. Baghban Vs. Police Commissioner, Greater Mumbai & Ors. dated 01/02/2016 regarding noise pollution
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cow dung nuisance in Najafgarh Zone, Delhi, 29/01/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Resident Welfare Association (Regd.) Vs. Deputy Commissioner, MCD (South – West) dated 29/01/2016 regarding cow dung nuisance in Najafgarh
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Experts, citizens welcome decision on solar water heaters
Nagpur: Solar experts, equipment dealers and their users have welcomed the government decision to make solar water heaters mandatory for new buildings in the state. Some users said that barring days when
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding establishment of waste to energy plant for municipal solid waste for the city of Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, 28/01/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Irfan Ahmad & Ors. Vs. Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora & Ors dated 28/01/2016 regarding establishment of waste to energy plant for municipal
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Maharashtra Pollution Control Board submits test reports to experts
Kolhapur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday handed over Rankala water sample reports, compiled in the last three years, to the National Green Tribunal (NGT)-appointed experts.
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‘Persuade Haryana to check discharge into Yamuna’
Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Saturday wrote to the Centre urging it to ‘persuade’ Haryana to stop its industries from releasing untreated effluents, mainly ammonia, into the Yamuna. In a letter