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 …
Following the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's recent findings of 18 per cent contamination in the Delhi Jal Board's water samples, the Health Committee of the civic body that had commissioned the earlier survey has written to all councillors to furnish details of water contamination complaints from the people. MCD Public …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has intensified its drive to clean the Mula river of the rapidly proliferating water hyacinth. On Monday, malaria surveillance inspector Govind Satpute and his team were spotted cleaning the Mula river, which is covered hyacinth, after successfully cleaning Pashan lake. Satpute, who has been undertaking …
More than two years after these were purchased by the Municipal Corporation (MC), the mechanised road sweeping machines continue to be money guzzlers. While the utility of these machines purchased from Italy had been under scanner, it has come to light that Rs. 32.63 lakh has been paid in excess …
MUMBAI: Every time a match ends at the famed Wankhede Stadium on Marine Drive, it's usually spectators who are held responsible for destroying the green cover in the vicinity. This time round, though, it is the utilities that dug up D Road near the Garware Club to lay cables that …
KOLKATA, 10 MARCH: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will ply nine boats for spraying mosquito repellent to destroy the larva in some canals. A senior health official said those who have their dwellings beside the canals urged the KMC to take preventive measures against malaria. The decision for plying the boats …
The Municipal Corporation of Gwalior has received consent in principle from the Government of India for its proposal of solar city. The representative of Bangalore-based Elpro Energy Dimensions Pvt Ltd company gave presentation in this connection before Mayor Sameeksha Gupta, Collector Akash Tripathi and Commissioner of municipal corporation NBS Rajput. …
MCD Health Committee chairman VK Monga and Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta on Thursday criticised the Delhi Jal Board for its failure to provide potable water to Delhiites. Addressing a joint Press conference, Gupta and Monga alleged that 18 per cent water supplied by the DJB is contaminated and full …
With summers arriving in the city soon, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday said it will procure chemicals, biolarvicides and other material to prevent mosquito-breeding. The Standing Committee of the MCD has approved four proposals for purchase of chemicals to prevent vector-breeding
The Municipal Corporation has decided to buy out eight prototype high-end toilet complexes built on its land from private developers following the Lieutenant-Governor's direction to scrap the project's further extension owing to heavy public criticism. The decision was announced after a meeting of the MCD on Monday attended by Delhi …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has announced strict action against those who fail to segregate garbage and those found burning waste. The PMC staff too has been warned of action if found burning waste. The decision follows efforts by the National Society for Clean Cities (NSCC) to persuade the civic …
MUMBAI: Following complaints of a spurt in cases of jaundice and flu from a residential pocket along S V Road in Borivli, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC) has collected water samples to check for possible contamination. Residents of the housing societies in the pocket, located opposite the police lock-up, …
The responsibility of municipalities to provide crucial services is being increasingly passed on to the resident welfare associations located in middle and upper middle class areas in cities. Similar tools of intervention are absent in the slums and low-income neighbourhoods and even the local ward committees fail to represent their …
The Objectives of the City Sanitation Plan in Shimla are: To adopt a demand-based strategy and community participation in planning, implementation and management of sanitation infrastructure; To adopt locally suitable methods, technologies and materials, and provide necessary facilitation support to the Municipal Corporation; To encourage community and private participation and …
The Colombo Municipal Council spends millions of rupees a day on garbage collection, Chief City Administrator Omar Kamil told The Island yesterday. He said "the Sri Jayawaredenepura MC belongs to the Kotte electorate. The cost of collection of garbage in the area is Rs. 320,000 per day. To collect the …
Judgement of the Delhi High Court on the decision of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) awarding contracts for providing cooked mid-day meals to students of Primary schools in Delhi dated 08/06/2007.
This paper discusses the political circumstances which help explain why the insanitary living conditions of such a large section of India’s urban population have been ignored, and contrasts these with the circumstances which explain successful sanitary reform in Britain in the second half of the 19th century. In India, there …
