Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Salboni Apartment Owner’s Association Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to restoration of the Salboni Jheel, Kolkata, West Bengal. The NGT directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to place …
Using ward-level data from Census 2001, this paper finds high levels of residential segregation by aste in India's seven largest metro cities - Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. In each of these cities, residential segregation by caste is more prominent than the level of segregation by socio-economic …
To curb the rapidly increasing vehicular population in the city, the Delhi government is mulling a number of measures, including hefty hike in parking fees, introduction of congestion charges for entering in specific areas and improving the public transport system. The government has already taken an in-principle decision to increase …
The recent outbreak of dengue in the State became yet another issue over which the leadership of the Congress and the Trinamool Congress locked horns over the weekend after West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) president Pradip Bhattacharya alleged that the State government is “suppressing facts” in connection with the …
Dhaka is the second most vulnerable to coastal flooding among nine major such risky cities of the world, according to a recent study. Among the nine cities, Shanghai is the most vulnerable to destruction from serious flooding. Dhaka is also highly vulnerable because it is frequently hit by tropical cyclones …
London, 22 AUG: A new study of nine coastal cities around the world has rated Shanghai as the most vulnerable city to serious flooding, while Kolkata and Dhaka stand midway due to their large populations and degree of exposure to storms. These findings are based on a new method to …
This is the report of a Technical Working Group which was convened, in April 2012, to develop an OCV stockpile implementation framework. Participants advised on: the criteria for choice of stockpiled vaccine and its deployment; the appropriate size of an OCV stockpile; the managing partnership and evaluation processes required; the …
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority is likely to commission 50 per cent of the solid waste segregation project for the city soon. Supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Rs 170-crore Kolkata Solid Waste Management Improvement Project was launched in 2008 and was slated to be completed by early …
Seeks to justify recent hike in power tariff, says the sector should be looked at 'realistically' Seeking to justify the recent hike in power tariff, the Delhi Government said the sector should be looked at "realistically" as the cost of raw materials have increased and that tariff in the capital …
Climate change can be viewed as one of the most critical environmental problems to confront us as it is most immediately and inextricably linked to wellbeing, development and economic growth. Thus the solutions to it cannot be left to the confines of the environment but needs to seek clarity and …
New Delhi Mumbai and Delhi which are presently reeling under water crisis will require the maximum supply of the municipal tap water in the world by 2025, according to a Mckinsey Global Institute report. Mumbai tops the list of the 20 global cities in terms of municipal water demand in …
Delhi has been named the most competitive city in India for its demonstrated ability to attract capital, business, talent and tourists by a new Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research report. The study, commissioned by the Citigroup, ranked Delhi at number 68 in the list of 120 of the world’s major …
Tokyo has this year become the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, pushing Luanda in Angola, which topped the list last year, down to second position. Japan has two more cities, Osaka and Nagoya, in the Top 10 list at third and tenth places, according to the Worldwide Cost of …
Many projects in the country may be languishing because of land acquisition problems but the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) has over the past three years acquired 70 per cent of the 10,000 hectares it requires to construct exclusive railway lines for goods traffic. The area acquired is more than …
New Delhi Highlighting its inability to support increasing number of metro projects, the Centre has asked state governments to follow the models of Karnataka and Delhi for financing capital-intensive Metro rail projects by levying cess on residential and commercial developments, and increasing house tax. It has also urged them to …
UN report rates Mumbai, Kolkata as below average Three big cities — Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore — have been rated below average compared to other mega cities in Asia-Pacific in terms of keeping pollution levels in check, said a report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Delhi is the …
Increasing population and resource use in cities is a trend all over the world and India is no exception. It is therefore important to study the cities, especially the megacities from multiple perspectives to improve planning and governance. This paper looks at the broad contours of the electricity landscape in …
Cities in India are dreaming of becoming New York and London but we seldom worry about as basic an issue as sewage and its disposal in our country. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has brought out a two-volume book titled Excreta Matters: Report on the State of India’s …
Dismiss discoms' claim; accuse regulator of inaction The mood was belligerent at a public hearing organised by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission here on Thursday to assess consumer feedback before finalising the new power tariff. Reacting to the discoms' demands for a power tariff hike, angry consumers not only dismissed …
The British Minister of State, department of energy and climate change, Mr Gregory Barker, said on Friday that the London Olympics 2012 would be the “greenest Olympics ever.” “We want to raise the benchmarks for Olympics Games,” Mr Barker said promising to keep the carbon footprint to the minimum. The …
