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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Chandigarh: Copenhagen model for solid waste management
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has been working on the solid waste management quite hard ever since the city slipped in its ranking from top to 21in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The UT’s solid
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NMC’s lack of environment department is showing
Nagpur: The city that once stood as role model for environment is now seeing its environmental resources deteriorate, be it greenery or lakes. Its three rivers-- Nag, Pili and Pora-- have already turned
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Waste being burnt openly across Gurgaon
National Green Tribunal had banned burning of waste in the open in NCR earlier this year Despite the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banning burning of waste in the open in the National Capital Region
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NGT nudges PMC on waste disposal
The western region bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) here has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to submit short-term and long-term action plans for disposal of nearly 1,600 metric
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Confusion over green tax persists
Confusion over implementation of the Supreme Court-ordered environment compensation charge (ECC) on commercial vehicles entering Delhi persisted for a second day on Monday, with the tax contractor not
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Trucks entering capital: Civic bodies yet to enforce SC order on environment tax
The SMYR Consortium had pleaded with the SC to defer implementation of its order on ECC till December 1. But the court had refused. Confusion continued to prevail at Delhi’s borders with the “environment
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Industries polluting Ambazari Lake: MPCB
Nagpur: Here is more proof that industrial waste is polluting Nag river and Ambazari lake. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has reportedly inspected and found industrial waste being released
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BMC does clean-up, but fish deaths raise toxic stink
BHOPAL: Sudden and mysterious death of thousands of fish at Lower Lake has triggered panic among residents, but failed to jolt Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials out of their slumber. Fish
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Australian firm to revive Model Town’s Naini Lake
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation is likely to seek help of a foreign entity for revival of Naini Lake, once a famous tourist spot in the city’s Model Town area. The NDMC is in talks with an Australian
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Delhi High Court steps in to save Mehrauli forest
The Delhi high court has asked the Centre, the city administration as well as municipal authorities and the DDA to ensure that the forests in Mehrauli Archaeological Park were protected from encroachment