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 …
Pleasant weather brings its own set of woes. A brief spell of rain on Tuesday didn't just bring down the temperature but also ensured more cases of dengue. In the past four days, there have been four cases of dengue. With 12 new cases of dengue and 20 of malaria …
GURGAON: The Millennium City may soon get dedicated cycle tracks and lanes for pedestrians, thanks to the Rahagiri Day movement it pioneered for the cause of promoting non-motorized transport in Gurgaon. A senior MCG official said the civic body recently hired a consultant which has prepared a project report on …
Residents of Sohna Road have alleged that a number of private developers and contractors have been dumping and burning garbage in the open on a four-acre piece of land near the upscale Nirvana Country, posing a serious threat to public health. According to them, the burning of waste in the …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday issued a notice to Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) for allegedly damaging the rainwater harvesting systems of Rapid Metro in Gurgaon. The Tribunal's order came after the counsel, appearing for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC), informed the bench that its 25 rainwater …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday gave its nod to the construction of a CNG station in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose park in Sector 14. A bench, headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swantanter Kumar, also directed the owner of the CNG station to pay Rs 5 lakh for ensuring maintenance …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered the Haryana Government to cancel the allocation of 350-acre prime land in Gurgaon to real estate giant DLF. The land, acquired for “public purpose”, was transferred to DLF, which was developing air-conditioned apartments and villas, along with an 18-hole golf course, on …
Much to the relief of hundreds of people who use the Andheria Mod-Mahipalpur road daily to access Gurgaon and IGI airport, the public works department has received a go-ahead from the NGT to resume work on expansion of the road. Work was stalled in February 2012 after PWD’s contractor allegedly …
A little discipline at home could translate into a giant step towards proper disposal of garbage, one of the biggest challenges for urban India. A housing society with 300 families in Gurgaon is showing the way by adopting a four-bin model of waste segregation, an eyeopener for RWAs and municipal …
European cities are ranked among the best planned and most livable urban centres of the world. Though cultural background and specific achievements in each case may differ, these cities have nonetheless achieved a comparably decent standard of living. And the common factor here is the expertise and efficacy with which …
The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has made rooftop solar panels mandatory to partly meet the shortage of power in the city. Initially, the focus would be on installation of solar panels on the rooftops of new buildings, but the step would eventually be extended to all buildings in Gurgaon. …
Conversion charges for plots, sheds in these estates approved The Haryana Cabinet today decided to allow mixed land use of industrial plots and sheds in industrial estates in existence in the state as on November 1, 1966, the day the state came into existence. Industrial estates to be additionally covered …
The Supreme Court today asked the Punjab and Haryana High Court to adjudicate a PIL by Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) chief Kuldeep Bishnoi seeking quashing of laws enacted by Haryana and the Centre to facilitate the setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Bishnoi had filed the PIL in the …
The members of Clean Gurgaon, an environmental group working towards making Gurgaon a city with efficient waste management practices, have sent suggestions to the Ministry of Urban Development on its Draft Municipal Solid Waste Management Manual, 2014. They have stressed the need to organise rag-pickers, provide them working space in …
Large-scale antibiotic residues have been found in chicken samples lifted from Delhi and the National Capital Region. This unregulated use of antibiotics in the poultry industry could be contributing to growing resistance among Indians and their falling prey to a host of otherwise curable ailments, a new study by the …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) lab study found residues of antibiotics in 40 per cent of the samples of chicken that were tested. Large-scale unregulated use of antibiotics in the poultry industry could be contributing to Indians developing resistance to antibiotics and falling prey to a host of …
Seventy chicken samples from Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), tested by the Centre for Science and Environment, were found to be carrying traces of five antibiotics. Largescale misuse and overuse of antibiotics in chicken has lead to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in chicken itself. The CSE report …
Ahead of the World Hepatitis Day on Monday, doctors in the city stressed the need to spread awareness about the disease which has a vaccination rate of only about 20% in Gurgaon. According to an official spokesperson for Gurgaon Civil Hospital, Hepatitis is a group of viral infections that attack …
GURGAON: Jyoti Gupta, who filed an online petition on June 4 with Save LIFE Foundation on Change.org has got support from over 1.5 lakh people supporting her petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, advocating a national road safety law in the country. Jyoti Gupta, witness to the death of her …
GURGAON: The Millenium City is staring at a dry future, with groundwater level depleting at an alarming rate - more than one metre every year - a development which may grate on the sensibilities of potential home buyers and scare future investors. In fact, the level of the city's groundwater …
GURGAON: The city that pioneered the Raahgiri Day movement that has now been embraced by Delhi is getting a raw deal from the administration, which had promised to deliver dedicated cycling tracks for the event a couple of weeks ago but is yet to start work on the ground. Having …
