Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to set up a State Disaster Response Force on the lines of the National Disaster Response Force, which will be stationed at Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. “Discussions are on and a meeting has been convened with the Chief Secretary on forming the SDRF. The …
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday expressed its displeasure at the apathy of the authorities in protecting the Osmansagar and Himayatsagar lakes —the main drinking water sources for the state capital — from encroachments and pollution. The court sought an action taken report from the authorities. A division bench …
Plastic waste generation is no longer a problem confined to metro cities. Even tier two cities like Indore and Bhopal are generating mounds of plastic in industrial, residential and even slum areas. This is a rather common sight in Indore. As a result, the city has achieved the distinction of …
The Hyderabad unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd is set to commercially launch a solar power driven steam turbine for the solar energy sector. It has developed the product that is essentially a 50 MW steam turbine, with the steam generated through solar power. “This can be useful for concentrated …
Hyderabad: The dengue virus is more widespread than estimated, as India alone accounted for 33 million infections in 2012, according to a study published by Oxford University researchers on April 7. While the World Health Organisation estimates the number to be 100 million worldwide, the study claims that in 2012, …
Hyderabad: The nearly Rs 4,000-crore phase-I of the Godavari drinking water project for Greater Hyderabad is about to overcome a major environmental hurdle with the state government giving a green signal to the Water Board to take over 28 acres of forest land in Ranga Reddy district for construction of …
Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) is planning to replicate the Gujarat model to ensure street food safety in eight cities including Bhubaneshwar, Hyderabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata among others. This apart, a senior official of FSSAI said here on Thursday that of the Rs 4,500 crore sanctioned by …
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has obtained clearances for a 40 MW power plant with municipal solid waste generated in the city. The corporation expects to use the 3,100 tonnes of municipal solid waste it generates every day as fuel for the power plant, GHMC Special Commissioner Navin Mittal said …
This is sounds like crisis. Scientists at the premier National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) have said groundwater in Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, along with several other northern cities, are declining at such a rapid pace that in three years the Andhra Pradesh capital will be almost bone dry. “History …
To protect lakes from encroachments and ensure their upkeep, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) will rope in corporates and non-governmental organisations (NGO) by floating a novel scheme - 'adopt a lake'. The lakes, located in the erstwhile Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) jurisdiction and outside the Greater Hyderabad Municipal …
Patancheru and its surrou-nding areas in Hyderabad are well known for soil and water pollution, but what is shocking is that the contamination level of poisonous arsenic have touched 50,000 parts per billion (ppb) in certain pockets. This is 1,000 times more than the maximum permissible level of 50 ppb …
From the sky, the Garden City of Bangalore now looks more smoggy compared to other mega cities in the subcontinent, thanks to rising levels of tiny soot particles in the atmosphere from vehicle and industrial pollution. American and European mega cities appear cleaner over the past decade, while cities in …
The last planeload carrying participants from the COP 11 meeting of the international Convention on Biodiversity has flown out of Hyderabad, much to the relief of its citizens who were all inconvenienced for two weeks by the razzmatazz. One wonders if the 111th Conference of the Parties, when it occurs …
Water samples collected by the department of Water and Waste Water Analysis, Institute of Preventive Medicine from various parts of Hyderabad shows that there are still a few junctions where no residue of chlorine is found in the water. In a regular drive conducted by the department, close to 2,000 …
Hyderabad: The growing vehicular population and the resultant pollution levels in Hyderabad, the fifth largest metropolitan city in the country, are playing havoc with the health of the traffic police. A whopping 32 per cent of the traffic police personnel in the city were found to be suffering from lung-related …
Indian Minister for Forest and Environment and new president of Conference of Parties on Convention of Biodiversity Jayanthi Natarajan has said that the high level segment discussions recognized that biological loss led to the loss of livelihood resulting in persistence of poverty. In her summary statement at the high level …
At a time when biodiversity is falling victim to rapid urbanisation, the India Biodiversity Awards, announced on Wednesday, tried to reverse the trend by recognizing the novel idea of community-based conservation initiatives. At the ongoing 11th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at Hyderabad, the Pir Jahania …
Hyderabad: A consensus between developed and developing nations on the issue of resource mobilisation to achieve the 10-year Aichi biodiversity target is likely to emerge during Thursday’s meeting at the on-going UN conference on biological diversity. This was stated by Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jayanthi Natarajan, who took …
About 120 marine hotspots identified by experts are awaiting to be approved by the Convention on Biological Diversity as they need immediate attention. This approval is aimed at pushing the international community to recognise and protect these sensitive areas. The new knowledge gathered about them is aimed at better managing …
New Delhi, Satna-based companies misrepresented facts The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday registered two new first information reports in connection with its ongoing probe into the scam-tainted allocation of coal blocks between 2006 and 2009. The agency booked New Delhi-based Green Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (now Athena Infra Projects) and …
