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 …
RAJKOT: Crushing all the high expectations, the Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) failed to reverse Rajkot’s fight with plastic garbage. Though Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) was the first to implement the much-hyped concept of installing the plastic bottle crushing machine, lack of awareness and poor publicity killed the initiative in the …
BMC’s health workers visited households across 24 wards The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s public health department which conducted a house-to-house active case finding (ACF) campaign for tuberculosis (TB) control thrice in 2018, has found only 77 new cases tested positive in the city. The group of BMC's health worker visited …
Says detailed study needed to reach conclusion; HC seeks BMC reply by April 23 The coastal road project may destroy oyster beds and thereby affect the livelihood of fisherfolk, mainly women, a report by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) submitted to the Bombay High Court on Tuesday said. …
NEW DELHI: Besides early implementation of measures to prevent breeding of mosquitoes, South Delhi Municipal Corporation has come up with a year-long detailed action plan for 2019-20 that clearly defines each month’s activities and responsibilities of departments and officials. “Though the breeding of mosquitoes is directly related to the amount …
Pune: The H1N1 virus is wreaking havoc across the state. Maharashtra has recorded 928 swine flu cases and 73 deaths between January 1 and March 21 this year. Nagpur has recorded the highest number of cases, at 246, followed by Mumbai (172), Nashik (168) and Pune (92). During the same …
While Ahmedabad was ranked as India’s sixth cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan survey, dumping sites and landfills in and around Ahmedabad have been overflowing with garbage, most of which is nonbiodegradable. In fact, the continued usage of plastic is one area that needs immediate attention and recently, after receiving …
Weekly health bulletin by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) reported the rise in the waterborne diseases within city limits. In the first two weeks of the March 2019, the city has reported 331 cases. Summer season is appraoching, and yet waterborne diseases are on the rise in the city. So …
NEW DELHI: With over 1 crore registered vehicles, finding a legitimate parking slot in Delhi is a daunting task. To ease citizens’ woes, the corporations have now proposed to reserve space for women and differently abled citizens. North corporation has already cleared the changes that are now being incorporated in …
NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) to resolve disputes at the administrative level while disposing of a plea by the civic body seeking land to manage garbage at Ghazipur landfill site. The green court said the issue of availability or suitability of the …
Following implementation of plastic ban on June 23 across the state, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started a drive to enforce the ban by penalising violators of the ban. However, the momentum has slowed down after a successful show last year. Visits by the BMC team and action taken by …
NEW DELHI: South Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to rope in local traders’ associations for operating parking lots at all prominent markets in south Delhi. The move comes after the successful completion of a two-year pilot project at Lajpat Nagar under SDMC’s community-led development policy. The policy includes engaging market …
PATNA: It’s not even three months since the state government’s ban in urban areas, plastic polythene bags are back in use in the city markets by street vendors and the general storekeepers. The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) had formed several task force squads to ensure strict implementation of the ban. …
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike staff part of the team Members of the Regional Monitoring Committee (South) of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and officials from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) took stock of waste collection practices in Katpadi, Vellore district. A team of officials led by member of Regional Monitoring …
East Delhi Municipal Corporation improves position in Swachh Survekshan 2019 Results of the Swachh Survekshan 2019 released on Tuesday threw up a mixed bag for Delhi with the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation seeing wide swings in their rankings. The South and East Corporation’s rankings …
Navi Mumbai makes it to top 10; Maharashtra 3rd best performing state. After bagging the cleanest state capital tag and a nationwide 18th rank last year, Mumbai slipped several notches on Swachh Survekshan 2019 — a survey to rank cleanest cities of India — to stand at 49th, the city’s …
Agra: The Taj city has broken into the list of top 100 cities of the country as per the latest cleanliness ranking released on Wednesday. According to Swachh Survekshan 2019, the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) is on the 85th posititon. In the previous year'’s ranking, it was on 102nd position. …
NEW DELHI: In a first for the city, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) plans to replace conventional streetlights at busy markets with solar LED lights that will have inbuilt batteries to provide backup for three days. This means that the lights won’t stop functioning even during rain, said a senior …
The Municipal Corporation (MC) has declared its head office at Ranjit Avenue as polythene free zone. The decision has been taken at a recent meeting presided over by MC Joint Commissioner Nitish Singla. As per the ban orders by the state government, no one can sell and use plastic bags. …
PATIALA: The Patiala Municipal Corporation (PMC) is finding hard to manage its garbage dump in the absence of any solid waste management plan. A number of plans chalked out to manage the garbage by running projects like the door-to-door collection and segregation of waste have not achieved any success yet. …
SMC asked to deposit Rs 3 cr for cutting 530 deodars, another 700 affected trees After four years of wait, the 3,300-m long Tutti-Kandi-Jodha Niwas ropeway project is set to get its final forest and environmental clearance as the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has asked the …
