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 cash-strapped Shimla Municipal Corporation (MC) will once again urge the government to allow it to impose green tax on all outside vehicles entering the “Queen of Hills” so that it can generate resources to improve its financial health. A special meeting of the MC House has been convened on …
District Collector P.I. Sheikh Pareed said that a plot of land will be identified for a new waste treatment plant to find a permanent solution to the issue of waste management in Eloor municipality. The main hurdle in resolving the problem is the shortage of land suitable for the plant. …
Enrolment for the Aadhaar UID (Unique Identity) project has crossed the 5,000 mark in the district. At present, enrolment is under way in Tripunithura, where it was launched on Monday. Enrolment is being carried out using seven sets of laptops and biometric devices alongside pre-enrolment on the third floor of …
KOLKATA, 23 AUG: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has proposed to upgrade the Gardenreach water works under public-private-partnership (PPP) model with the loan available from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This indicates that the civic authorities are contemplating to introduce water tax despite the chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee categorically …
GUWAHATI, Aug 22 – The constant practice of raising the levels of the city roads has led to the sinking of the plinth levels of the houses located along these roads and water logging even is some newly built areas. Countless number of individual houses built with lifelong savings, have …
Bhopal: The downtown roads of old Bhopal will relieve of hustle-bustle traffic soon with the State Government coming up with a well-planned scheme in this regard. The Urban Administration and Development Minister Shri Babulal Gaur has issued directives to chalk out a major project for identification of maximum suitable places …
State govt adopts HC guidelines to relocate them in safer zones The decision of the State government to promulgate an ordinance to regulate stone-crushing units in Karnataka is likely to hit the existing operators really hard. For, the government has changed its stand and adopted almost all the “rigid” guidelines …
The Bill aims at preventing environment pollution The State Cabinet on Thursday decided to recommend to Governor H R Bhardwaj to promulgate an ordinance for the regulation of stone-crushing in the State. Briefing reporters, Higher Education Minister V S Acharya said the High Court had directed the Government to bring …
Expressing concern over noise pollution during the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami festivals, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday observed that there is a need to create social awareness on the issue. Addressing the lawyer for the state, Rajesh Behre, Justice Ranjana Desai said, “You should have taken steps to …
Funds earmarked for maintenance of waste treatment plant The budget estimate of the Kottayam municipality for the year 2011-12 envisages the implementation of a comprehensive drinking water supply scheme, waste management, and providing employment to women, among other projects. The budget, presented by Mayakutty John, municipal vice-chairperson and chairperson of …
The city’s Ganesha mandals will now spread awareness on female foeticide after the dipping child sex ratio and rising cases of female foeticide in the state that has become a cause of worry for everyone. Narendra Dahibavkar, co-ordinator of the Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samanvay Samiti (SGSS), an umbrella organisation of Ganpati …
Chalking out a long-term strategy to curb the menace of potholes, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday announced that the government was contemplating engaging foreign technology and roping in experts to build roads in the state. Chavan said that changing the material, specification and the mechanism for laying roads was …
The city's Ganesh puja organisers will have to ensure that no one smokes or consumes tobacco inside their marquees during the 10-day festival this year, officials said on Tuesday. The Mumbai civic corporation, in association NGO ACT-India, Tuesday included the regulations of the national tobacco control law- the Control of …
Union ministry ‘abdicated its responsibility regarding environmental clearance of such buildings’: CAG The CAG has found that the urban development department of the Maharashtra government misinterpreted information from the Union Environment Ministry as “no objection”. The auditor also finds that the Environment Ministry “abdicated” its responsibilities and the lack of …
It can't be any more ironical. Punjab, a state which boasts of an economy that is mostly based on agriculture, may soon turn arid. Reason: More than 65 per cent of rain water that the state gets, goes down the drain. Despite witnessing good monsoon for the past couple of …
CHENNAI: The residents of Avadi Municipality will soon be receiving drinking water to quench their thirst and a sewerage network to dispose off the waste water by November 2011, according to Metro Water Managing Director Dr K Gopal. The water supply and underground sewerage scheme worth `261.89 crore which includes …
CHENNAI: The drinking water supplied in several areas of Meenambakkam by the local Town Panchayat is discoloured and muddy. This has left the residents shocked, besides leaving them with too little water for everyday use. The water supply situation was never rosy for the residents of Dr Ambedkar Street and …
Environmentalists say spill will affect mangroves Authorities said on Monday that the oil spill from the bulk carrier mv Rak that sank recently is a minor incident, but environmentalists nonetheless said that its timing was a cause for concern, especially in the context of mangroves' ecology. At a press conference …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to develop Cuttack City and its environs with an investment of Rs 18,940 crore. Out of that, the State Government’s share will be Rs 5,000 crore. Vision-2030, the comprehensive development plan (CDP) for Cuttack prepared by IIT Kharagpur, was submitted to Chief Minister Naveen …
Pune-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Parisar has slammed the Environment Status Report (ESR) of the Pune city prepared by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) terming it an eyewash. In a press statement, Parisar has said that the ESR only gives partial facts and figures about traffic and transportation in the city, …
