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 …
A main reason behind increase in PM10 levels is steep hike in number of vehicles in the city. Hyderabad: A decade of measures to reduce pollution by building flyovers to ease traffic congestion, introducing MMTS services to take vehicles off the road and ensuring supply of clean fuel have failed …
HYDERABAD: Dengue seems to be growing as a threat to the city, with officials confirming an astounding 70 cases till Monday this year. According to officials from the Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Parasitology, there were a total of 80 cases of dengue in the city last year. Only 40 …
Residents of these households relieve themselves in open places, drains or railway tracks. Hyderabad: Around 70,000 households in Hyderabad, mostly in the suburbs, do not have individual toilets. Officials said that as per the Samagra Kutumba Survey, residents of these households relieve themselves in open places, drains or railway tracks. …
500-700 cases are reported in the out-patient department daily. Most of them are for viral fevers.. Hyderabad: Eighty-nine cases each of dengue and malaria were recorded last month, keeping health officials on their toes. Last year, the city recorded 15 cases of dengue and 30 of malaria in July. Those …
Hyderabad: Once a fad, green buildings are fast becoming the norm in the city's western corridor. From residential apartments to office spaces, buildings in the IT hub are turning environment-friendly as well as stylish. According to data available with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), of the 250 IGBC-rated green …
Hyderabad: Questioning the purpose of taking up plantation on one hand and resorting to indiscriminate felling of trees on the other, the Hyderabad High Court has taken up as public interest petition (PIL), a letter written by journalist Kingshuk Nag on the wisdom behind the plan to axe 3,100 precious …
Pollution Control Board of Telangana, in coordination with Famous Premier League and Vajra Events, will host a Go Green Cricket Cup T-20 match between FPL XI and PCB XI on June 26 at Lal Bahadur Stadium here in aid of environment and tree protection in the State. Raghu, member of …
HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is proposing to install grid-connected rooftop solar power generating plants on its office buildings to cut down on its electricity charges. The GHMC will invite Expression of Interest cum Request for Proposal for taking up the project. A tentative survey was conducted for …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday gave all states three weeks to prepare and present a report on pollution levels in their worst-affected cities. A bench headed by Chairperson Swatanter Kumar directed each state to submit details about two most-polluted cities in their territories, including data on pollution from dust, …
Hyderabad: The `Save KBR' campaign continued to gather steam in the city over the weekend, with Hyderabadis vowing to not stop until the government reviews its Strategic Road Development Project (SRDP) that proposes to run through the eco-sensitive buffer zone of Hyderabad's sprawling national park. Condemning the plan, citizens and …
25 model buildings to be reference points The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation plans to popularise the Energy Conservation Building Code, beginning with 25 model buildings, both government and commercial, being made reference models for others. The code will apply to buildings constructed on 1,000 sq mt of land, with built-up …
Improper land use pattern of master plan of Hyderabad are reasons why environmental quality has degraded so much, says environmentalist. Hyderabad: The study on the city’s environmental conditions noticed that the overall environmental quality was still intact on the outskirts of GHMC where urban growth was not yet intense due …
Water Board MD advised consumers not to use drinking water for any purpose other than drinking or cooking. Hyderabad: The Water Board loses 9 million gallons a day out of the 355 MGD that it supplies in the city. The board blames it on leakage from old pipelines. About 325 …
Fluoride content high in areas depending on groundwater. Hyderabad: Rapid depletion of ground water levels in Hyderabad, resulting in borewells being dug deeper and deeper, is posing a fluoride risk. Chaemicl analysis conducted by the state groundwater department has shown that the fluoride content in water is above the permissible …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/01/2016 regarding diseases as a result of pollution majorly generated by air pollution. Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jharkhand would file a comprehensive affidavit stating …
HYDERABAD: The urban biodiversity (parks) wing of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has woken up from deep slumber and plans to take up measures in the next financial year to increase the green cover in the city. In the last two years there was not much tree plantation or development of …
HYDERABAD: Despite being a Sunday , the pollution levels in the city peaked at 121 suspended particulate matter (SPM). While it is usually considered that vehicular movement is comparatively less than a weekday , the surge in the pollution levels has forced the green brigade to proclaim that the city …
HYDERABAD: The ministry of environment and forestry will soon send a fact-finding team to assess the impact of the state government's relaxation of a moratorium on industrial activity in the city. The team will assess whether the government's move would add to the pollution levels in the city. The Telangana …
Hyderabad: “Keep calm and say no to crackers”; “celebrate Diwali as the festival of lights rather than smoke and sound”. These SMSes are being received by many people in Hyderabad from the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) ahead of Diwali. The TSPCB will be monitoring the various air pollution …
The rising heat that we are witnessing today has more than one reasons behind it, with a major contributor being vehicular pollution. And though norms say that all vehicles must have valid 'pollution under control' PUC certificates, this rule is being laughed off my many a motorist. The PUC certificate …
