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 …
A high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary will be set up to monitor issues related to water-logging, flood and cleanliness on roads. This was decided at the Flood Control Apex Committee meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday. Ms. Dikshit urged all the departments concerned …
AHMEDABAD: Amdavadis would finally get their usual two hours of drinking water supply from Wednesday onwards. The irrigation department reported on Sunday that repair work in the Meshwo branch of the Narmada main canal was over. The masonry work would take at least two days to stabilize before they allow …
While the city received heavy showers in the past few days, light showers in the catchment areas too have led to an increase in the water level of four of the six lakes supplying water to the city. While Modak Sagar, Vehar, Tansa and Tulsi recorded a rise in the …
Local bodies need to evolve a strong system of collection and disposal COIMBATORE: A fresh crackdown embarked upon a couple of months ago against plastics by the Coimbatore Corporation signalled yet another brave attempt at curbing a problem that has actually managed to prevail over similar efforts so far. Plastics, …
If the figures collected from public hospitals are to be believed, the BMC needs to seriously think of the increasing number of people being affected by diarrhoea in the city. The data collected by Praja foundation
KOCHI: To solve the potable water crisis in the city, the State Government has allocated Rs 11 crore for acquiring land for the Maradu Water Treatment Plant project. The civic body will be able to acquire the private land for laying pipes between the Muvattupuzha river and the treatment plant …
Government agencies including the Central Railways, MMRDA and the Public Works Department might soon be prosecuted for not taking adequate measures to prevent the spread of malaria during this monsoon. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), these agencies have failed to comply with the malaria safety norms. The civic …
Margao: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has disclosed plans to convene a joint meeting with the concerned parties to review the status of the waste treatment plant at Sonsodo.
The Municipal Corporation (MC) will be installing LED (Light Emitting Diodes) streetlights in the city, in a bid to conserve energy. The first batch of streetlights will be installed in Sector 7. An official said that the installation of the LEDs will help reduce energy consumption by about 70 per …
Vadakara municipality will invest Rs.30 lakh. Authorities say waste water woes will end soon KOZHIKODE: The Vadakara municipality, as part of its decentralised waste management programme, will set up a solid waste treatment plant equipped to produce cooking gas from garbage on its Puthiappu trenching ground. The plan is to …
Escalation of material cost one of the reasons CHENNAI: Escalation in the cost of construction material, the elections and a demand for a minor change in design have led to a delay in the implementation of the Rs.815-crore Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme to strengthen minor drains …
They blame each other for failure of a Centrally sponsored programme The Department of Health and the Bruhut Bangalore Mahangara Palike (BBMP) are embroiled in a blame game over poor response to a Centrally-sponsored free health camp. While the department has accused the Palike of failing to create adequate awareness …
After the Delhi Metro, the expansion of the Bus Rapid Transit corridors will be the next big thing for addressing the public transport needs of Delhi and plans are being firmed up to construct 105 km of such corridors in the second phase and about 500 km thereafter. Since the …
With the monsoon season around the corner, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has intensified its drive against vector-borne diseases. The civic body today said it would organise events like seminar, lecture, exhibition, and public awareness initiatives in every ward, beside sanitation drives in each of the 12 zones simultaneously. …
GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) will soon start a demand drive orientation programme to remove the low cost sanitary unit. Talking to The Sentinel, GMC additional commissioner S Thiek said,
To improve the sanitation services in the city, Leader of the House in the MCD, Subhash Arya, on Tuesday informed that an allocation of Rs 27.20 crore has been made for improvement of sanitation services this year. He said the drive will continue upto June 19 and the funds will …
Expressing its concern over the dwindling sex ratio in the state, the Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Dr Suhasini Karanjkar against the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation for seizing her sonography equipment. The corporation had seized the equipment claiming that Karanjkar had allegedly flouted the rules under …
ARANTHANGI: The Aranthangi Municipality in coordination with the public and service organisations, will take up the solid waste management programme in a phased manner in all wards, said P. Mariappan, Municipal Chairman. Speaking at a function to mark the inauguration of the two-day training on
