Report filed by the Additional Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Kerala in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the report dated 26.06.2023 received from Hon’ble Justice A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai on the Present Status of Waste dump site at Cubaloor in Mangalpady Panchayat, Kasargod District, …
A new drinking water scheme for 12 habitations in Thiruparaithurai and Perugamani panchayats situated along the Tiruchi-Karur National Highway on the outskirts of the city has become operational. This and a drinking water improvement scheme for Mettupalayam Town Panchayat, both implemented by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, …
Budget being a short-term and seasonal exercise is primarily an answer to the economic survey of the preceding year. Economic reforms and policies need not wait for the budget. Traditionally, budget should limit itself to reforms in revenue mobilization to avoid leakages in collection. Secondly, curbs on expenditure, cost savings, …
Burning plastic waste and waste dumped in water bodies welcomed officials of the Goa State pollution Control Board (GSPCB) as they descended on Benaulim village to verify the mechanism put in place to solve the plastic menace. The inspection held at the request of a local NGO Benaulim Civic and …
About 200 people from Sundargarh's Chelatoka and Fuljhor gram panchayats staged a protest in front of sarpanch office on Tuesday against the state government proposed move to recommend Khandadhar mines to Posco. Senior BJP leader Jual Oram also joined the protest. "I have always been protesting against handing over of …
Thiruvananthapuram: Endosulfan victims have called off their indefinite strike in front of the official residence of the chief minister following talks their representatives had with a group of ministers led by chief minister Oommen Chandy. The government has promised to provide compensation to all deserving people and to include victims …
Members of the Halayanakanahalli Gram panchayat have taken a firm stand on saving the Hadosiddapura lake, which has come under threat from encroachers since last year. Located off Sarjapur Road, some private builders and developers have reportedly taken over the land surrounding the lake’s periphery, according to members of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Smt. Mithlesh Bai Patel Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. dated 28/01/2014 regarding grant of license for mining laterite in forest land. According to the petitioner, the area covered under said licence falls within Khasra No. 413 with a …
In 2009-10, number of days a household got employment in a month in rural areas of Rajasthan was about 38, which steadily dropped to 23 in 2012-13 Rajasthan and Karnataka, which used to be stand-out performers of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s flagship scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment …
Solid and liquid waste management programme is going to begin in 31 Gram Panchayats with above 10,000 population in the state under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. The programme will be implemented in 18 districts through state water and sanitation mission. Process to prepare DPR for this has started. Besides, necessary directives …
Projects will not be given green clearance if these are opposed by local panchayats (village councils), petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily, who holds additional charge of the environment and forests ministry, said on Tuesday. "I have rejected Niyamgiri (project of Vedanta group) because all the panchayats have rejected the proposal... …
District Panchayat Convenes Emergency Meet Today Kochi: The district panchayat has convened an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the growing complaints of sewage and septic waste being dumped in the outskirts of the city. Most of these complaints are from Perumbavoor, Kunnathunadu and Muvattupuzha, which have turned a dumpyard …
After getting a cold response from the past governments, residents of eight panchayats under Sundernagar subdivision in Mandi district have again pinned their hopes on the Virbhadra Singh-led Congress government hoping that they will finally be declared as project-affected panchayats. They are hopeful that the government will direct authorities of …
A five-member Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Shimla, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, in its orders on January 2, 2014, had issued show-cause notices to the Secretary, Municipal Council, Kullu and Manali, along with Executive Officer, Nagar Panchayat, Bhuntar as to why proceedings for violating its orders should …
India is the world's largest open air lavatory with over 620 million people practising open defecation in the country. Seeking to address this persisting problem, the UPA government has widened the scope of its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to include works relating to rural sanitation …
District Planning Committee Chairman N. Chinnadurai gave his nod for drinking water project to cater to the needs of residents in 368 villages in 12 panchayat councils in the district. Presiding over the meeting here on Tuesday, he said the government had allotted Rs.120 crore for this project. The Tamil …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday described the Gadgil panel report on the Western Ghats as the “roadmap” for conservation of the ecologically-sensitive hills and hoped it could be resurrected for a “dispassionate debate” once the heat and dust of the next Lok Sabha elections settled. Speaking at …
Signboards with details of landowner and drilling agency should be placed The Supreme Court has issued certain guidelines to be followed for drilling borewells in order to stop fatal accidents because of unsafe ones. Hence, those who want to drill borewells should get permission, said Collector S. Nagarajan. According to …
Proposing a massive housing scheme for slum dwellers in municipalities and town panchayats, the State government has planned to construct around 2.15 lakh dwelling units at a cost of about Rs.13,455 crore. If this proposal were to fructify, 25 per cent of urban slum families in these two categories of …
RJD and Congress ministers had opposed auction policy With coalition partners the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) and the Congress stepping up opposition to the government’s policy to auction sand from riverbeds, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday night announced that the government would restore access and control over the minor …
Goa Minister for Forests Alina Saldanha has criticised the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), accusing it of trying to force the recommendations of the K. Kasturirangan Committee report on the Western Ghats on the State. In her letter dated December 6, the Minister reiterated the State government’s stand …
