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 …
KOLKATA, 8 DEC: In view of the growing concern over rising carbon footprint, Metro Railway, Kolkata, is setting up two solar power plants for meeting its energy requirements. This is the first such initiative being taken up by a railway establishment in the entire Eastern zone. The plants are being …
Devastating floods in Thailand and other parts of Asia are a wake-up call to governments to do more to cope with the effects of climate change, a top Asian Development Bank official has warned. Asia is dotted with large coastal cities from Shanghai to Calcutta that are vulnerable to flooding, …
Flouting all norms a railway wagon manufacturing unit is operating at Jamir Lane in the Ballygunge area. The hapless residents who are suffering from respiratory problems to high blood pressure have written to the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, seeking her intervention. Copies of the letter were given to Dr …
India’s IT hub Bangalore has left behind four metros — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata — to emerge as number one in quality of living, according to a global survey. Chennai tops the list among Indian cities on personal safety rankings. Out of the total 221 cities all over the …
New Delhi: Commuters in cities with 20 lakh population can hope for more comfortable journey if state governments are willing to choose modern Metro for intra-city transportation. The union urban development ministry has decided to consider the proposal for Metro in cities with 20 lakh plus population. With this announcement, …
KOLKATA, 15 NOV: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has proposed to set up a water treatment plant of 20 million gallon capacity per day at the Garden Reach waterworks to meet the demand of vast areas in South 24-Parganas. This was decided at a high-level meeting held at the KMC …
Malda, Nov. 14: A fresh spate of crib deaths at the Malda Medical College and Hospital has left 11 babies dead in a day. Eight of them died this morning. Of them, one is a year-old. The rest are newborns. Hospital superintendent Himadri Anri said no efforts were spared to …
KOLKATA, 13 NOV: Chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee may have said that Rs 1,200 crore of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has already been spent for infrastructure development of rural hospitals as well as various projects under NRHM, but according to the data provided by the NRHM authorities only …
The civic authorities have engaged the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco), a central agency, to prepare theme papers and detailed project reports on beautifying the city and making it slum-free. The beautification scheme will be implemented with funds provided under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, while the slum-free …
The dream of Ranchi as a hygiene haven will remain just that — a dream — at least for some more time. The big-budget, ambitious plan to realign the capital’s shoddy network of sewers and drains, which had been hanging fire for four years over a litany of contentious issues …
KOLKATA, 10 NOV: Even when the health of thousands of residents of a thickly populated area ~ Lake Town ~ is deteriorating and birds are dropping dead from trees due to emission from a hazardous chemical unit, the factory has repeatedly managed to get a clean chit from the West …
The proposed eastern circuit bench of the national green tribunal may be shifted from the city as the state government has failed to provide as little as 5,000sq ft of space despite the Centre’s repeated reminders. The tribunal, constituted in October 2010 after the national green tribunal act was passed …
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday extended the stay order on the distribution of land at Singur till the disposal of the appeal petition by Tata Motors. The Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Mr Justice Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri observed that the interim …
Calcutta, Nov. 2: Mamata Banerjee has disallowed state-run power utilities for the seventh time to apply for a tariff increase. On Monday, two utilities missed another deadline to seek the state regulatory commission’s permission to revise the rates. The two are the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) …
The West Bengal Government on Wednesday assured a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court that land distribution at Singur would not begin before Thursday. The assurance came on the back of the Bench's observation that the hearing of an appeal petition filed by Tata Motors should begin on Thursday …
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) would soon undertake a survey for preparing a detailed project report (DPR) to make the chief minister's dream project~ beautification of banks along the river Hooghly~ successful. The state urban development minister, Mr Firhad Hakim, today held a meeting with the mayor and officials …
The West Bengal Government lawyers on Wednesday assured a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court that land distribution at Singur to the unwilling farmers will not be carried out overnight. Tata Motors’ appeal challenging the verdict of Mr Justice Mr I.P. Mukerji upholding the Singur Land Rehabilitation And Development …
Even as the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee continues to remain silent on the crib deaths in the state, her nominee at the Centre, Union minister of state for health, Mr Sudip Bandopadhyay, today said that the child mortality rate in West Bengal is lower than the national average and …
Balurghat/Raiganj, Oct. 27: Thirteen people who worked as labourers in Gujarat have been diagnosed with malignant malaria at Tapan in South Dinajpur. They were all working in Gujarat and returned home after a co-worker died from the disease. Three persons who had been working in Mumbai had died from the …
About 40 per cent of thermal power will be replaced by “clean energy" by 2035. It was decided at a seminar on energy conservation and India Vision Plan 2035 organised by the Union ministry of science and technology. Due to dwindling coal reserve, at least 40 per cent of thermal …
