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 …
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to seriously consider waste segregation at the doorstep, and is thinking of not collecting waste from societies unless it is segregated. The AMC is now creating a plan for doorstep waste segregation across the city. Director of solid waste management of AMC, Harshad …
AHMEDABAD: Vector-borne infections are on the rise despite the rising temperatures, with the number of cases of malaria being particularly high. According to the weekly health report of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), 299 cases of vector-borne infections were reported in the city this month till Saturday. Of these, 290 …
PUNE: With as many as 9.25 lakh trees surveyed in the city so far, a digitised tree census has managed to cover about 30% area in a year. The project is estimated to be completed in March 2018 even as nearly 70% area is yet to be surveyed. The project …
Pune: It is a faulty survey system and methodology that makes Pune one of the top cleanest city in India on paper, experts have said. To drive home their point, they drew attention to the ground reality where the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has not been able to resolve the …
Aurangabad: Over 100 public wells under the control of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) offer possible solution to the water woes in the city, but they are not on the priority list of the administration. With just three-four weeks to go for the onset of monsoon, the civic body began …
SURAT: After being declared the fourth cleanest city of the country, the Diamond City has added yet another feather in its cap. Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will be given away 'smart energy' award by Exhibitions India group under the Smart Cities India Award-2017 for smart rooftop solar power plants on …
There seems to be no immediate resolution to the crisis of pre-monsoon road repairs in Mumbai being stalled allegedly due to unavailability of raw materials, as a National Green Tribunal (NGT) hearing on whether to allow the mining to continue in Navi Mumbai quarries will be heard after two months. …
GURGAON: Mining activities are on in full swing in Ankhir village, located along the Badkhal-Surajkund road, despite the ban on mining and restriction on construction in areas under the Natural Conservation Zone (NCZ) and Aravalis. In the middle of the Aravalis, a boundary wall has been built and the board …
The Local Bodies Department has come up with a green building concept and the Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) is planning to start work on it. Last year, the Union Government had sent guidelines under the New Model Building Bylaws-2016 to the MCB and the Block Development Authority (BDA). Issuing a …
Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat has laid stress on importance of cleanliness of rivers in the state. The Chief Minister was addressing a gathering after taking part in the Suswa river cleanliness campaign at Mothrowala in Dehradun today. The campaign was organised by the U Turn Foundation, a voluntary organisation. Rawat …
Nashik: A waste segregation and awareness programme was initiated on Thursday by civic body's west division in association with non-government organization (NGO) Seva Sansthan. The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) will be utilising rag-pickers for door-to-door dry and wet waste collection at prabhag level in the west division. "The rag-pickers will …
Despite tall claims of Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) officials regarding the heavy scheduled fogging to tackle the issue of mosquito breeding across the city, things continue to remain on paper as the fogging activity is running behind schedule. Uncovered garbage containers, scattered filth, choked drains and stagnant water across the …
Swine flu claimed yet another life in the city on Monday when a 52-year-old man from Junagadh succumbed to the deadly virus. The victim Gordhan Chothani was admitted to the Rajkot Civil Hospital after doctors suspected that he was suffering from swine flu. Chothani was suffering from severe cold, cough …
Indore: National Green Tribunal (NGT), central bench at Bhopal, has sought action plan prepared by the state government for cleaning Saraswati River. The government and Indore Municipal Corporation has been directed to give a power point presentation on the plan chalked out to clean the river on May 12, the …
Nagpur: The spate of construction activities in the city, be it cement road works, metro or building construction, is proving detrimental to asthma patients. Their disease aggravates due to increased dust particles in the air. Pulmonologists are demanding the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) should enforce construction norms effectively to minimize …
SHIMLA: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given Himachal Pradesh government a last opportunity to file report on carrying capacity of the hills in Shimla by May 4 The government has failed to submit it even after repeated orders from the tribunal bench although an expert committee to study the ecology …
The banned practice of garbage burning continues unabated in the city. Strangely, the Municipal Corporation chooses to ignore the banned practice. Worse still, the MC employees, it is learnt, are openly flouting the ban. Instead of disposing the garbage in eco-friendly way, they pile it up along with dried leaves …
Dr Gufran Beig, Project Director at SAFAR, said that the percentage of pollutants in the air from vehicular emission has increased manifold as compared to that from other sources. The need for a science-based urban Air Quality Management (AQM) programme was strongly felt way back in 2004 after Pune was …
VADODARA: With the mango season setting it, the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) food safety officers have had to go through the routine drill of swooping down upon mango godowns and outlets to identify mangoes ripened using calcium carbide (CaCl). But to their surprise, CaCl was not the only material used …
A resident here today moved the National Green Tribunal against unauthorised industrial units located in residential areas, prompting the green panel to seek response from the Delhi government and others. A bench, headed by Justice Jawad Rahim, issued notices to the Delhi government, Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi Pollution Control …
