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 …
AHMEDABAD: As delayed rains leave you feeling parched, it's time to face a bitter truth. We Amdavadis waste a whopping 39.34 crore litres of water every single day. We waste water in long showers, in washbasins while shaving and brushing teeth, using RO water for hair wash, carwash, and in …
AHMEDABAD: With the maximum temperature at 44.4 degree celsius in the city, Ahmedabad witnessed three more heat-related deaths on Sunday. This took the death toll from the heatwave to 12. On Sunday, the city recorded the second highest temperature in the state after Surendranagar town which recorded a maximum temperature …
AHMEDABAD: Union minister and BJP leader Gopinath Munde's death in a road accident in New Delhi on Tuesday morning has brought the issue of vehicular accidents and subsequent fatalities to focus in the city. In Ahmedabad, death due to road accidents is a major concern and the latest data shows …
Studies on urban metabolism have provided important insights in the material and socio political issues associated with the flow. However, there is dearth of studies that reveal how infrastructure as a hybrid of social and material construct facilitates disease emergence. The paper brings together urban metabolism, political ecology and anthropological …
Following the Supreme Court judgment on manual scavenging in December last year as well as the enactment of the new Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will appoint a special body to monitor sanitary activities in the city. This come after …
This report, one of CDKN’s Inside stories on climate compatible development, looks at how the city of Ahmedabad in Western India is preparing for the increasingly extreme heat of the city, through an early warning system and heat preparedness plan. Ahmedabad is the first city in South Asia to comprehensively …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation & Others Versus Ahmedabad Green Belt Khedut Mandal & Others dated 09/05/2014 regarding Section 40(3)(jj)(a) of the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 and application of certain statutory provisions of the Gujarat Town Planning …
Only 12 per cent of the people living in cities for which air quality data is available, are breathing “safe” air, reveals World Health Organization’s Urban Air Quality database. About half the urban population being monitored is exposed to air pollution that is at least 2.5 times higher than the …
If the coveted alphonso mango you bought recently has failed to tickle your taste buds, it is because it has been artificially ripened by calcium carbide. In fact, market sources reveal that an alarming 60% of the mango crop is ripened using the banned chemical, which is a known carcinogen. …
AHMEDABAD: In the last few days, the health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has seized large stocks of mangoes artificially ripened using cancer-causing calcium carbide. On Wednesday, the AMC team inspected the Kalupur fruit market and seized 989 kg of mangoes that had been artificially-ripened. The team also seized …
Bangalore generates 57,000 MT of electronic waste a year, reveals Assocham study. The report, Electronic Waste Management in India, released as part of World Earth Day on April 22, said India generates around 12.5 lakh MT of electronic waste annually, growing at the rate of 25 per cent. Bangalore generates …
The death of 55-year-old Vejalpur resident, Somti Prajapati from swine flu has sent alarm bells ringing in the health administration. This is fourth death in the last six days in the city. Normally, swine flu cases rise with the onset of monsoon and winter. According to senior AMC health officials, …
After delaying the decision for almost four years, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has finally made headway towards metered water supply in the city. For this, the civic body has appointed a consultant to prepare a detailed project plan for implementation of a 24x7 water supply system in the city for …
With growing no. of vehicles, Chennai earns dubious distinction of HIGHEST LEVELS OF EXHAUST POLLUTION in a study Chennai is a city where vehicular population has grown by leaps and bounds and alongside, so has exhaust pollution. In a study on air pollution in urban areas in 2012, titled ‘Urban …
In the recent past, spells of extreme heat associated with appreciable mortality have been documented in developed countries, including North America and Europe. However, far fewer research reports are available from developing countries or specific cities in South Asia. In May 2010, Ahmedabad, India, faced a heat wave where the …
Keeping passenger fares and freight rates unchanged, railway minister Mallikarjuna Kharge announced the government’s intention to open the rail sector for foreign and domestic investment in his 1014-15 interim budget speech on Wednesday. Mr Kharge also announced 17 new premium trains on the “dynamic fares model”, like airlines, to improve …
In what seems to be a contradiction of sorts, the municipal commissioner is keen on reducing groundwater usage, while the civic body has continued digging new borewells to quench the thirst of the city. Available figures reveal that Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has dug nearly 43 borewells in last five …
Road 'minorities'- bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled-are, sadly, a neglected lot on the city's BRTS stretch today. Ironically, when the BRTS was first inaugurated in 2009, it was socially marketed as one which held pedestrians and bicyclists in high esteem and provided them with dedicated lanes, universally accessible bus stops …
Gujarat high court has issued notices to state's urban development and housing department and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) over a PIL objecting to slum demolition at Ranip area. A civil rights organization - Jan Sangharsh manch's convener, Rajesh Mankad has sought immediate stay on eviction of slum dwellers and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bhausaheb S/o Bhimaji Kulat & Others Vs The State of Maharashtra & Others dated 04/12/2013 on the issue of necessary authorisation for proper collection and Management of Municipal Solid Waste by Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/9-2013(THC)(WZ)%20(OA)_4Dec2013.pdf
