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 …
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has been getting repeated complaints regarding poor waste management in the city, especially in areas where sanitation has been outsourced to private concessionaires. In Dwarka, residents had complained to it that the private concessionaire, Delhi MSW Solutions Limited (DMSWSL), was not doing …
PORVORIM, Shiv Sena has complained to the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) that Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) is yet to undertake most of the measures suggested by the Board following an inspection on Assagao plateau where garbage is being dumped. In a letter to GSPCB chairman, Shiv Sena Ad-hoc …
Rainwater harvesting has hardly any takers in the city. So far, only 2,370 new buildings in Mumbai have adopted the scheme. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in October 2002, had made the implementation of the rainwater harvesting system mandatory for all new constructions. To have a stringent mechanism, the scheme …
Treatment plant proposal awaiting government nod Kudumbasree units to revive, garbage collection, Ward-level awareness, meetings planned KANNUR: The Kannur municipality has taken steps to resume garbage disposal, Municipal Chairperson M.C. Sreeja said at a press conference here on Tuesday. Garbage disposal was affected following protests by residents near the civic …
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray met BMC Commissioner Subodh Kumar on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the measures to promote rainwater harvesting in the city. While it is compulsory for existing and new buildings to install rainwater harvesting systems, BMC data revealed only 1,651 buildings in the city had installed …
No plastic carry bags will be seen in the city from July with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation imposing a complete ban on the use of plastic carry bags in the city. A decision to this effect was taken on Monday by the Mayor, Ms B. Karthika Reddy, after detailed …
MUMBAI: A total of 150 unauthorized waste dumps in the city were identified on Day 1 of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Zero-Garbage Week, which started on Monday. The drive, to go on till May 8, is not only aimed at keeping the city litter-free, but also studying the patterns of …
The development plan (DP) of the city is set to get delayed by four years, according to corporators and officials in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The improvements committee on Monday gave its approval for a 30-month extension in the submission of the draft DP that should have originally been …
Nearly four months after the amended Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification was introduced by the Union Government, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to map the city
In recent months, the BJP-dominated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Congress-led Delhi government have been outdoing each other in floating proposals and schemes for better governance. The MCD is in the throes of implementing a new Residents' Welfare Committee (RWC) scheme. Not to be left behind, the Delhi …
The main objective of the paper is to assess the status of urban decentralization in the state of Jharkhand in India and to relate it to some major implications on service delivery. We find that while some of the functions are assigned to the local bodies on paper, none of …
MUMBAI: The civic administration has issued showcause notices to nine restaurants and eateries in Borivli for serving hookahs in non-smoking zones. Civic officials said that these restaurants violated not only the Shop and Establishment Act, which does not permit them to serve hookahs, but also flouted the Tobacco Control Act …
It seems to be curtains drawn for the first multi-level parking lot proposed in Sector 17, with the talks between the Municipal Corporation (MC) and the agency allotted the task of construction having failed to yield any results. Four years after it was approved in 2007, the multi-level parking lot …
MUMBAI: Mumbai's ignominious reputation as the state's malaria capital got cemented further as new figures revealed that the city registered nearly 55% of Maharashtra's 1.38 lakh positive cases in 2010-11, pushing it into the league of the country's worst affected states. Nearly 80,000 cases in Greater Mumbai tested positive for …
LUCKNOW: The proposed city sanitation plan (CSP) for Lucknow inched a step further with Crisil, the agency deputed for the purpose, giving a presentation before members of CSP task force at the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) on Tuesday. The agency had given a representation earlier also highlighting the civic loopholes …
Report prepared by Baba Seechewal based on survey in four dozen villages set along the rivulet Member of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal has prepared a startling report about hundreds of cancer cases which have come to light after a survey in the villages …
The Municipal Corporation (MC) has served notices to 800 residents for wasting water since the ban came into force. However, till now no challan has been issued. The ban on washing cars and courtyards as well as watering of lawns came into force on April 1. As many as 14 …
People from 35 coastal villages in Vasai, Thane district, began their long march to the Vidhan Bhavan on Sunday to press their long-standing demand for exclusion from the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. Thousands of villagers, including farmers and fisherfolk, participated in the march on foot, which is set to last over …
