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 Municipal Performance Index (MPI) was launched as an accompaniment to the Ease of Living Index. It seeks to examine local government practice in municipalities across areas of services, finance, policy, technology and governance. It seeks to simplify and evaluate the complexities in local governance practice and promote the ethos …
As informed by Municipal Corporation, Udaipur (Rajasthan) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),a part of waste water (sewage) are being released into the Ayad river. At present, out of about57 MLD waste water being generated in Udaipur city, about 12 MLD waste water is going into the Ayad River. Central …
A High Court bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice N M Jamdar had underlined “a serious lacuna in the decision-making process” and “lack of proper scientific study”. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Bombay High Court quashing the Coastal …
According to the weekly health report, the city recorded 629 cases of diarrhea, 270 cases of jaundice, 430 cases of typhoid and four cases of cholera in the category of water-borne diseases. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has recorded 55% of total typhoid cases in six wards of the city …
To make Patiala plastic-free city, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) in association with the Municipal Corporation today launched a clean-up drive ‘Swachhta Shramdaan’. The PPCB officials and people from different walks of life collected polythene and waste material from Badi-Nadi bridge on the Patiala- Chandigarh road. As many as …
CM orders RTA, traffic police to prepare policy for autos plying illegally In a major decision to curtail vehicular pollution, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today banned the plying of auto-rickshaws older than 10 years since their registration in Gurugram district. He was addressing a grievance redressal committee meeting in …
VISAKHAPATNAM: The India Youth For Society (IYFS)- an NGO working in the city is organising a workshop on, 'plastic-waste handling and controlling measures' at the Gandhi Centre in Dr LB College on Saturday. According to the organisers, the workshop is aimed at educating the participants about segregation of waste at …
As per the undertaking submitted in NGT, Delhi, Chandigarh administration decided to cover the entire city under the segregation of waste at source level till September 2019. Once the wastes are segregated at the source level, there is no need to segregate them at the dumping ground-38. With three days …
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), in an interim order, has directed several measures to be taken for protection of the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW). These include fencing of the Mollar Bheri by June 15. The Tribunal will also look into allegations by environment activist Subhas Datta that illegal commercial …
North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s pilot project to decongest Ajmal Khan Road in Karol Bagh got a fillip on Wednesday, with the Delhi high court backing it. The high court dismissed a petition filed by an association of Karol Bagh shopkeepers challenging the decision to earmark Ajmal Khan Road only for …
Civic body's public health department trains its medical staff for dealing with monsoon-related diseases in city In order to treat patients with monsoon-related diseases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s public health department has already started planning to tackle the illnesses and take precautions before the monsoon begins. The civic-run public …
A campaign to encourage ‘segregation of waste at source’ was started by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation at three model wards on Sunday. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had in March ordered civic bodies to select three wards in their respective jurisdictions to be converted into model wards, which would …
The Solid Waste Management Team of the east zone were on their routine inspection near Nirant Crossroads, Vastral locality where they found an eatery owner violating norms of sanitation on Thursday. The officials of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation who were on a regular inspection were in for a shock when a …
The civic body has decided to act tough against vendors selling such unhygienic drinks which may cause water-borne diseases among consumers. Mumbai, May 9 (PTI) Almost 81 per cent of juices and drinks being sold on roadside stalls in Mumbai are unsafe for human consumption, according to the city civic …
The Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) has issued the fogging schedule to control vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria. In a press statement issued here on Monday, Municipal Commissioner Dr Rishipal Singh said fogging would start at 7 am daily and appealed to the residents that during fogging, everyone must keep …
Pune: Environmentalists in the city have called the Pune Municipal Corporation’s Pashan lake restoration and beautification work ecologically insensitive. The restoration and beautification work at the lake was completed about four years ago. In 2017, the civic body awarded a project to the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) and an …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to submit an action taken report on illegal constructions in the Tughlakabad Extension area here. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel sought the report after perusing a report from …
PANJIM: The State government has notified six villages and three cities as model cities/towns/village panchayats for effective implementation of the provisions of the Solid Waste Management Rules within six months. In the list of panchayats, Se Old Goa (Tiswadi), Aldona (Bardez), Oxel (Bardez), Navelim (Salcete), Chicalim (Mormugao) and Uguem (Sanguem) …
Sudden crackdown on polluting units and the ensuing violence could have been avoided had government agencies been prompt in implementing existing norms, say experts On April 13, a team of government officials, police and paramilitary personnel, came under attack from local scrap dealers while conducting a sealing drive on polluting …
A total 2,700 trees at Aarey will be affected by the metro depot, of which 2,238 will be cut and the rest will be transplanted. Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is soon likely to grant permission to cut down 2,238 trees at Aarey Milk Colony, whi-ch are coming in …
