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 …
Ahmedabad has been dealing with a serious issue of poor air quality for the last few months. And despite efforts being made by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the situation remains grim. As System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting Research (SAFAR) recorded poor to very poor air quality on …
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to Delhi Police to register an FIR in the matter of death of children at a hospital in September last year, when 21 children died of diphtheria in a span of 12 days between September 6 and 19. The commission …
KOLKATA: The state environment department has proposed to set up an ambient air quality monitoring unit with LED scrolling machine in Salt Lake for the people to know the ambient air quality of the township on a daily basis. Also, the environment department will set up a bio garden in …
Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) mayor Chander Mohan Gupta said in its first endeavour to make Jammu a smart city, the civic body would be launching a strong polythene-free drive next year. “In 2019, my first initiative will be to take up a holistic drive against polythene for which a comprehensive …
PUNE: As many as 717 patients have succumbed to swine flu at various hospitals in Pune city ever since the virus first struck in 2009. However, the latest analysis of swine flu casualties in the city has revealed that 57% of these patients who succumbed to the virus-induced complications were …
The Dhapa dumping ground has been burning for nearly a month and the thick smoke billowing out of the site is making the city’s polluted air even more toxic. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has written to the pollution control board to help it take measures to contain the emission without …
Dehradun: Months after the state government imposed a blanket ban on the use of polythene bags, the restriction is cutting no ice, with many shopkeepers and vendors openly flouting the ban. Traders allege that even though they started using biodegradable and paper bags, most customers found polythene bags to be …
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) waste segregation & composting, rainwater harvesting, and solar power generation. The motivation for NMMC is to improve its ranking in the 2019 Swachh Survekshan-a survey conducted to rank India's cities on various sanitation and cleanliness parameters. The annual incentives will range from Rs 10,000 …
The weekly report released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday claimed 290 fresh cases of dengue reported in this week, taking the total confirmed cases to 1,310. A report released on ‘The State of Health in Delhi’ hints at gross under-reporting of dengue and malaria cases in …
PUNE: Politicians in the city are using the reduced water supply to attack opponents and score brownie points with the citizens ahead of the state elections. The BJP, which has an absolute majority in the municipal corporation, is criticized by the opposition for “failing to prevent” the water crises. The …
After Swine Flu fear, it's the dengue fever that has kick-started with whopping numbers. There are 110 cases in just a week. Interestingly, eight doctors at Civil Hospital Asarva and three doctors at VS Hospital have been diagnosed with dengue. In a weekly health bulletin issued by the health department …
There is a sharp decline in cases of dengue and so far only 62 cases were found positive compared to 307 last year, Deputy director (headquarter), health services, Jammu, Chander Prakash said. He said nine of the 62 patients have got the vector-borne disease from outside the state. The dengue …
As many as 3,942 dengue cases were reported in the state from January 1 to October 10 this year. Of this around 159 dengue cases were reported in Phagwara. This was confirmed by Special Secretary, Health, Punjab, Puneet Goyal, and Sumit Sharma, an epidemiologist, after a meeting with Municipal Corporation …
JAIPUR: While conducting door-to-door survey on Sunday it is suspected that seven more pregnant women may be infected by Zika virus in Shastri Nagar area. The Centre’s team of experts is camping in the area for the past three days. Additional chief secretary (health) Veenu Gupta also joined the team …
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will form an enforcement squad to keep an eye on manufacturers and traders of plastic carry-bags from Tuesday - the day the state government's ban on plastic in six cities - Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Puri and Rourkela - kicks in. Deputy commissioner (sanitation) …
Vadodara: While concerns were being raised regarding dengue cases, more chikungunya cases have started surfacing since about a week now in the city. The number of chikungunya cases reported in the city has already crossed the 200-mark and is consistently increasing. The consistently increasing number has led to concern among …
Over three years after ban on the use of polythene bags, its rampant use continues across the city. Heavy rain earlier this week, which led to flood-like situation, has much to blame polythene bags, which choked sewer lines and drains in many parts in the city. The administration had issued …
Dengue cases have spiralled in the city with over 340 people being diagnosed with the vector-borne disease this season, nearly 70 per cent of whom were affected in September alone, a municipal report released on Monday said. Dengue cases have spiralled in the city with over 340 people being diagnosed …
KOLKATA: It took the death of a 21-year-old girl for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to go hard at dengue in Lotus Park, an area close to the Bijoygarh-Golf Green-Baghajatin belt where dengue had wreaked havoc last year. After Mou Mukherjee died of dengue at MR Bangur Hospital on Saturday, …
The first ever reported case of Zika Virus in the state has made the health department to come into action. Now, 500 houses in the capital Jaipur will be screened by health department team on a daily basis. Along with this, the government has cancelled all types of holidays or …
