Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
With the garbage-collection system collapsing in the city in view of the Bhagtanwala dump row, heaps of waste are mounting at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, posing a serious health threat to the patients. Even as lifting of garbage from the hospital premises was irregular earlier also, the present crisis has …
PUNE: Accounting for 90 chikungunya cases till May this year, Pune continues to be the hotbed of mosquito-borne disease in the state. Pune, including the areas under Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations, and fringe villages, reported as many as 90 chikungunya cases against the state's total of 111 between …
People may participate in the campaign by promoting the campaign among their friends, family, neighbours and employees and encouraging them to engage in their individual capacity. Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon has also launched helpline number. The Haryana health department has launched ‘Hum versus Dengue’ campaign, under which children studying in government …
Even as the implementation of the garbage segregation project of the Mohali Municipal Corporation has failed to make much headway among residents so far, the civic body has gone ahead and cleared another scheme of having “smart bins” in the town. The plan of acquiring “smart bins” equipped with sensors …
Dengue figures in Delhi may have been grossly under-reported, shows an analysis done by DNA. Delhi's all three civic bodies have often been accused of under-reporting dengue cases to escape action. Experts say under-reporting of cases derails action plans to fight the menace. The official figure for the last six …
Ahmedabad: With the monsoon setting in, Amdavadis have another health worry - malaria. This appears to be serious, as 215 cases of malaria alone were reported in Ahmedabad at civic body-run hospitals last week. According to the weekly health report by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), 228 cases of vector-borne infections …
Environmentalists say this move will lead to corruption, while spelling disaster for the city Environmentalists have raised the red flag over chief minister Vijay Rupani’s recent announcement to decentralise Environmental Clearance for construction projects. Till now, environment clearance was handled by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), which is an …
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to release Gambusia fishes into water bodies to control vector borne diseases this monsoon. "We are planning to put more than one lakh Gambusia larvivorus fishes into the water bodies this monsoon as a natural way to fight mosquitoes, these fishes …
According to reports, over 100 people have lost their lives in the southern state of Kerala, succumbing to various diseases, such as, H1N1, leptospirosis and dengue from January till date. New Delhi: With the onset of monsoon, cases of mosquito-borne illnesses have risen sharply in various parts of the country. …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government's hushing up the spread of the dreaded Zika virus has reached the Gujarat high court. A PIL has demanded a probe into who was responsible for purposely hiding information about the deadly disease in the city and why did they did so. The PIL has been …
PUNE: Villages located on the outskirts of the city along the baby canal have demanded that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) supply fresh drinking water through tankers. Residents claim that polluted water released from the Mundhwa jackwell has contaminated the water in the canal. The jackwell releases treated sewage into …
Delhi has so far reported 50 cases of dengue and 105 cases of chikungunya, a report prepared by South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) stated on Monday. The corporation which compiles the data for the entire capital reported 10 fresh cases of dengue and nine cases of chikungunya in the last …
Jaipur: To enforce total ban on plastic in the city, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Monday continued penalising commercial establishments for using plastic bags. Raids were conducted in all eight zones of the city and Rs 3, 15, 000 was collected as fine from offenders. A senior JMC official …
On the basis of the complaints received, inspectors will ensure fogging, on a priority basis, every day in dengue-prone areas. Hoping to curb the spread of dengue in the district, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has arranged for continuous fogging in the city, constituting teams on the basis of …
This is not the first time figures related to the dengue-chikungunya fight have come under scanner. That’s all the time a domestic breeding checker has to figure out if there are mosquitoes at one home, and educate residents about vector-borne diseases. Doing the job properly takes thrice as long, finds …
Ahmedabad: With election to come this year, even the dustbins have taken a saffron hue even though municipal solid waste management rules advocate the use for blue and green colours for dustbins to enable waste segregation — blue for dry waste, green for wet. BJP councillors of the Ahmedabad Municipal …
Last year, Sonia Vihar was worst hit by the dengue-chikungunya outbreak in East Delhi. The Indian Express goes back to to see what’s changed — and what hasn’t On June 2, almost 50 officers stood in the courtroom, offering little by way of explanation. The Delhi High Court had just …
“The DBCs have been collecting data on paper registers since 1996 but we did not develop a micro plan to cover each and every house on regular and fixed intervals. The new technology will help remove this shortcoming,” the commissioner said. Parts of south Delhi will soon see Domestic Breeding …
New app to allow data collection on vulnerable areas, fines issued and fogging South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Mayor Kamaljeet Sehrawat on Monday launched an app that will allow mosquito-control staff to effectively collect data on dengue and chikungunya. The app will also help in organising data on 16 vulnerable …
Plans afoot to introduce indigenous species of trees in catchment area to prevent growth of weeds . The receding water level of Sukhna Lake has become a matter of concern for the Department of Forests and Wildlife. Besides de-weeding the lake, the department is planning to introduce indigenous palatable species …
