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 …
JAIPUR: Taking serious note of depleting ground water level, the district administration has decided not only to fine Rs1 lakh on one caught illegally drilling borewells, but the accused could be jailed for five years. Since in most of the parts of the city, the ground water level has gone …
Setting a model in decentralised waste treatment, the Thrikkakara Residents' Association Apex Council (TRAAC) has joined hands with the Thrikkakara municipality to install biopots to treat biodegradable waste in individual households. The project is two-pronged, targeting smooth waste treatment and propagating backyard vegetable cultivation in the municipal limits using the …
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) claims that the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has repaired only 11 out of the 95 water pipelines, which were found to be leaking, in the last six months. In a letter to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the civic agency has highlighted …
The Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) plan to set up a bird sanctuary around the quarry lake on Vetal Tekdi in Pune has ruffled the feathers of environmentalists and citizens alike. They claimed that the introduction of foreign species of trees and shrubs would disturb the fragile ecological balance of the …
In a rare case, and probably for the first time in the state, a municipal corporation admitted that radiations from mobile towers cause health hazards, especially among pregnant women and children. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), on July 5, had issued a demolition notice to Viom Networks Limited asking it …
Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Medical Relief and Public Health Committee chairman V.K. Monga has written to National Human Rights Commission chairman K.G .Balakrishnan requesting him to fix responsibility for “unchecked” contaminated water supply by the Delhi Jal Board despite repeated reminders by the civic body. “In the letter, the NHRC's …
The Sujal Mumbai Abhiyaan Scheme, launched by the Shiv Sena-ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation more than three years ago at a cost of over Rs 3,000 crore, came under fire from the opposition parties which claimed that even though Rs 700 crore has already been spent under the mega-project, there has …
Providing teeth to the anti-dengue and malaria campaign, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to reach out to the students of its schools. "The MCD has decided to make the over 9.5 lakh children studying in its 1,800 primary schools harbingers of its awareness campaign against the vector-borne …
With 67 lakh vehicles already on Delhi roads and the figure set to rise in the coming years, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to construct 41 parkings across the city. But the civic body, is running behind schedule to come up with additional parking spaces. According to MCD …
In the wake of Sunday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked large parts of north, east and northeastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal, the northeastern States are reviewing their preparedness to deal with any such disaster. According to the officials, Chief Ministers and Chief Secretaries of Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur …
Delhi Govt. to pay their share of cost in Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojna While it has failed to construct the promised number of flats for the slum dwellers under the Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana, the Delhi Government on Monday handed out an olive branch by offering to pay the Rs.60,000 …
Hold dharna demanding processing of entire garbage at solid waste plant, charge Municipal Corporation with inaction The residents of Dadumajra today sat on a dharna near the garbage processing plant against the filling up of the dumping ground at a fast pace. The residents demanded that garbage, instead of being …
Reluctant to take a decision on the issue of the garbage processing plant, the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has prepared a report on the functioning of the plant and sent it to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The board has been asked to take further action on the …
The country's oldest water supply line, connecting Palta water works with Tallah of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), might have to be closed down to facilitate the metro rail project from Dum Dum to Barrackpore. The then railway minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, had announced the ambitious project and RITES will soon …
With the three landfill sites in the city full to the brim and every resident continuing to account for at least half-a-kilogram of municipal waste everyday, Delhi is staring at a sanitation crisis. The Delhi government has informed the Delhi High Court that it has identified, in consultation with the …
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has issued notices to 30 government offices, schools and colleges in the last one month for mosquito-breeding on their premises. These include MTNL offices in Okhla and Mandawali, Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College and some DTC bus depots. According to senior MCD officials, …
AHMEDABAD: During the last 50 days, the city has lost one life daily to deadly mosquitoes. This is a worrying sign for many infectious disease experts and senior health officers, who have been trying every method to contain the deadly sting. Since August 1, 47 people have lost their lives …
LUCKNOW: The Sunday earthquake, which jolted almost the entire north India, has once again raised questions on the safety aspect of the city's multi-storied buildings. Lucknow Development Authority and Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board ( UPHDB) make earthquake resistance a mandatory criterion for a building. However, the authorities rarely …
LUCKNOW: The much-awaited city sanitation plan which promises to address crucial civic issues including municipal solid waste disposal, appears to have got embroiled in a bureaucratic maze with the Centre not spelling out the policy and procedural blueprint of the plan. Not only the overall policy format but the funding …
The water crisis triggered by the poor monsoon in 2009 has resulted in a surge in the number of rainwater harvesting projects in the city. From just 900 at the beginning of 2010, the city had 5,308 projects in early 2011. The environment status report for the period of 2010-11 …
