Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
GHMC claims that they have 150 fogging machines but it is not found to be sufficient as the estimated requirement is of 300 fogging machines. Fogging is done on rotation basis in areas and often the area that has undergone the treatment will get the next chance only after three …
The Ig chikungunia blood test will be carried out to if the fever and pain do not subside in two or three days. Hyderabad: More than 300 cases of viral fever with pain in joints, ankles, knees and shoulder joints have been reported in Yapral, Alwal, RK Puram and Kushiguda …
HYDERABAD: Stating that they have to equip themselves with black belts if they were to protect green belts from further destruction, a two-judge bench of the Hyderabad high court on Thursday gave 24 hours to the union ministry of environment, forests and climate change to explain to the court the …
500 cases of infection reported this year as against 5,300 last year Breaks in monsoon may give the State a breather from the spate of dengue infections that the health department has moved to contain. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a decrease in rainfall activity in Telangana for …
FSSAI urges restaurants to voluntarily display calories. Hyderabad: Hyderabad restaurant owners are not complying with the new calorie count directive introduced by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India. The FSSAI as part of its ‘Eat Healthy movement’ has asked all restaurants to voluntarily display the calories per dish …
This is the first time government testing centres are being set up. Hyderabad: The Regional Transport Authority is to establish government authorised pollution testing centres at the RTOs in Khairatabad, Bandlaguda and Secunderabad in the next 15 days. This is the first time government testing centres are being set up. …
HYDERABAD: Forget the core city of Hyderabad; even peripheral or peri-urban areas are now under the threat of poisonous black carbon particulate matter. A research study conducted in about two dozen areas abutting Hyderabad has revealed high concentration of black carbon in the atmosphere — an indication of unchecked use …
HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has failed to implement National Green Tribunal (NGT) order to undertake a scientific study on effects of pollution on residents in and around Hyderabad pharma cluster, which produces 40% of world’s bulk drugs. Though a petition against these polluting industries was filed in the Supreme Court …
Earlier, the city was listed on the top 10 of most air-polluted metropolitan cities. Hyderabad: Telangana's Hyderabad has been ranked third in the list of sound polluted metropolitan cities. Earlier, the city, which houses a major tech industry, was listed on the top 10 most air-polluted metropolitan cities. Over the …
HYDERABAD: Reverberating the United Nation's awakening call to ditch plastic, Telangana, along with rest of India, on Tuesday marked World Environment Day with 'beat the plastic pollution' as its theme. However, with the city sitting on heaps of plastic waste, community and government efforts to 'beat the plastic pollution' seem …
Residents of the township have already set up 168 tanks. Hyderabad: Residents of Alkapoor Township, Manikonda will be setting up 85 rainwater harvesting pits to save all the water they can this monsoon. They already have 168 rainwater harvesting pits dug earlier over 358 acres. Prior to 2013, when the …
Hyderabad: In a unique initiative, the Hyderabad Traffic Police is sending out text messages asking motorists not to sound the horn unnecessarily. About 20 lakh motorists received a text message on Tuesday from the traffic police reading: “Noise pollution is injurious to health and unnecessary honking is punishable under Rule …
Symptoms of infection caused by Nipah virus include encephalitis accompanied by Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Other symptoms include cough, cold, high-grade fever. HYDERABAD: Two people who are suspected to be suffering from Nipah virus infection are admitted at hospitals in Hyderabad. Both the suspected patients are around 25-year-old and …
HYDERABAD: A pollution monitoring station at US Consulate at Begumpet has revealed that on most days air quality is ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’. On Sunday evening, Air Quality Index (AQI) was 126. On May 8and May 9, the index was worse and above 150. In a tweet, US Consulate General …
HYDERABAD: With decibel levels in the city increasing rapidly, sensitive zones are falling prey to noise pollution. Statistics with Pollution Control Board show that sound produced in some commercial and sensitive zones are higher than permissible levels. Noise monitoring systems in Hyderabad are located at commercial zones of Abids and …
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said electric vehicles will be introduced in road transport corporation buses and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) vehicles in a phased manner. Private vehicles, too, will be encouraged to turn electric to reduce vehicular pollution. The CM inspected the electric vehicles being manufactured by …
However, the LED streetlights have only 75 per cent illumination or brightness. Hyderabad: The upgradation of streetlights from conventional sodium vapour to LED has got into troubled waters with EESL failing to complete the entrusted work. According to highly placed sources in GHMC, Energy Efficiency Services Limited, a Central government …
The Metro will be using three megawatts for complete operations across all corridors per day, said M.P. Naidu, project director, L&T; Metro. Hyderabad: The L&T; Metro will be sourcing one third of its energy requirement from renewable sources like solar and wind energy across all corridors. “The Metro will be …
City has rooftop solar potential of 1,730 MW; can contribute to India’s solar goals The city has a rooftop solar potential of 1,730 MW of which 1,193 MW can be generated from residential areas. This could lead to a reduction of power demand in the city by approximately 15%. Joint …
Entomology staff accused of forging residents’ signatures. Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has managed to clear hyacinth from around 20 lakes and water tanks out of the total 81 identified this year. The presence of hyacinth in the lake had caused massive mosquito menace near the lakes. Residents …
