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: Mass transport services like the BRTS of Ahmedabad will have to be implemented in other cities of the state. This was stated by the chairman of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Sudhir Krishnan. He said that BRTS in Ahmedabad was a success and hence the same should be replicated in …
New Delhi In an attempt to de-risk its exploration business, state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to foray into gas retailing business through a new subsidiary -- ONGC Gas Ltd. ONGC would use the new subsidiary for its foray into city gas distribution business and sale of imported …
Surpassing China, India will become the world's largest economy by 2050, a report said. "China will overtake the US to become the world's largest economy by 2020, which in turn will be overtaken by India in 2050," according to Wealth Report 2012 by Knight Frank & Citi Private Bank. As …
Accelerating growth in the transport sector, a booming construction industry, and a growing industrial sector are responsible for worsening air pollution in Indian cities. While estimates of health impacts are effective in raising overall concern about air quality, they do not specifically answer the question of what are the sources …
AHMEDABAD: An all-India survey conducted ahead of 'World AIDS Day' on Thursday indicates that maximum incidence of HIV in both men and women was reported in age group of under 30 years. A total 9,18,277 people were screened for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) presence in eight major cities - Ahmedabad, …
GANDHINAGAR: The war on mosquitoes will be escalated in the city, with the state health department urging municipal corporations of Ahmedabad and Surat to intensify efforts to control the growing menace. The health department has asked the municipal corporations to ensure proper follow-up of individual malaria or dengue cases that …
Accelerating growth in the transport sector, a booming construction industry, and a growing industrial sector are responsible for worsening air pollution in Indian cities. While estimates of health impacts are effective in raising overall concern about air quality, they do not specifically answer the question of where the pollution is …
AHMEDABAD: The high rate of malaria cases in the state is a grim sign of the fight lost out to mosquitoes. Ahmedabad city has recorded 596 malaria cases in the latest weekly disease assessment of the state, the highest and has even overtaken Surat city which has recorded 543. Ahmedabad …
Surat: If all goes well, Surat will be the first city in the state to generate electricity from garbage. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has moved a proposal for generating 12 MW electricity from 600 metric tonne of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Mumbai already has such a project. SMC had …
It has been a week since underground water started overflowing from various outlets in the small town of Olpad, close to Surat city in south Gujarat. If anything, the situation has only worsened in the last one week or so. And now, neighbouring villages have reported the same problem. Ground-floor …
Urban revolution: 20 new trendsetters to redifine India by 2030India is on the threshold of an urban revolution, the scale and speed of which is unprecedented. It took nearly 40 years for the urban population to rise by 230 million but it will take only half this time to add …
A study that benchmarks the pedestrian infrastructure of six Indian cities was released by the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) in a publication titled ‘Walkability in Indian Cities’.The walkability study serves to help decision makers prioritize planning and investments to improve non-motorized mobility in India. In addition to …
Vadodara/Surat: Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) stormed the annual awards for implementation of the JnNURM scheme by winning three key awards. The city got awards for project implementation, improvement in water supply and waste water sector, and implementation of pro-poor reforms. Surat was the another city from the state to get …
Asian cities are especially susceptible to unpredictable environmental change, as these cities are expected to account for more than 60 percent of global population growth in the next 30 years. Measures that help the urban poor in Asian cities adapt to the changing climate and build their resilience and capacity …
Rajiv Shah TNN Gandhinagar: The new Ahmedabad may seem more plush and attractive, but latest population figures reveal that the city is ready to touch 55 lakh, and this is mainly owing to the phenomenal rise in population density in the old city limits. Sources told TOI that the population …
Surat: New techniques in agriculture and floriculture have inspired many farmers to turn to flower farming in the fertile region of south Gujarat, which is known for cultivation of vegetables, paddy, pulses, sugarcane, banana, mango and chickoo. Rose farming is being undertaken in the region for the past so many …
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN The diamond city has stumbled and fallen from second place and has been ranked the third cleanest city of the country for 2009-10 with 69 points. Union ministry of urban development, as part of national urban sanitation policy, has been selecting top 25 cleanest cities. Chandigarh …
BS III, II fuel availability causes confusion in 13 cities. Murali Gopalan One month into the new clean fuel regime finds the auto sector struggling with vehicle supply schedules and facing the prospect of stocks not being registered in metros with tighter emission norms. Effective April 1, 13 cities moved …
