This brochure offers decision-makers in the real estate and energy industries, as well as urban and municipal developers, a broad overview of the topics of decentralised energy generation and supply, and raises awareness of the goal of decarbonisation by 2050 at the latest. The advancing digitalization in the construction and …
Panaji: Pernem villagers are sore at being forced to accept the legislators' brand of development and being sidelined in participatory planning and governance, but now want to reassert their rights to protect natural resources and livelihoods. A section of villagers, activists, farmers, intellectuals and others are veering around to a …
MANGALURU: As many as 35 traffic cops in the city, who are diagnosed with weak lung functioning due to dust pollution, were provided with advanced scientific anti-pollution mask costing Rs 400 each. Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation, an NGO, had conducted a pulmonary function test for Mangaluru City Traffic Police in …
At least 400 trees planted during the British era in the eco-sensitive zone of Fazilka town adjoining extinct Badha Lake have been axed for constructing the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) colony. The cutting of trees and the construction of the colony is in progress, even though the National Green …
Coimbatore: The Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) will conduct a pre-monsoon wildlife census this month and have invited NGOs, volunteers from colleges and environmentalists to take part in it to ensure a transparent process. It will be held from May 23 to May 30, said officials. The officials said that they …
The National Green Tribunal has directed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to close ceramic industries operating without approval and not adhering to mandatory pollution norms in Khurja city. The green panel also directed the UPPCB to prosecute ceramic industries, which have failed to comply with the Environment Protection Act, …
With the Health Department having witnessed its most challenging year in terms of endemic dengue cases last year, the health authorities today held a dengue control and prevention drive in the district today to mark the National Dengue Day. Last year, the highest number of dengue cases in the last …
DEHRADUN: As financial crunch proved a major stumbling block for authorities in their efforts to keep forest fires in check, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered an aid of Rs 500 crore to Uttarakhand forest department to help it fight forest fires for the next five years. According to …
Kolhapur: As many as eight goats were killed in leopard attacks in Bhudargad tehsil on Saturday. The incidents took place in Aralgundi village and Mahagond hamlet in the tehsil. Two farmers lost four goats each in the attacks. Forest guard Amol Chavan has completed the post-mortem as well as status …
Tamil Nadu-based environmentalist K Abdul Ghani has initiated a fundraiser through crowdfunding to mobilise resources for draught-hit people and cattle in Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. The target is to raise Rs 5 lakh, which will be utilised to arrange for water, food, and …
HYDERABAD: The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) has been selected by the United States Department of State to organise a conference focused on implementing India's COP21 commitments to be held here on June 24-25. The conference, 'Future Is Now: India from COP21 to Reality', would include international experts and practitioners, …
NGO Amritsar Vikas Manch (AVM) has requested the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak committee (SGPC) to utilise its gurdwaras in the rural areas to mobilise opinion against wheat stubble burning. Members of the NGO, in a meeting held here today, decided to draw the attention of the SGPC over the matter. They …
BAN ON POLYTHENE BAGS AND PLASTIC The city periphery has been divided into rural and city segments to ensure proper implementation of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directives for a ban on polythene bags and plastic in Haridwar. District and police officials and NGO activists will head these segments. District …
Bengaluru:The recently formed Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) seems to be becoming a tool for some to settle political scores. It has so far received four complaints against chief minister Siddaramaiah and one against BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa. The fourth complaint against the CM pertained to grant of mining licence. In …
The Government of Odisha has filed an interlocutory application on February 25, 2016, before the Supreme Court for giving Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) permission to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri. This has been referred now to a three-member bench and a decision is awaited to come by April. It may be …
The formal launch of the honey bee census by schoolchildren in the city will occur on Tuesday at the Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' School. This census is part of an effort by conservationists to assess the status of bees and their impact on local landscape. As part of the census, …
Meerut: Student leaders on Monday staged a protest against the RTO department authorities for their lackadaisical attitude in failing to prevent vehicles banned by NGT from plying on the roads. The green tribunal has banned all petrol vehicles 15 or more years old and 10-year-old diesel vehicles from plying from …
Visakhapatnam: In an attempt to curb the menace of plastic use in the city, NGOs and environment conscious citizens conduct an anti-plastic campaign -- P4 -- every Sunday to create awareness among the general public. The campaign involves various top officials and will continue for the next two years. The …
Multistorey public parking lots should not be located in congested areas and core city areas, but on outskirts of such areas, NGO Pedestrians First has said. Convener of Pedestrians First, Prashant Inamdar has suggested Pune Municipal Corporation that proper access roads for vehicle entry and exit should be available for …
A delegation of Mission Aghaaz met MP, Rajya Sabha, Shwait Malik, to urge him to enforce the ban on use of plastic bags with conviction. Submitting their request through a letter and discussing the lapses in implementation of the ban since April 1, the volunteer citizens said all administrative officials …
The Supreme Court on Thursday severely pulled up the states of Gujarat, Bihar and Haryana for not declaring drought even though there was deficient rainfall and a fall in the production of foodgrains. Voicing anguish over the apathy of the state governments in refusing to accept that there was a …
