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 Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad, on Thursday appeared before the Lokayukta and submitted a status report of the water bodies within HMDA limits. This was done following the directions of the Lokayukta, which in June sought a report on all the water bodies along with the …
It is not just nitrogen oxides and particulate matter that causes pollution in the city. A new study claims to have found high levels of toxic benzene in Hyderabad’s air. It says that the city now faces the challenge of a multi-pollutant crisis. And not just Hyderabad, but tier-II cities …
Almost one-fifth of the centrally-funded sewage treatment plants in the country are “non-operational”, leading to millions of litres of untreated water either seeping into the ground as potential pollutant of ground water or being discharged into natural drainage systems and rivers every day. Besides, performance of another nearly one-fifth of …
Saffolalife is an initiative by Saffola which provides health and nutrition aspects of preventive healthcare and seeks to impart accurate, credible and expert-led information. From free cholesterol checks across 90 cities in India to helping individuals find their heart’s age, Saffolalife’s mission is to keep India’s heart healthy. Every year, …
The Saffolalife Study 2013, India’s largest study on risk factors precipitating heart disease, found that more than 70% of 1.86 lakh urban Indian respondents are at cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. When the study was conducted among 23,313 Delhi respondents over a period of three years, it was revealed that 71% …
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s scheme to regularise illegal water connections has failed miserably with not a single application being submitted. Though thousands called up the Board office and many others came in person to enquire about the regularisation offer, which concluded a couple of days ago, …
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, which is supposed to protect lakes and water bodies from pollution, has itself choked up a twoacre lake located inside Sanjeevaiah Park. The water body is currently a “danger zone” because the HMDA, with no identified site in hand, has been dumping toxic waste material flowing …
Hyderabad: With the city’s Ganesh associations targeting one lakh pandals this year, Hyderabad’s lakes are in grave danger. Last year 48,333 idols were immersed only in Hussainsagar, of which 29,391 (more than 60 per cent) had chemicals and metallic colours, while just 18,942 idols had natural and vegetable colours. To …
To put an end to unplanned haphazard development, the Secunderabad Cantonment Board has decided to prepare a land-use plan that will identify and demarcate the roads and areas of the Cantonment into residential, commercial, semi-commercial, transportation, recreational and green area among others zones. Secunderabad Cantonment chief executive officer Sujatha Gupta …
Though Osmansagar and Himayatsagar are on the verge of drying up due to poor inflows, there is some good news too. Groundwater levels in most of the localities in the city have risen. Groundwater, which was available at an average of 7.45 metres in Hyderabad in August last year, has …
New Delhi: In another proof that worsening air quality in Indian cities is affecting people’s health, a study has found that Indians have 30% lower lung function as compared to Europeans. Things could get worse if immediate steps are not taken to curb vehicular emission, doctors warned. The study was …
Industries and commercial establishments in and around the city should brace for a steep hike in drinking water tariff as the Hyderabad Water Board has proposed a 100 per cent hike. However, domestic consumers will be spared. Department officials will make a detailed presentation to Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy …
With an aim to attract more visitors to the country by improving cleanliness and hygiene at tourist destinations, Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi on Wednesday launched the “Clean India” campaign at world heritage site Taj Mahal. The 17th Century marble mausoleum, which has been adopted by ONGC, is the second site …
Company says WHO prequalification is a key step for distribution of the vaccine in developed countries. Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company Biological E (BioE) on Monday said, the WHO has prequalified its Japanese Encephalitis vaccine for global use in adults. The company expects that paediatric indication will also be prequalified by the …
The capital might be staring at the possibility of a cholera outbreak even as a swine flu death was reported on Monday, raising questions about the general sanitation levels and quality of drinking water supplied. In a further alarming twist, doctors had initially feared that the swine flu victim, who …
Many residential and flats’ associations in the city are drilling six-inch borewells, which is illegal. These associations pay kickbacks to zonal MROs, following which the authorities do not go for a site check nor question them when borewells are being dug. In addition, rig owners draw extra ground water and …
Two complete blocks of the Secretariat (D and H blocks) will soon rely on solar energy to generate power. This is the third large government building after Raj Bhavan and Rail Nirman Nilayam to convert partially to solar energy. Tenders are being invited for erecting solar panels in all government …
KATHMANDU: Experts today underlined the need of a separate policy and mechanism to address the water security of peri-urban parts in South Asian countries. A two-day conference to share the research programmes conducted in the four cities of South Asia kicked off in Kathmandu today. Researches highlighted the plight of …
The phase I of the Godavari drinking water supply project has received the forest clearance, which will pave the way for its implementation by next year. The project seeks to augment water to the metropolitan city of Hyderabad and its neighbouring areas. The long-awaited clearance will enable the Government to …
Hyderabad: Citizens acquiring a house or building one have to first construct a rain water harvesting (RWH) pit in their plots and then apply for permission to build one. Cantonment authorities, who failed to get builders in tow and construct RWH pits as shown in their building plans at the …
