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 …
NEW DELHI: In a bid to assist decision-making and policy formation on environment-related issues, the Centre on Wednesday launched a website and mobile application for integrating its existing 69 Environment Information System centres across the country. The Environment Information System (ENVIS) is an environment ministry initiative for integrating country-wide efforts …
DEHRADUN: The schools in Doon valley and Mussoorie which generate a large amount of the waste produced in the two towns, are now starting to get serious about eco-friendly waste management. Some schools have started putting up e-waste stalls in school carnivals and holding constant sensitization workshops with their students …
Bareilly: As the officials of Bareilly Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) had recently submitted a report in the National Green Tribunal (NGT), earmarking the land at Babhiya village for the disposal of municipal solid waste, the tribunal on Wednesday asked the petitioner if he has any objection …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has denied any illegality in the January 16 decision by the tree authority to allow 250 proposals for cutting of trees across the city. In an elaborate affidavit filed with the western region bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) here on Monday, PMC insisted …
Aurangabad: Janakidevi Bajaj Gramvikas Sanstha, an NGO funded by Bajaj Auto Ltd, has declared that it will give financial assistance of Rs 1.6 crore to the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for garbage management, but the funds released will be audited by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The representatives of …
NGT calls for bar on constructions in coastal areas till Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan maps are revised. The National Green Tribunal has directed the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority to not grant permission to any developmental and construction activities in Coastal Zone Regulation Areas until the Draft Coastal Zone …
MARGAO: Not only Madgaunkars but even the pedestrians passing by extended their hand in planting 5029 Golden Duranta plants along the 800 mars stretch of the road divider from Colva junction to Ravindra Bhavan junction on Sunday in just 22 minutes. The call to come out generously to plant the …
The order was passed by the western zone bench of Justice UD Salvi and expert member Ajay Deshpande based on an application by NGO Vanashakti. The National Green Tribunal has stated that no construction activity and regularising would be permitted in coastal districts of the state till the Maharashtra Coastal …
Panaji: Impact of concretization of lakes, nullahs and water bodies by state agencies under beautification and flood protection schemes needs to be studied, as it adversely affects aquatic life, ecosystems and a natural process of cleaning pollutants in water. Crores of rupees have been spent on construction of walls along …
Gurgaon: The MCG has launched a helpline number for developers and private firms to get construction and demolition waste cleared from their sites and disposed of at designated sites, to put an end to the haphazard dumping of construction debris in the city. The helpline, 18001801817, was opened to public …
The TMC has signed a pact with a NGO for converting garbage and solid waste into fuel. The city generates around 700 MT of waste daily and a section of the same will be used to generate fuel. Officials said they have taken the measures to convert the solid waste …
Kolkata: The city is losing its waterbodies faster than any other metro in India, revealed a study by a green NGO, which also warned that if ponds and lakes are filled up at the current rate, all the remaining ones would be wiped out in the next 10 years. A …
The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Gujarat government for not implementing the National Food Security Act and wondered whether it was not part of India or wanted to break away from the Union of India. A bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and R.K. Agrawal, hearing a PIL filed …
The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania conducts research on the role policy institutes play in governments and civil societies around the world. Often referred to as the “think tanks’ think tank,” TTCSP examines the evolving role and character of public policy research organizations. …
Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan (MJSA), described as the country's largest campaign of its kind towards water harvesting and conservation in rural areas, was launched by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday. The campaign, inaugurated by Ms. Raje at Jhalwar, and at other places across the State by the Ministers, …
An NGO has moved the National Green Tribunal alleging indiscriminate dumping of waste including plastic bags in a green belt in Ghaziabad's Vasundhara area, prompting the green panel to seek response from the Uttar Pradesh government on the issue. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices …
ONergy Solar, a leading award winning solar energy enterprise has partnered with Belghoria Janakalyan Samity (BJS), a renowned NGO and micro-finance institution having active presence across West Bengal. The initiative is to promote solar as a clean and reliable source of energy by ONergy and provision of solar financing by …
The cutting of Dindoshi and Yeoor hills, in Goregaon and Thane, respectively, has been stayed in an interim order by the Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal. The ruling comes two months after NGO Vanashakti sought that they be declared no-development zones as they lie on the periphery of …
The board is holding talks with the government, NGOs and paper manufacturers to find immediate alternatives to plastic. The State government is planning to enforce ban on plastic by the end of this month, though the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is yet to put in place a concrete …
No one from CWRDM, KSBB and KFRI have been included in panel The constitution of the State Wetland Authority Kerala (SWAK) for the integrated management of wetlands in the State has led to scepticism from a section of officials and environmental activists who feel that the selection of experts for …
