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 …
Sambalpur: An integrated municipal solid waste management system for Sambalpur city, which was accorded corporation status in 2014, has been proposed to be developed at Nildungri on the outskirts of the city. A 31-acre land has also been identified there for it. Bimalendu Rai, commissioner of Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC), …
This Gandhi Jayanti, senior citizens of the city would wage a peaceful fight against one of major pollutants of present time - polythene. More than 1,000 city dwellers above the age of 50 will participate in a walk across Hirakud Dam against the use of polythene on the day. The …
The Odisha government has announced a fund of Rs. 100 crore for improvement in piped water supply system in western Odisha town of Sambalpur, where jaundice outbreak has assumed alarming proportions. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with State Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak reviewed the prevailing situation. …
Bhubaneswar: The state government on Saturday decided to take stern action against the encroachers of forest land in the capital city in the first phase in its effort to embark on a massive plantation programme to make the city eco-friendly under the Urban Tree Plantation Initiative. It also imposed restrictions …
The discharge of municipal sewage, industrial effluents and biomedical waste into the Mahanadi has raised concerns about environmental sustainability and also posed a serious threat to the health of people living on the banks. This article critically examines the river pollution caused by the spiralling urbanisation and industrialisation along with …
