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 …
Since there is no vaccine available for dengue fever, doctors said, prevention remains the only strategy for dengue. "Our civic bodies had clearly failed to do their job. But people are also to be blamed for the crisis. We don't care to ensure that water does not stagnate in household …
At least 90 cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital this season, marking a spike of 80 per cent over the last week, according to a municipal report released on Monday. The sudden jump has now taken the number of vector-borne disease cases recorded this month to …
Raipur: With ban on polybags proving to be ineffective, the revenue department and town and country planning department of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) carried out a mega drive on Saturday to crack the whip on offenders. The team confiscated 30 kilogram of banned polythene bags from 50 shops located on …
The perennial problem of parking in the city could be resolved soon with Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) formulating a new policy to resolve the parking issues. This would include e-parking and parking mobility cell. While interacting with the media recently, municipal commissioner Abhishek Krishna said that the city did not …
Surat: If all goes well, the Diamond City is all set to become `Solar City' in real sense. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is set to launch a survey to access the ground situation and readiness of households, educational institutions, commercial establishments and industries, for installing rooftop solar plants, starting …
Aurangabad: The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) health department has made dengue a notifiable disease like tuberculosis (TB) and directed private doctors and hospitals to immediately notify health officials about patients with symptoms of dengue. According to Manisha Bhondwe, civic vector-borne disease controlling officer, the decision was taken at two review …
The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has decided to postpone its first Raahgiri event as the city continues to grapple with dengue fever outbreak. "The CMC had decided to launch the much awaited Rahagiri event in July, and identified the venue for the programme. However, in the wake of the outbreak …
Pune: The rising cases of dengue have once again exposed the half-hearted surveillance work undertaken by the civic body. As per the norms of the National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is expected to inspect 10% of the population every month that comes to around four …
Bhopal: National Green Tribunal's central bench has asked principal secretary, housing and environment department, to take a decision on recommended land for establishing slaughter house for Bhopal within 10 days. It has also asked MPPCB to submit inspection report of existing slaughter house in the next meeting on August 1. …
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia directed officials that the waterlogging helpline number 1077 be made functional on a 24x7 basis and was told it was already functioning round-the-clock. Two days after heavy rains caused waterlogging at various places in the city and agencies in charge of maintaining roads traded …
35 health teams to visit houses for larva breeding, issue challans Four persons from the city have tested positive for dengue. All patients have been admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). Since the rainy season has set in, the threat of dengue looms large over the city. The …
Aurangabad: The civic body on Sunday claimed to have completed fogging, abate treatment and spraying in all the high-risk localities in the city and also said that similar drives are going on in other parts. "More than 1150 employees have been deployed to carry out the task to implement preventive …
Mumbai: For a city that is struggling to save it's shrinking green cover, here's more bad news: Mumbai lost an alarming 230 trees in 17 days in June, out of which 81 were maintained by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, while 149 were from private premises. The figures raise serious doubts …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Sheikh Altaf & Others Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 18/07/2016 regarding loss of lives and injuries to persons and the damage to the property attributable to illegal dumping of MSW against the old …
BAREILLY: In a bid to discourage locals from using polythene, the administration is mulling to reward localities which become plastic-free zones. Authorities are also in the midst of clamping down on outlets that continue to use polybags. They are conducting fortnightly raids for the next three months. The first sweep …
Aurangabad: Rain relief on one hand, sting scare on the other. People of Aurangabad are fearing an outbreak of vector-borne diseases following the onset of monsoon with the health administration registering 10 dengue positive cases since June. The maximum number of dengue cases (7) was reported in areas under the …
Cuttack, With dengue situation remaining critical here, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) today issued show cause notice to a newsprint manufacturing unit in Jagatpur Industrial Estate for allegedly causing public nuisance by keeping its premises unhygienic. The number of dengue patients at government-run Sriram Chandra Bhanj Medical College and Hospital crossed …
New Delhi: The desilting claims of different civic agencies fell flat when many areas in the capital on Thursday faced massive waterlogging. As a result, there were traffic jams at a lot of places. South and north Delhi were the worst-affected. Areas like Defence Colony underpass, Punjabi Bagh underpass, Nehru …
Nagpur: Amid much controversy on the city's Environment Status Report (ESR) 2014-15, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has finally spoken out on the report's contents. Denying allegations that Nag River's water quality was good enough for bathing, the civic body clarified that the river comes under category of public sewer and …
Nagpur: While it is the responsibility of a municipal corporation to publish the city Environment Status Report (ESR) every year before July 31, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will miss the deadline for the second consecutive year. This year too, NMC has not even initiated the process to study Nagpur city's …
