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 …
RAIPUR: In absence of valid authorisation for disposal of biomedical wastes, more than 50 state-run health care establishments in Chhattisgarh, including district hospitals and medical colleges, are putting public health and environment at grave risk by throwing them in normal garbage bins. Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) made these observations in …
RAIPUR: Despite having the dubious distinction of being one of the 20 most polluted cities in world, Chhattisgarh Environment Control Board (CGECB) has stopped monitoring air quality in Raipur for last two months, thanks to the unwillingness of any industry or industrial body to foot the bill for maintenance of …
A solid waste management system based on the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model will be developed in Naya Raipur with proper segregation of a waste at source, officials stated. The new capital region would have separate disposal sites of hazardous or bio waste where massive plantations would also be carried …
The various world class recreational and general public facilities in the Public Experience Zone in Central Park of Naya Raipur is proposed to be powered by a set of Wind Power equipments in the State’s rapidly evolving high-tech administrative capital- Naya Raipur. A total of six wind power equipments would …
RAIPUR: A study conducted by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi, has confirmed the presence of coliform bacteria, found in feces in the drinking water supply in Raipur and identified it as the main cause for recent jaundice (Hepatitis E) breakout in city, which claimed two lives and left …
Union government has released the first installment of Rs 30 crore to Chhattisgarh under its Swachh Bharat Mission for constructing individual and community toilets and implementing solid waste management. A four-year target (October 2019) has been fixed by state to make it open-defecation free. Talking to TOI, Raipur municipal commissioner …
State government's urban administration and development department has directed all municipal commissioners, district collectors, and chief municipal officers to carry out drive for removal and collection of polythene carry bags littered on roads. Government has in recent past declared it to be a plastic-free state with effect from January 1, …
Raipur city is among the nine other cities chosen by the Centre last year among the ‘Pilot Solar Cities’ for implementation of its ambitious ‘Development of Solar Cities Programme’, according to the annual report of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for 2013-14. The other eight cities chosen …
RAIPUR: Raipurians have not been conscious of a green Diwali going by air and noise pollution data of last few years. Whether there will be a remarkable change this Diwali remains to be seen. Data collected by Chhattisgarh State Environment Conservation Board (CSECB) revealed that pollution levels, have been consistently …
Chhattisgarh government has decided to survey its air quality by installing two air-monitoring systems in the state capital. Two similar systems would also be installed, one each in Bilaspur and Raigarh. Talking to TOI, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) member Devendra Singh said the systems, which cost Rs 65 lakh …
The State Government has been preparing master plans for a total of 169 cities and towns of the State, officials said on Wednesday. It has appointed an Ahmedabad based company as its Consultant which will complete the preparation of the master plan within three years. Chief Minister Raman Singh on …
RAIPUR: In less than two months, Chhattisgarh Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued a second notice to AIIMS, Raipur, for not complying with the provision of bio-medical waste rules and causing health and environment hazards. Talking to TOI, Environment Conservation Board member Devendra Singh said this notice has been issued …
The Chhattisgarh Government has added another feather in its cap by receiving the Centre’s nod for developing a ‘Smart City’ between Raipur and Naya Raipur on Thursday. The approval is being considered as a major boost to the State’s ongoing developmental push for taking up a large number of infrastructure …
RAIPUR: Six people have died in last three days owing to heat even as temperature continued to remain high at 44.1 degrees celsius on Monday. Terrible change in climatic conditions has triggered anxiety that Raipur and Bhilai were never so hot 8-10 years ago and perhaps a Chipko Movement is …
RAIPUR: As heat-wave continues to grip state capital, three persons died here of heat stroke in last three days with temperature soaring to highest on Sunday to 45.9 degree celsius. Monsoon may have hit Kerala but Raipur, the hottest city in state which was struggling with jaundice deaths, has witnessed …
Expressing concern over the use of polythene bags harming the environment, Secretary (Housing and Environment) Sanjay Shukla said that urban bodies and Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) will have to join hands to generate awareness with strict enforcement of solid waste management measures. Speaking as a chief guest of a …
To check spread of jaundice and other infectious diseases, as many as 1,763 new water connections have been provided in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar and free health camps were organised in the city on instructions of Chief Minister Raman Singh. Free health check-up camps were organised at 20 locations across …
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) and some of the leading government hospitals in Raipur, including AIIMS, are at loggerheads over notices issued to them for non-compliance of rules pertaining to disposal of medical waste. Though notices were issued to AIIMS and Ambedkar Hospital and 16 others on May 3, …
RAIPUR: When it comes to air pollution, a World Health Organisation (WHO) report concluded that Raipur has gained the dubious distinction of being the third worst city in India and has found its way on the list of top twenty polluted cities in world. Environmentalists fear that it's only a …
BHOPAL: Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh capital Raipur are among top four cities of the world with the dirtiest air, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) study. Delhi leads the pack in this score. Of 20 cities in the world with dirtiest air, 13 are from India. Both …
