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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kantha Vibhag Yuva Koli Samaj Parivartan Trust & Ors. Vrs. State of Gujarat & Ors. dated 15/09/2015 regarding open dumping of municipal solid waste by the operators of the municipal solid waste (MSW) plant at Khajod, …
In a race between 100 cities picked up from states and union territories across the country, only 20 will start their 'smart' journey this financial year. The remaining 80, in the proposed 100 smart city plan, will join the club in two equal batches of 40 each in the following …
SURAT : Following directions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has lodged a complaint with the chief judicial magistrate here against Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) authorities including the municipal commissioner and operators of the municipal solid waste (MSW) plant at Khajod, Hanjar Biotech Energies …
This paper examines the vulnerability context of migrant workers’ in the informal sector in three Indian cities (Kochi, Surat, and Mumbai), specifically in terms of how their livelihoods interface with climate change and health inequities. A key assumption is that the progression of vulnerability to climate change and infectious diseases …
Other cities selected include Surat, Chennai, Melbourne, New York, Glasgow, LA The US-based Rockefeller Foundation has selected Bengaluru as one among the three Indian Resilient Cities (RC) for its 100 million dollar project that will focus on building global cities equipped to handle social, economic and physical challenges. Surat and …
SURAT: Cases of the deadly swine flu continues to surge in south Gujarat with seven more people testing positive for the virus since Saturday. Since January 1, the H1N1 virus, has already claimed five lives in the region. In all, 23 people have tested positive of which 18 are from …
The Diamond City is set to have its own plastic treatment plant to dispose of over 200 metric tons of daily plastic waste. This comes at a time when the city already boasts of a tertiary plant that treats 40 million litres of water per day(MLD). The plant is part …
SURAT: The Nature Club of Surat (NCS), an NGO working for the environment education and animal welfare, has initiated a survey in coordination with the forest department to establish the exact population of crocodiles in and around the city. The survey, first-of-its-kind in south Gujarat, has been undertaken after more …
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will pay Rs 40 lakh to social forestry department to chop off nearly 175 trees on Surat-Dumas Road to make way for its Bus Rapid Transit System. Already 60 trees have been removed by it and in the days to come, the remaining green cover on …
SURAT: Six major construction projects in the city are likely to face action from Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for not obtaining environment clearance (EC) certificate. These projects include L&T; township at Hazira and Agriculture Produce Market committee (APMC) complex near Sahara Darwaja. According to the law, all developers coming …
Project will see remote management of all the utilities from a single city command While a smart city project by Microsoft in Surat is on its way, the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) has already seen the first phase of its own smart city project up and running. The …
SURAT: Surat City Climate Change Trust (SCCT) will chalk out a definite strategy to tackle major challenges of reduction of greenhouse gas emission, pollution and atmospheric heat. "We are the only city in India to be included in the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) list of top 100 resilient cities of the …
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 …
This report presents the inclusive framework for articulating city resilience underpinning the City Resilience Index. It argues that city’s resilience depends on its physical assets as well as its policies, social capital and institutions. This report develops the indicators and variables that will comprise the City Resilience Index. In the …
As a part of on going campaign of making Surat 'Zero Slum' city, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started construction of 2,500 houses at 11 places in the city. Construction for another 2,000 homes of 1 BHK in economically weaker section (EWS) and low-income group (LIG) category would begin …
To prove that it is serious about implementing its poll promise of affordable urban housing, Gujarat government plans to start construction of around 75,000 houses by its para institutions across the state before the forthcoming Lok Sabha (LS) polls. "We are actually eyeing beginning the construction of one lakh houses, …
Cities across the world have started recognising the need to address urban climate vulnerabilities. In Asia, the role of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), a nine-year initiative (2008-2017) supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, has been significant. Over the years, ACCCRN has worked in ten cities in four …
This synthesis report covers the key findings from the ACCCRN project work in India from 2008 through 2013. This report summarizes research done as a part of ACCCRN in the areas of urbanisation and risk, future scenarios for urban areas in India, and climate change challenges. It also summarizes case …
Company looking to either buy its own land or enter into joint venture with land owners in state Even as it nears the launch of its first affordable housing project in Gujarat at Halol near Vadodara, Kolkata-based real estate player Ashiana Housing Limited is already planning to expand its presence …
Around 20 years from now, Mumbai and Chennai may routinely start seeing temperatures hotter than they have experienced in 150 years, an alarming University of Hawaii study predicting the climate ‘tipping points’ of various cities has warned. By 2045, Pune, Surat, Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad would have joined the ranks …
