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 …
Indications are that it is a local phenomenon Even as the State government attempts to ward off panic related to an oil spill on Juhu beach on Sunday, Coast Guard ship Samudra Prahari has been neutralising oil from the sunken carrier vessel, m.v. Rak, which sank 20 nautical miles off …
As feared by ecologists, oil has started leaking from the MV Rak, the carrier that sank at the entrance of the Mumbai harbour on August 4. According to officials, the spill is taking place at a rate of 1.5 to two tonnes per hour. “Since last night, the oil has …
Kolkata, 7 Aug: The conventional streetlights in Kolkata would soon be replaced with new-age LED luminaries to reduce power consumption and control carbon emissions while ensuring better visibility after sunset. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has taken the eco-friendly decision after receiving encouraging results from an ongoing pilot project in which …
Fill up 6,057 potholes that dot the city roads within 48 hoursor be prepared to face action, the state government directed the municipal corporation, city’s development agency and the public works department (PWD) on Thursday. And contractors who do not complete the task on time or violate norms will be …
Mumbai Fed up with the recent spate of potholes throughout the city a citizens group has written to the BMC commissioner to allow only foreign firms to maintain the roads for the next three years so that the people would get better roads. " We feel that the BMC should …
A civil court has issued notices to the Deputy Commissioner and the Municipal Corporation after taking note of a petition that alleged mismanagement of paid parking lots in the city. It was part of two petitions that had came up for hearing before the Court of Pritpal Singh, Civil Judge. …
MCD: Hospitals Not Reporting Cases On Regular Basis New Delhi: In 2006, the city was in the grips of a severe dengue outbreakwith3,366denguecasesbeing reported. A similar situation was witnessed in 2010 when 6,259 dengue cases were reported. However, no lessons have been learnt. The city is still struggling to get …
The contractors, it seems, are not heeding the civic body even after specific instructions. On Monday, as an immediate measure, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation asked contractors to use Carboncor for filling up potholes, as repairs done with it will hold even under heavy rains. However, no contractor is willing to …
If sanitation and civic infrastructure have a role in determining whether a city is world-class , then Jaipur will certainly fail the test. In fact, for a city which lacks even basic approach to sanitation, such classifications are still a distant dream. The residents had several hopes when they elected …
MUMBAI: With civic elections round the corner, the Democratic Front (DF) government announced a CID probe into the multi crore drain cleaning contracts awarded by the Shiv Sena-BJP ruled BMC. Bhaskar Jadhav, minister of state for urban development, announced the probe during a discussion in the legislative assembly. Jadhav said …
‘Civic body has been updating the CM on the issue' In the wake of the National Human Rights Commission's action in asking Delhi Jal Board chairman and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to explain the measures being taken to supply potable drinking water in the city in the wake of the …
Taking cognisance of the report appeared in various periodicals that the water supply of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is contaminated, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued a notice to the DJB to explain what measures it has taken to ensure potable water in the city. The reports were …
On the raging issue of contaminated water supply in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today said it had conducted a joint survey with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials and had informed department concerned about the unfit water samples. Arya said out of the 4,816 samples taken by …
The BMC will soon have a tree manual which will give comprehensive information about trees in the city and lay down guidelines about how they should be maintained. This is part of the strategy suggested by tree experts to avert falling incidents after they were given a list of 200-250 …
PANJIM: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has said that an amount of Rs 10 crores has been earmarked for the development of Quepem taluka and he has directed the concerned authorities to submit to him a comprehensive plan of development for Quepem town. The Chief Minister who listened to the grievances …
LUCKNOW: Be prepared for a rude shock when you get your water tax bill. Thanks to Lucknow Jal Sansthan's decision to add arrears since 2002, the bill will at least be three to four times more than what you paid last year. The water tax is approximately 12.5% of the …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice, returnable in four weeks, to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Chairman seeking a report on the news items that stated contaminated water was being supplied in many areas in the city due to cracks in the pipeline. The Commission wanted …
“Complaints over leakage, water quality received daily but problem not alarming” The Delhi Jal Board on Monday admitted that there are complaints of contamination that it receives daily but maintained that the situation is far from alarming. The Board was reacting to a report compiled by the Municipal Corporation of …
New Delhi: The MCD has sent a fresh list of the 642 pipelines that might be leaking, leading to contamination of potable water to Delhi Jal Board. Meanwhile, DJB accepted that it gets about 20-40 complaints of contamination every day but added that the complaints were attended to immediately and …
CHENANI: In an effort to quench the thirst of the 4.42-lakh people in the Ambattur municipality, the Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) will build 22 overhead tanks and lay water pipelines at a cost of Rs 268 crore by November. Managing director of CMWSSB Dr K Gopal …
