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 …
New Delhi: With 10 more people testing positive for dengue, the total number of cases rose to 293 in the city even as the MCD has launched a special awareness drive targeting schools. “Ten new cases of dengue were reported from different hospitals in the past 24 hours,” Dr V …
The total number of people affected by dengue in the city has risen to 283, with 72 people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease in the past one week here. Eight new cases of dengue were reported from different hospitals in the past 24 hours, according to the Municipal Corporation …
Three tunnels, including one running under the length of the Juhu beach, as well as a slew of new coastal roads to be built entirely on landfill or reclaimed land and a couple of small bridges are the key components of the latest plan for a ‘Western Freeway’ for Mumbai. …
‘Grama sabhas to ensure grassroots-level cleaning activities' Sanitation projects worth Rs.64.26 crore will be taken up across the State as part of the Waste-Free Kerala campaign, Excise and Ports Minister K. Babu has said. Launching the district-level campaign at Kanjikuzhy here on Sunday, Mr. Babu said administrative sanction had already …
Steps are under way to restrict the use of plastic materials, especially plastic carry bags, as part of implementing the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest's (MoEF) Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2011 that replaces the earlier Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules 1999. Municipal authorities here had started …
SHILLONG: In what may be termed as a positive step towards protection of the environment, the State Government has decided to make Meghalaya a plastic-free State, with a complete ban on plastic carry bags from Sunday. Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh, while making the announcement on Saturday, has warned of …
Mechanical sweeping of over 60-foot-wide roads was launched by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Thursday by flagging off the state-of-the-art mechanised sweeping machines at Pusa Road in Karol Bagh. The machines were launched by former MCD Standing Committee chairman and Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta while Delhi Mayor Rajni …
KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will examine the pollution level of the Hooghly river after the immersion of the idols of the goddess Durga, member, mayor-in-council (parks and garden), Mr Debasish Kumar said today. He said the civic authorities will collect water samples from the Hooghly river …
New Delhi: Mechanical sweepers will soon clean the city roads. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday launched the mechanized sweeping project with much fanfare. As many as 20 state-of-the-art machines have been procured for all 12 zones. The cleanliness project will be given out on contract with the maintenance …
Urban Administration and Development Minister, Babulal Gaur reviewed the cleanliness arrangements of the Municipal Corporation during the special sanitation week at Mangalwara on Wednesday. He said, “If the residents keep the colonies like their own homes and support the corporation in sanitation drive, Bhopal can be the most beautiful city …
In the light of the vexed garbage issue remaining unresolved and reports of deaths due to suspected rat fever, the district administration is planning to enforce the ban on the use and sale of non-degradable plastic bags. The district administration was chalking out strategies to ban the non-degradable plastic bags …
MUMBAI: Four months after its ambitious plan to revamp the Byculla zoo was rejected , the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a new proposal for the zoo. The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) rejected the BMC's Rs 480-crore proposal on May 11, saying it was impractical and ignored …
Four confirmed cases of the disease reported With four confirmed cases of Japanese encephalitis being reported from Jehangirpuri and Bawana in the Capital, the Delhi Government on Tuesday swung into action and said it was committed to controlling the deadly disease. Health Minister A. K. Walia took a review meeting …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi would be employing mechanical sweepers to clean the city roads. According to MCD Leader of the House Subhash Arya, the scheme would be launched this Thursday with 12 new mechanical sweeper machines to begin with. “Within the next 15 to 20 days, another 16 such …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ensure that there is no untoward incident or landslide on the eastern slopes of Cumballa Hill, where drilling for soil testing was underway by a developer. Captain Ashok Batra of …
KOCHI: Amidst the allegations made against Mullappilly Ramachandran, the Minister of State for Home Affairs for not utilising the funds for hygienic mission, two persons died of rat fever in Tripunithura. Vasanthan(45) of Adampilly Veedu, a Milma agent, admitted in a private hospital in Ernakulam on last Tuesday died with …
District panchayat president P.P. Shyamala Devi has underscored the need to enforce a blanket ban on sale of non-degradable plastic bags, which are generally used by people to dump garbage. Talking to The Hindu, she admitted that the use of plastic bags had assumed the proportion of a real “villain” …
After a series of delays, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is finally set to inaugurate the city’s first automated multi-level car parking facility at Sarojini Nagar. Officials said the facility will be opened before Diwali because they are only awaiting a no-objection certificate for its lift system. Though the …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has alleged that around 950 water pipelines in Delhi have been identified as passing out through drains. The MCD Medical Relief and Public Health Committee chairman V.K. Monga wrote to the NHRC chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan seeking his intervention for fixing responsibility in supply …
Delhi Government formulates a fresh initiative with the least resistance from residents and traders While the earlier plans to restore and renovate Chandni Chowk had not taken off the drawing board, the Delhi Government has now come up with an initiative that intends to improve the look and facilities in …
