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 …
Hyderabad: As many as 1,160 polluting industries will be shifted out of Hyderabad city. The Telangana State Pollution Control Board has identified 1,545 industries, of which 385 are already located outside Outer Ring Road, minister K.T. Rama Rao told the Legislative Council on Tuesday. “Only 1,160 units need to be …
Promoters seek clarity over fate of their land in city, may get realty permit. Hyderabad: To encourage industries located in the city to move outside the Outer Ring Road limits, the Telangana state government is willing to allow real estate development, construction of commercial complexes and housing projects on the …
Hyderabad: Municipal commissioners will be given magisterial powers to penalise those throwing garbage, plastic and construction waste on the roads, illegally installing posters, banners or flexis, scrawling graffiti in public spaces, defacing public property and defecating in the open. Cases will be booked against politicians, irrespective of the party they …
In spite of being an important cog in the transit system, the poorly maintained, smog-spewing share autos seen ferrying multiple passengers in the Cyberabad region are one of the biggest sources of pollution, say commuters. "Anybody commuting around the Hi-Tec City region knows that it is nearly impossible to drive …
A study conducted among 10 Indian metro cities investigates the impact of municipal solid waste and animal birth control programme on stray dog population and its menaces. Its results show statistically strong and positive linkages among the variables such as human population, municipal solid waste, per capita solid waste, food …
The Bam Ruknud-Dowlah lake continues to be at peril as it does not find a place on the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority's list of of over 2,800 lakes, said noted environmentalist Lubna Sarwath. Speaking at the sidelines of a programme on Musi protection at the Government City College, Sarwath said, …
A two-day international conference on climate change, water agriculture and food security will be held at ICRISAT Hyderabad on Wednesday. The objective is to better understand and synthesise the biophysical, technological, institutional, social, economic and political drivers for future agricultural development and food security. The conference has been planned across …
PM10 pollution was down, PM2.5 figures being worked out. Hyderabad: Many Hyderabadis said no to crackers this Diwali, and this was reflected in the city’s pollution data for Sunday. Last year the maximum PM10 level was recorded at Kukatpally at 412 micrograms/metre cube(µg/m3) whereas this year at the same location …
HYDERABAD: Alarmed over the rising levels of pollution within the iconic Salar Jung Museum, scientists have now called for immediate measures to save priceless artefacts housed within its premises. During a recently-concluded inspection, a team of experts from the National Envi ronmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) spoke of the deteriorating …
HYDERABAD: It could well be a dull Diwali for Hyderabad's cracker sellers this year. With less than a week for the festival of lights, traders complain of low footfall at their stores with some pegging the ultimate drop in business at 30% or more. According to the Telangana Firecrackers Dealers …
HYDERABAD: Three weeks after removing thousands of Ganesh idols from the Hussainsagar, authorities are now struggling to clear over 3,000 Durga idols immersed in the iconic lake. With idol immersion concluding on Thursday night, officials of the Telangana state Pollution Control Board (TSPCB), said the pollution level at the lake …
Many encroached drains were identified at Kapra, Uppal, L.B. Nagar and Chaitanyapuri. Hyderabad: With 32 special teams, GHMC authorities began the “Samagrah” survey on nala and lake encroachments on Tuesday. Many encroached drains were identified at Kapra, Uppal, L.B. Nagar and Chaitanyapuri. Officials visited 23 main nalas. Surveys were conducted …
NO RESPITE: Metro rail work has been causing inconvenience to residents since the start of the year. Heavy machinery and continuous drilling has led to high levels of noise pollution. The vibration caused by the drilling can be felt even within our homes. We lodged a complaint with the Prime …
As per the Pollution Control Board, on Monday, Sanathnagar recorded 60.9 microgram of dust particles per metre cube in the air. Hyderabad: Motorists who had to tackle heavy rains and waterlogging till Sunday, faced heavy dust on city roads on Monday as the rains stopped. No sweeping was done by …
Building violations lead to huge losses for residents; FTL limits ignored. Hyderabad: Unauthorised cellars in apartments have become a curse for residents of Nizampet, Bachupally and other areas of Cyberabad which have been badly hit by rain for the past two days. While rainwater has been cleared from several localities, …
The GHMC has asked Army officials to inspect Begumpet, Nizampet, Alwal and Hakimpet areas, especially low-lying colonies. Hyderabad: The GHMC has asked the Army for help in relief operations in the city. As per Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s directions, GHMC commissioner B. Janardhan Reddy on Thursday met defence officials …
1,000 families take shelter with relatives. Hyderabad: Nearly 3,000 people have been displaced in the city due to heavy rains in the last two days and shifted to rehabilitation centres established in government schools, anganwadi centers and other government buildings. Besides this, nearly 1,000 families from inundated apartments in Kukatpally …
Met department said that the upper air circulation had turned into a lower pressure area over Bay of Bengal, which resulted in the rains. Hyderabad: Tuesday night’s rains broke a 16-year record as Hyderabad received 16.7 cm of rains. From 10 pm to midnight, the GHMC limits received the highest …
HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday directed officials to take steps to supply piped drinking water to all households under the Mission Bhagirath scheme by December 2017. The CM had convened a review meeting at his camp office to take stock of on-going work related to it. The …
Red and Orange industries will be relocate outside the city to make Hyderabad free from Industrial Pollution Telangana government plans to shift polluting industries out of the city, state Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao said on Wednesday. "We want to make Hyderabad a city sans industrial pollution, a …
