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 …
Global steps to battle climate change might have faltered, but philanthropic institutions in the United States have swung into action, more than tripling their support for climate related causes in 2008. Donations jumped from the 2007 total of US$240 million to $897 million in 2008, according to a report from …
Sandeep Joshi NEW DELHI: From Thursday, petrol and diesel prices will go up in 13 cities, including the four metros, where stricter Bharat Stage-IV emissions norms are being implemented, requiring the sale of upgraded and less polluting fuel. The retail price of petrol will go up by around 50 paise …
The prices of petrol and diesel will increase by Rs 0.50 and Rs 0.26 a litre, respectively, from April 1 in 13 big cities that switch to cleaner Euro-IV grade fuel. Thirteen big cities
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Surat: Here is how builders in Surat plan to ensure that your building lasts at least a 100 years. A local builder has set the ball rolling by using water treated through reverse osmosis (RO) for construction. He claims this will take care of the damaging …
Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat: The city of diamonds and textile may have earned the distinction of being one of the cleanest cities in the country, but it lags behind when it comes to keeping a check on industrial pollution. Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) in a recent meeting held …
Basic water supply is crucial to effectively address the challenges of both urban and rural development. Municipal authorities/state governments in developing nations are especially hard pressed to design, develop and finance the basic urban services such as safe and reliable water supply. Various studies on the subject clearly highlight the …
Vadodara: No smoking area' if you see this board at government offices in Vadodara, Surat and Ahmedabad, thank the RTI applicant from a city-based NGO. His RTI seeking information from all government offices in 12 cities in the state on whether these offices have put up No smoking' in their …
Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) found close to 1,000 kg of haphazardly disposed biomedical waste after raiding two scrap godowns in Unn area. A complaint has been lodged against two scrap dealers dealing in this waste. The godowns were raided on Udhna-Sachin main road near Sachin railway over bridge and …
Surat : Is a hepatitis-B bomb ticking in Surat? At a time when state's health department has launched intensive drives against unauthorised medical practice to rein in the deadly virus, quacks rule the roost in the diamond city. Areas like Limbayat, Dindoli, Mithi Khadi, Anjana, Udhna, Pandesara and Ved Road …
The problem of water availability was a pivotal facet of daily life, particularly in urban areas, where it had to be made perennially obtainable in large quantities. Thus, apart from river water, artificial water reservoirs of massive proportions, and also step wells were constructed on a great scale in most …
Rapidly expanding urban settlements in the developing world face severe climatic risks in light of climate change. Urban populations will increasingly be forced to cope with increased incidents of flooding, air and water pollution, heat stress and vector-borne diseases. This research, undertaken with a set of partner research institutes, examines …
Q&A;/ M Ramachandran The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) may have failed to charm the Delhi commuter, but it is working well in many cities around the world. About Rs 3,500 crore have been committed from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for its introduction in another 8-10 …
Burnt or buried, garbage needs land Urban India's tryst with garbage is played out in many theatres. Surat Municipal Corporation in Gujarat has developed a sanitary landfill of 3.6 hectares on a tract of saline land near Khajod village, about 15 km west of the city. The landfill was ready …
