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 …
Urban centres like Delhi reluctant to even share basic information Classrooms give shelter to cows and buffaloes, while students sit outside in the compound. Children carry their own plates to school for mid-day meals and later rush back home on the pretext of washing the dishes, but never come back …
This paper takes the position that a useful governance perspective must be informed by the socio-economiccultural milieu, and in the specific Indian context must sit on a tripod of ”political reality”, ”state of decentralisation” and ”basic economic principles”. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region is one of the most important growth engines …
GUWAHATI: Big cities in our country are dotted with slums and Guwahati is no exception. The Ministry of Housing and Poverty Allevation has taken up a Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme and under this scheme the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), along with the Assam Government, has taken …
With the monsoon having arrived, the threat of water-borne diseases is looming large over the city with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board failing to supply potable drinking water to all citizens. Water samples collected from various localities in the city by the Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM), …
MARGAO: The Costa grounds issue created uproar at the Margao Municipal Council meeting on Thursday. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat backed ruling Councilors on Thursday resolved to revoke the construction license granted for a commercial project on the Costa ground, Aquem, but ignored pleas to initiate acquisition proceedings to acquire the …
KOLKATA, 23 JUNE: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will sink 1,600 new tubewells in the city, member, mayor-in-council (mini and deep tube well), Mr Tarak Singh, said today. He said the KMC has asked all the councillors to provide details of requirement of sinking tube wells in their respective wards …
GUWAHATI: The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, has been launched for slum dwellers and the urban poor on the lines of the Indira Awas Yojana for the rural poor. RAY is a right-based, reform-driven programme under the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission …
Shelters set up at tank spread over 32 acres lack maintenance PUDUKOTTAI: The municipality has drafted a proposal seeking an outlay of Rs. 75 lakh under the tourism development programme in the sprawling Pudhukulam area in the town. The Pudhukulam tank, spread over 32 acres, encompasses three wards of the …
New Delhi: The total number of dengue cases reported this season has gone up to five after a 20-yearold girl admitted at a private hospital was diagnosed positive for the vector-borne disease. According to Dr D S Chadha, specialist, internal medicine, at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, the patient
A high-power committee, constituted with officials of different departments, is on the anvil to prevent waterlogging in the city and look into proper drainage of stagnant water after rains, state irrigation and waterways minister, Dr Manas Bhuniya, said today, after a meeting with the mayor, Mr Sovan Chatterjee, officials of …
New Delhi: To break the stranglehold of the parking mafia, Municipal Corporation of Delhi has come up with a unique plan to advertise its 108 new parking sites, which are up for bidding. For the first time, MCD is using its outdoor sites and radio to advertise the parking sites …
Margao: In a development that took everyone by surprise, the Margao Municipal Council has cleared the file pertaining to the construction project on the Costa grounds, Aquem. Even as MMC Chief Officer, Prasanna Acharya confirmed that the construction project was cleared since it conformed to the rules in force, members …
Even as a number of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation departments engage in bringing out the annual Environment Status Report of the city, the subject does not seem to interest corporators. It is mandatory for the BMC to get an official approval from the general body of corporators before the document is …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon rope in a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to assist with the rehabilitation of over 7,000 families under the Tansa rehabilitation project. With an aim to secure the water mains from pilferage, the BMC had begun the project to remove slumdwellers along the Tansa main …
The people living nearby the landfill site at Bhanpur in the city are continuously facing problem due to the toxic smoke emanating from the burning garbage every day. The residents of the area are waiting for the shifting of dumping site, which will take place when new site would be …
As the number of vehicles in the city continues to see a sharp rise, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to gather accurate data on the quality of air that Mumbaikars breathe. While the civic body earlier depended on three mobile vans that monitored the air quality at three …
Potential of Alappuzha to be fully exploited, says Tourism Minister ALAPPUZHA: The work under the Alappuzha Tourism Master Plan will be expedited by including the project under the United Democratic Front (UDF) government's 100-day programme, Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar has said. Addressing a meeting convened here to review plans …
