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, …
The Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has planned to set up 49 solid waste managements units in the jurisdiction of the gram panchayats during 2016-17. Ten gram panchayats have already identified land for the purpose, CEO P I Sreevidya said. Speaking at a district-level water and sanitation committee meeting here on …
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh cabinet chaired by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday decided that candidates contesting panchayat elections must compulsorily have flush and water-flow based toilets in their residences, or they would not be eligible to contest the elections. This would be implemented for all three-tiers of panchayats from …
TWAD Board to test samples from July 1 to 3 About 12,000 drinking water samples would be collected and tested for their quality in the district during the week-long National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness Week being observed from June 27 to July 3. The samples, drawn from various …
They will beset up at a costof Rs. 3 crore In a bid to improve cleanliness and sanitation in rural areas of Udupi district, as many as 19 gram panchayats will be getting solid waste management plants under the Swachh Bharat Mission at a cost of about Rs. 3 crore. …
Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,842 villages in the state have been declared open defecation-free so far. This apart, the Odisha goverment has also announced 113 gram panchayats and a block as being free of open defecation. Kashinagar block in Gajapati also earned the open defecation-free (ODF) tag recently. A senior …
KSEB zeroes in on farm sites at Vithura, Chettachal The district panchayat’s farms at Vithura and Chettachal will soon become a source of solar power generation with the Kerala State Electricity Board submitting a detailed project report to the State Planning Board for generating 30 kilo watt of electricity. Sources …
Soft drink giant PepsiCo’s plant in Puthussery will be served a memo by the village panchayat to stop drawing groundwater, in view of severe drought-like situation and drinking water scarcity in the district. The Puthussery village panchayat's administrative committee during its meeting on Monday decided in principle to serve the …
The conditions imposed by the amendment to the panchayati raj law in Haryana have not only excluded a large section of the population from contesting elections but have also deprived voters of their right to choose. All appropriate measures must be undertaken to ensure that these exclusionary conditions are withdrawn.
Even though intense summer is yet to set in, the number of villages facing acute shortage of drinking water has increased from 2,873 to 3,100 in the brief span of a week. The largest number of water tankers have been deployed in the worst affected region of Marathwada, where water …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Alcon Real Estates (P) Ltd. Vs Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority & Others dated 07/04/2016 regarding illegal construction activity being carried out by M/s Alcon Real Estate (Pvt.) Ltd. in the property bearing Sy. No. 77/1 …
Ahmedabad: Nobody is at fault if electricity theft takes place at a public place. Gujarat high court acquitted a sarpanch from charges of energy theft, after a water pump was found running illegally in a panchayat office on power diverted from main line. In acquitting the sarpanch, the HC quashed …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mr. R.V. Baktavachalam & Others Vs The Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (TP.2) Department, Chennai & Others dated 29/03/2016 regarding letting out sewerage water into Karunakarachery Panchayat, Soranjeri Panchayat, Thirumanam Panchayat, Kannapalayam Panchayat, Annambedu Panchayat, Situkadu Panchayat …
Activists allege violation of National Green Tribunal order The district administration’s order giving clearance to sand mining at the ‘kadavus’ (sand extraction locations) outside the 500 metre radius of the Pamburuthi island on the Valapattanam river here is said to be a clear violation of an order of the National …
The farmers in the taluk are in distress as the sources of water have dried up and water is unavailable even after sinking for 300 feet. Rivers Avathi and Veda were the lifelines of the farmers in the taluk. These two rivers have gone dry due to extensive sand mining. …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rajbala & Others Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 10/12/2015 regarding the constitutionality of the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 8 of 2015).
Some 6,200 drought-hit villages have benefited from the programme but Fetri, which Fadnavis adopted two months ago under the Adarsh Gram Yojana, makes do with water that is supplied on alternate days. One Place in Maharashtra that could use Jalyukta Shivar, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s flagship water programme, is the …
Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Elikutty vs The District Geologist dated 05/12/2015 regarding quarrying permit for extraction of ordinary earth in connection with the construction of residential buildings including flats or commercial buildings having a plinth area of 300 square metres.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Rabindra Dias Vs. Village Panchayat of Colva dated 02/12/2015 regarding illegal constructions in NDZ (No Development Zone) CRZ-III area, Village Colva, Goa.
KOCHI: A team from Italy has arrived at Kizhakkambalam as part of an initiative to make the panchayat pollution free. “The team collected samples from factories and business establishments in the panchayat. The visit by the team, led by Silvano Storti, is part of a grand plan to make Kizhakkambalam …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohammed Jainulabudeen & Others Vs District Collector, Trichy & Others dated 02/11/2015 regarding converting the poramboke land in S.F.No.508/2 of Appananallur village, Thottiyam District, Tamil Nadu as a cremation/burial ground.
