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 …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government's Water Resources Department on Monday formulated an emergency plan worth Rs.40 crore for supplying drinking water to Jaipur and Ajmer districts till the next month-end. The department decided to make optimum utilisation of the available sources to maintain normal levels of water supply. At a high-level …
There is good news for environment and health activists as the Rajasthan Government has decided to ban the use of plastic carry-bags in the State from August 1. The Government had, in the second week of May, notified the draft notification for the ban. Through this, it had invited suggestions, …
Lack of rain, proper monitoring did ambitious scheme in Aimed at countering the drought scenario in the desert state, Harit Rajasthan, an ambitious scheme of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, has failed to deliver the desired results due to lack of rain and failure to implement the scheme properly at the …
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today presented a surplus Budget of Rs 48 crore, focusing on poor, farmers, potable water, power and health sectors. However, he has given a jolt to urban population by increasing power tariff and tax on four-wheelers. Presenting his second Budget, Gehlot said an allocation …
Orans are a source of food fodder, water and fuel to the livestock communities living in the foothills of Aravallis. Local communities, with the support of KRAPAVIS, an NGO continue to uphold the beneficial practice of preserving Orans.
Madhya Pradesh government has been felicitated with the e-governance award by the government of India for the State's special initiative in outstanding implementation of the e-governance. These awards were presented by the Rajasthan Governor, Prabha Rao during the two-day 13th National Conference on E-Governance, which began in Jaipur from today. …
The Rajasthan Government has finalised a Rs 7,500-crore Jaipur Metro Train project, as part of its bid to make Jaipur a world-class city. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will soon meet Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy to seek the Centre
The proposed ban on import of sandstone by the US has upset mine owners as well as exporters in Kota and Jaipur and they are seeking intervention by the Central Government. According to official sources, the US Commerce Ministry had sent a letter to the Indian Embassy in Washington a …
JAIPUR: A 20-member delegation comprising farmers, activists, policy-makers and ecological experts left here on Sunday for Copenhagen under the banner,
Physico-chemical analysis of ground water of Sambhar lake city and its adjoining area block, was performed to have a clear picture of water quality so that remedial measure could be worked for fluoride higher than 6 mg/lit may cause osteoporsis and fluorosis. High nitrate is alarming as it indicates possibility …
Physico-chemical analysis of ground water of Sambhar lake city and its adjoining area block, was performed to have a clear picture of water quality so that remedial measure could be worked for fluoride higher than 6 mg/lit may cause osteoporsis and fluorosis. High nitrate is alarming as it indicates possibility …
New Delhi Even as airport officials and the Met department brainstormed over the weekend on whether the heavy smog that had settled over Delhi was due to the soot from the Jaipur IOC fire, Delhi pollution data accessed by Newsline before and after the fire, suggests the noxious haze was …
A team of scientists from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is monitoring air, water and soil in the areas affected by the fire that broke out in 11 IOC tanks in Jaipur in Rajasthan.
Air pollution caused by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) fire may lead to environmental hazards, including acid rain, even as the blaze in two of the 11 oil storage tanks at Sitapura continued on Tuesday, the sixth day. A large number of villagers are at hospitals in the State capital …
The fire at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot continued to burn for the sixth day even as government officials maintained that only one of the 11 containers was ablaze on Tuesday evening, which would be expended in another 24 hours. Meanwhile, the state government has relaxed roadblocks in the …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as there is no respite from the towering inferno in Jaipur, a similar incident is waiting to happen in Sambalpur. While the oil depot in Jaipur was on the outskirts of the city, in Sambalpur the depots are in the heart of the town. And in case, fire …
Jaipur: A day after the massive fire broke out in Indian Oil Corporation depot on the outskirts of Jaipur, thick smoke clouds enveloped the nearby areas on Friday posing serious health hazards to people living in the vicinity. While official figures were not available, sources at SMS Hospital said at …
