Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
After a series of reports by TOI on the need to protect the ecofragile Mangar area and adjoining forests in the Aravalis in Faridabad, the district administration has sent a detailed report to the state headquarters seeking the conservation of these areas. Deputy commissioner Rakesh Gupta told TOI that the …
As part of its social responsibility commitment, the Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Ltd has decided to take effective steps towards recharging the region’s groundwater — thereby ensuring effective water regeneration. In order to achieve this, the Rapid Metro has tied up with an NGO called Surge. “People living in the …
Gurgaon district administration enforced Section 144 of the CrPC on Monday to ban hookah bars in the city. As per orders, no hookah bar can operate within city premises and those already functional will be shut down. The move is part of larger plan to make Haryana a nicotine-free state, …
The urban population figures of Haryana and Punjab present a study in contrast. While Punjab, with a population of 1,03,87,436 (37.49 per cent) has more urban population than Haryana, which is 88,21,588 (34.79 per cent), Haryana scores over its neighbour in the number of 1 lakh-plus cities. In a development …
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has found that the Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) has much higher level of pollution as compared to the Mandir Marg area in central Delhi and RK Puram in South Delhi. A combination of winter fog and calm weather conditions is leading to the perpetual …
The NCR Planning Board has approved three projects worth about Rs 110 crore for improvement of water supply and sewerage in Gurgaon district. Haryana Public Health Minister Kiran Choudhary said here that these projects would go a long way in improving the basic amenities and provide substantial relief to residents. …
The water supply and sewage system in the district is set to undergo major improvements with the National Capital Region Planning Board approving three projects to the tune of Rs 109 crore. Public Health minister Kiran Choudhary said of these three projects, two have been approved for augmentation of drinking …
Haryana Public Health Minister Kiran Choudhary said on Monday that the National Capital Region Planning Board had approved three projects worth Rs.109.95 crore for improvement of water supply and sewerage facilities in Gurgaon district. She said that execution of these projects would improve the basic amenities and provide substantial relief …
The Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation is to set up a “multi-level manufacturing hub” for promoting non-polluting small and medium industries in the Capital. The complex, to be spread over 150 acres at Rani Khera in North-West Delhi, will cost Rs 3,100 crore, Delhi Industries Minister Ramakant Goswami …
To increase the number of night shelter for the city’s homeless, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has decided to construct seven of them by next year. Though authorities do not have an exact count of homeless people in the city, they said there should be one night shelter for …
The Haryana government on Thursday approved the proposal of procuring 60-low floor air-conditioned and non-air conditioned buses, officials said. They buses are scheduled to ply as part of the intra-city bus service from the first week of February next year. Sanctions were also granted for the post of general manager, …
New Lines Will Link Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon, Faridabad And Noida Areas With Capital New Delhi: The NCR concept just got a shot in the arm. In a bid to connect the various parts of Delhi with the neighboring areas of Bahadurgarh, Noida, Gurgaon as well as Faridabad, the Delhi Metro will …
Mumbai is India's most populated city with over 1.84 crore (18.4 million) people, followed closely by Delhi with 1.63 crore (16.3 million) and Kolkata with 1.41 crore (14.1 million), making these India's 'mega-cities', according to the preliminary Census 2011 results. In terms of urban agglomeration or spread as an extended …
The country’s drug regulator has given conditional market approval for Ranbaxy Laboratories’ anti-malaria drug, paving the way for the launch of the country’s first privately-developed medicine and ending more than a decade of failures or near misses for India’s drug makers While the domestic drug industry has been successful in …
As part of a drive to make the state free of nicotine, Haryana Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials raided 28 hookah bars across seven districts and collected 77 samples this month. While seven hookah bars were raided and eight samples collected in Gurgaon, two raids were carried out and …
In a first-of-its-kind surgery in India, doctors at a hospital near here have performed a robotic liver transplant surgery to save the life of a four-year-old boy. The surgery was conducted at Medanta Medicity hospital in Gurgaon, the Capital's suburb in Haryana, last month, doctors said here today. The Da-Vinci …
GURGAON: Despite its many benefits, solar energy is still far from being economically viable. To begin with, solar cells don't come cheap. Plus, they take a lot of space. Also, the amount of energy produced per cell isn't sufficient, as the best available cells have less than 40% efficiency rates. …
Delhi Metro is making further inroads into Gurgaon, with the line from Dwarka Sector 21 set to extend some 12km, connecting to IFFCO Chowk. The alignment has been finalized and the new Gurgaon corridor will have two stops — at Sector 18 and Sector 23. “The approval for the alignment …
Under the differential interest rate (DIR) scheme, 241 persons belonging to the BPL category in the district were disbursed loans amounting to Rs 36.15 lakh by Sonepat MP Jitender Singh Malik here on Thursday. The State Bank of India provided loans totalling Rs 25.50 lakh to 170 beneficiaries while the …
GURGAON: The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) is planning to install light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights with a lifespan of five years. Their upkeep will be done by the state-of-the-art supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. "To begin with, we will install these LED streetlights on a small stretch near …
