Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
The Fifth State Finance Commission was constituted by the Governor under the provisions of Article-243-I and 243-Y of the Constitution of India, read with Section 3 and 8 of Odisha Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1993 (Odisha Act 28 of 1993) vide Notification No.15340FIN-BUD6-SFC-0002-2018/F dated 5th May, 2018to recommend on …
Judgement of the High Court of Uttarakhand in the matter of Gram Sabha Mawakot & Others Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 14/05/2018 regarding declaration of rural self governing institutions like "gram panchayat" to an urban local body, by converting it into a "Nagar Panchayat". The main matter relates …
Manhattan skyscrapers, rather than rustic rural towns, are quickly becoming the picture of sustainable living in the twenty-first century. San Francisco, Copenhagen and Singapore each top their regions in the Green City Index. As sites of innovation and economic dynamism, these places exemplify a blend of density and livability that …
An alarming 142 cases of dengue have been detected in August in the city, the highest this year, prompting the municipal bodies to step up preventive measures. From 11 cases in July, the highest till then, the figure for dengue has jumped to 142, which has been attributed to intermittent …
SATKHIRA : The annual budget of Satkhira municipality for 2013-14 fiscal year was announced on Thursday, reports UNB. Municipality Mayor M A Jalil announced the budget at poura auditorium without imposing any new tax. The budget envisages an earning of Tk 36.84 crore and the same amount will be spent …
Visits to seven small towns in north India reveal how paucity of funds, slipshod planning and a dearth of capabilities have contributed to poor civic services and inadequate infrastructure. Citizens in some areas have organised themselves into neighbourhood committees to tackle problems that the urban bodies neglect, but this has …
Report Tabled In Assembly, States Staff Strength Grew 10-Fold In One Dept New Delhi: The ghost employee scam in the erstwhile MCD refuses to go away. A manpower audit in the CAG report for the year ended March 2011, related to the NCT of Delhi, has pointed out a “high …
JORHAT: The district administration imposed ban on the use of polythene carry bags, plates, water glasses made of thermocol. In this regard a meeting was held yesterday in the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner, Jorhat to discuss the cleanness of Jorhat city. In the meeting besides the Deputy Commissioner …
New Delhi: For the past one week, shoppers at the Sarojini Nagar market are having a hard time parking their vehicles. With no attendants at the surface-level parking lots, shoppers as well as traders are parking haphazardly, leading to a traffic mess. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) had handed over …
Officials Blame Process Of Penalizing, Lax Implementation For Ban’s Failure. New Delhi: In 2009, the Delhi government launched an ambitious programme to rid the city of plastic bags. Having failed to tackle its municipal waste problem, the city was ordered by the high court to address the plastic issue. Banning …
New Delhi: A new multi-level automated parking lot might reduce parking woes in Connaught Place considerably. It will have a parking space for 2,000-2,500 vehicles and will come up at Baba Kharak Singh (BKS) Marg. It will be right under Coffee Home, facing NDMC’s soon-to-be started multi-level parking, which will …
New Delhi: Keen to ensure that there is no further delay in construction of a multilevel parking in Khan Market, the Delhi high court has asked the authorities to quickly finalize a layout plan. HC asked New Delhi Municipal Council and the urban development ministry officials to meet on April …
Court Refuses To Deal With Regulation Of Vendors In Sarojini Nagar, Khan Market. New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC) attempt to get the Supreme Court’s stamp of approval on its ambitious plan to decongest two most popular shopping stops — common man’s Sarojini Nagar and the upwardly mobile’s Khan Market — …
Ranchi, Jan. 29: Get prepared to pay an extra buck for quenching your thirst with running tap water.. The drinking water and sanitation department has asked the urban development department to revise water supply taxes — recommending a 40 per cent hike — to recover cost of maintenance of pipelines …
Kaithal: Despite the SC directions issued following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the solid waste management project had been hanging fire for the past one decade. The SC had directed the state government to set up plants in 12 towns, including Kaithal, to treat “solid waste”. The apathy and prevailing …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's proposal to hike parking charges as a step towards further reform. Stating that the city needs high parking charges to control traffic chaos and dampen parking demand and car usage and that the higher revenue from …
The first fully automated, multi-level car parking facility, which has a capacity for 824 cars, was inaugurated on Thursday in Sarojini Nagar market. The facility was inaugurated by Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Sports Minister and area MP Ajay Maken. Developed at a …
Delhi is all set to get its first fully automatic multi-level car parking lot, with Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath slated to inaugurate the facility at Sarojini Nagar Market on Thursday. Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will be present at the opening. Developed by …
Agartala, Nov. 2: The Union department of disaster management has raised the hackles of the Tripura government by warning about possible earthquakes and their likely disastrous effects on the state. What has become a source of major concern is that North Tripura and Dhalai districts have been identified as “most …
BHAWANIPATNA: Sanitation in urban pockets of Bhawanipatna is dismal owing to the lackadaisical attitude of the municipal authorities. This situation continues despite dengue assuming alarming proportions in some parts of the State. Garbage has mounted on the roadsides, much to the inconvenience of the residents. To add to the woes …
