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 …
The 237th meeting of the State Environment Assessment Committee (SEAC) will be held here on October 12 and 13. The Committee among other agendas would review environment clearance proposals for major minerals mining and industrial projects, official sources informed. Notably, the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) in Chhattisgarh is already …
Despite the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the use of polythene bags and the state government enforced the ban on April 1, shopkeepers continue to use these polythene bags in the city. Though the Municipal Corporation, Patiala, had banned the use of polythene bags in 2016, it seems that …
Nagpur: The Nagpur division has recorded 123 positive cases and 21 deaths due to swine flu in the last 18 days. There have been 94 deaths and 482 positive in the division — 265 positive cases and 32 deaths in city — this year so far. Despite the alarming surge …
Bhopal: Elected representatives of Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) would meet on Tuesday to once again vote on establishment of controversial slaughterhouse facility at Adampur Chhawni on the outskirts of the state capital. On September 20, state government overruled BMC council's unanimous vote that opposed establishment of abattoir facility within municipal …
According to the latest data by the MCD, 288 fresh cases of dengue were reported last week, till September 23. The national capital has seen a 22 per cent rise in dengue cases as compared to last year, the latest MCD data reveals. The data states that over 3,000 people …
HYDERABAD: Perturbed by recent reports about the state forest department allowing the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to go ahead with the felling of trees around KBR Park - in order to make way for the Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP) - the city's green brigade, on Thursday, floated an …
With Navi Mumbai receiving an average rainfall of 309 mm in the 24 hours till 2 pm on Wednesday, the civic body’s preparations for the Under-17 FIFA world cup, starting October 6, have been interrupted. Officials said this is probably the highest rainfall in Navi Mumbai in a day since …
Setting aside the Bhopal Municipal Council's unanimous decision to reject the proposal for shifting of slaughterhouse to a new location on the outskirts of Bhopal, the State Government on Tuesday ordered the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) to follow the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directives in time limit. The extended deadline …
Indoors, aedes mosquito breeds in feng-shui plants, flower pots, fish tanks, unused tyres and petri-dishes. With mosquito-borne diseases on the rise in the state, the public health department is planning to expand the scope of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (MMC Act), 1888, to the entire state to effectively act …
The Peacock Lake will soon be restored to its glory as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) along with the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) has decided to conduct a thorough study to determine the toxicity levels of the lake.The move comes a day after a field survey was …
HYDERABAD: All 72 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across Telangana would get a green facelift as the World Bank has come forward to provide funds to the tune of Rs 250 crore under Urban Green Environment Project. The World Bank has primarily accepted the state government’s Green Environment plan for all …
KOLKATA: The twin dengue deaths in Kasba last week has shaken the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities into action. The KMC health department has created a Rapid Action Force (RAF) team for dengue prevention in Kasba and Ballygunge and some areas off Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, where dengue cases have been …
Kolkata: The dengue sting has reached the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area that recorded its first death this year at Kestopur's Prafulla Kanan on Wednesday. Barely 5km from Madhugarh in South Dum Dum — the epicentre of dengue this season — the neighbourhood is perilously close to the Kolkata civic area. …
A day after lieutenant governor Anil Baijal chaired an emergency meeting to address the garbage crisis in the city, mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation Preety Agarwal visited the Narela-Bawana waste-to-energy plant and said the process to increase the efficiency and capacity of the plant will now been rolled …
The capital has, however, seen a decline in cases of chikungunya this season, with 392 patients testing positive for the infection, a nine per cent drop as compared to the previous year. The capital has reported over 1,000 cases of patients testing positive for dengue this year — a 54% …
The massive volume of garbage that toppled down at Ghazipur last week had cost the East Delhi Municipal Corporation up to Rs 1,800 per tonne to be put there — paid to private contractors as tipping fee. Every day, Rs 40.8 lakh is being spent to ferry and dump the …
The auditor department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to start quality auditing of the civic education and health departments to make officials of these two departments more accountable while taking financial decisions. Several queries from the auditor department are pending in these two departments for the past several …
Ahmedabad: Despite the state government's rosy claims of having the swine flu situation under control, seven more people died from the deadly H1N1 virus on Monday. This takes the death toll in Gujarat this year till August 28 to 338. The state also recorded 187 new swine flu cases on …
It moots floating solar panels on Mudasarlova reservoir As a part of the Smart city projects, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is launching solar energy projects to generate 10 MW, Municipal Commissioner M. Hari Narayanan has said. A project on Raiwada water supply canal to generate 5 MW and a …
The SDMC has seized 571.20 kilograms of plastic material which were banned, as per the NGT’s direction. New Delhi: Acting tough against the ‘Open Defecation’ order, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has prosecuted 545 people in its jurisdiction. The corporation has also launched a special drive 'Seeti Bajao' to …
