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 …
March 3: The city is likely to face severe water shortage as a result of the rapid growth in infrastructure, sources said. "The utilisation of ground water has increased since the last four years. But, there has been no increase in the water table in the city," said Mr N. …
March 3: The Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board officials said the decision of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to plant trees that provide shade alone is a "blunder". The plantation programmes of GHMC would have filled up coffers of the civil body had it gone for planting economically important trees. The AP …
The lives of nearly four million people of Thatta, Badin, Tando Mohammad Khan and the rural parts of Hyderabad districts were under threat due to the supply of highly contaminated water. These districts of lower Sindh get water through the irrigation system of left bank canal system of Kotri Barrage, …
In this paper, an analysis of data from continuous ambient air monitoring station in Hyderabad is reported to better understand daily and seasonal trends of particulates and chemistry of ozone pollution in the atmosphere. The objective of the paper has been to investigate the contribution levels of transport emissions to …
The current study uses contingent valuation technique to estimate the value of clean water in river Musi in Hyderabad, India. The main source of pollution of the river is untreated domestic and industrial wastewater from the urban area of Hyderabad. Therefore, people
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion. The key focus of the fiscal measures are clean fuels and technologies including CNG, LPG and zero emissions technologies; disincentives for older …
Hyderabad Dec. 1: Next time a traffic cop fumes at you for violating a minor traffic rule, think twice before cursing him. He may possibly be experiencing high stress after being exposed to high levels of pollution every day. Not only do high levels of pollution increase irritability, it also …
Hyderabad Dec. 1: More and more people in the city are suffering from health problems caused by high levels of pollution. Mr Pawan Reddy, an IT professional, went to a hospital because he was suffering from constant breathlessness and was diagnosed with asthma by a pulmonologist. The reasons were obvious. …
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD Nov. 30: Thousands of tonnes of electronic waste generated from the city is tucked away in landfills or burnt disregarding health hazards it poses. The landfills turn harmful with the leaching of mercury, cadmium and lead toxins and contaminates land and water sources by percolation. Studies …
Hyderabad, Nov. 5: Thousands of families in the cantonment area are being forced to maintain separate septic tanks for sanitation. Though officials say that 75 per cent of the 65,000 households in 300 colonies are connected to the sewerage network which includes the underground drainage and septic tanks, only about …
Rapid pace of urbanization has led to generation of large quantities of solid waste and hazardous waste in many cities of India. The rate of generation of waste has increased beyond the handling capacities of civic agencies responsible for collection and disposal of wastes. In order to assist MOEF in …
This multi-agency study was designed to prepare a co-benefit action plan for air pollution control in Hyderabad, India, with base year 2006. The program included a year long source apportionment study, bottom-up air pollution analysis and co-benefits analysis of the city action plan. This multi-agency study was designed to prepare …
This report summarizes the activities that occurred as part of the FTA Mission to India conducted in September 2008. The mission provided the opportunity to members of the U.S. delegation to meet with senior Indian transportation officials, and to learn of India
Hyderabad, Oct. 21: It is lopsided policies that leave Andhra Pradesh and its capital water-starved more than scarcity of the precious commodity. If the state is able to manage the available water resources and ensure 24/7 water supply, it would be more economical and safe than intermittent water supply which …
Hyderabad, Oct. 21: The practice of laying water pipelines close to sewer lines has led to the spread of water-borne diseases during monsoon. While digging roads for laying cable lines, the rain water gushes in and seeps into the water pipelines after getting mixed with the raw sewerage and run …
Hyderabad, Oct. 14: The Centre has sanctioned a Rs 125-crore project for the modernisation of stormwater and drainage system in the city. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning to spend the amount for improving the stormwater disposal system at Punjagutta, Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills and Khairatabad. The GHMC has …
