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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in a canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

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 …

UP municipalities face the energy test

Virendra Singh Rawat / New Delhi/ Lucknow July 14, 2010, 0:26 IST The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Union Ministry of Power, is conducting an energy audit in large municipalities of Uttar Pradesh. The exercise will cover all government buildings, street ights and sewage system. A databank will …

City action: citizens report on air quality and urban mobility, Kanpur

Read this in-depth citizen’s report on the city of Kanpur released by CSE as part of its ongoing initiative to build city action on clean air and mobility. It captures air quality & mobility challenges in the city and details agenda for a livable city. The Centre for Science and …

Clean fuel regime: 25,000 vehicles may face registration problem

BS III, II fuel availability causes confusion in 13 cities. Murali Gopalan One month into the new clean fuel regime finds the auto sector struggling with vehicle supply schedules and facing the prospect of stocks not being registered in metros with tighter emission norms. Effective April 1, 13 cities moved …

Fuel prices to go up in 13 cities

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 …

Diesel, petrol to cost more as 13 cities shift to Euro-IV fuel norms

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

Cleansing act

After being lambasted for mindless spending over "dream projects" full of statues, Mayawati has decided to change her outlook on expense. The chief minister has already spent over Rs 2,600 crore on building memorials and parks and named them after Dalit icons, herself included. Mayawati Ganga clean-up With two years …

Rising pollution levels worry UP legislators

LUCKNOW: Environmental degradation dominated the proceedings in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly here on Wednesday as members expressed concern at rising levels of air, noise and river pollution and urged the Government to take effective measures for control. The Congress and the BJP pointed to serious health hazards of environmental pollution. …

Air pollution on the rise in Kanpur, says CSE study

Efforts to reduce air pollution in Kanpur are in danger of being wasted, as pollution levels are once again creeping up in the city: says a latest analysis of recent air quality data done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based research and advocacy organisation.

U.P. to introduce metered water supply in seven cities

LUCKNOW: Metered water supply is going to be introduced in seven cities of Uttar Pradesh with the user charges being determined by the quantum of water used by the consumers. The system aims at checking the wastage of water. The seven cities are Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad, Meerut and …

Three more cities in NCR ambit

PRASHANT PANDEY Three more cities -- Ambala, Kanpur and Dehra Dun -- were on Wednesday included on the list of counter-magnet cities for the national capital region (NCR) with the aim to check migration in Delhi. The funding for the development projects in these cities may be made available through …

Deer cause

The mysterious deaths of 14 deer in Kanpur's Allen Forests Zoo on September 12 was lost in Mayawati's latest statue-and-park drive. Even a missive from Union Minister for Forests and Environment Jairam Ramesh failed to evoke a response from the chief minister's office. Ramesh had written to Mayawati drawing attention …

7 suspended for UP deer deaths

Sept. 13: Seven officials of the Kanpur zoo have been suspended following the mysterious deaths of 13 spotted and one swamp deer on Saturday. The deer were found dead in their enclosures on Saturday and there was no visible sign of any injury on their bodies. The post-mortem carried out …

No longer a pipe dream

The KG-D6 field off the Andhra coast will almost double India's gas production and could change the face of gas usage in cities Natural gas from Reliance Industries Ltd's (ril) Krishna Godavari (kg)-D6 field has just begun commercial production. With this, India's need for natural gas will increasingly be met …

Sow The Earth

Online Farming * Agropedia, an open source encyclopaedia for agriculture, has been launched by the government (http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in) * It disseminates information to farmers and enables sharing of knowledge amongst them * The site is a follow-up to a-Aqua, an online agriculture Q&A; forum Is India's next farming revolution taking roots …

UP draft facelift plan for seven major cities

It's a battle of the bulge in major cities of Uttar Pradesh. Be it Agra, or the more sedate towns of Aligarh and Meerut, the Manchester of the East Kanpur or pilgrims' delight Varanasi and Allahabad or the industrialised hub of the state, Ghaziabad-it has spread everywhere. The mounting pressure …

Water consumption patterns in domestic households in major cities

Supply-led water deprivation prevails in major cities in India. The per capita water availability in these cities is nowhere near the standards laid down by the World Health Organisation or the Bureau of Indian Standards (1993), and it is also far lower than that in other large cities in the …

Kanpur city development plan under JNNURM: final report

City Development Plan for Kanpur city is both a perspective and vision for the future development. Kanpur City Development Plan (CDP) is the culmination of a study which was commenced by JPS Associates. This report is based on invaluable inputs the consultants received from the various stakeholders and the officers …

Valuation of urban air pollution: a case study of Kanpur city in India

This study estimates the monetary benefits to individuals from health damages avoided as a result on reductions in air pollution in the urban industrial city of Kanpur in India. A notable feature of this study is that it uses data from weekly health-diaries collected for three seasons. For measuring monetary …

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