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 …
Quality of life has many dimensions, from the air residents breathe to how safe they feel walking the streets. The latest report from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), Smart cities: Digital solutions for a more livable future, analyzes how dozens of digital applications address these kinds of practical and very …
The Diu Smart City has become the first city in India that runs on 100 per cent renewable energy during the daytime, setting a bench-mark for other cities to follow, an official release said today. Diu had been importing 73 per cent of its power from Gujarat till last year, …
It is now almost axiomatic that cities are the engines of growth. Historically, federal support programmes have focused on rural areas, but over the past fifteen years, the need to devise such programmes for urban local bodies has come to be recognised, with JNNURM in its various forms, being the …
Considered to be the largest contributor to the growth in the world’s urban population in the coming years, India and its urbanisation process have reached a critical juncture. As one of the fastest growing countries, urbanisation is undoubtedly an opportunity and a challenge for India with huge implications for the …
Taking a small step towards creating a Smart City, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all set to gain and give information on real-time noise pollution, the ozone layer, oxygen concentration and sunlight. In the coming months, the civic body will introduce ultra-modern environment sensors and provide environmental data. Termed as …
Chennai: Researchers at IIT Madras are planning to install low-cost sensors at different locations across the city for in-situ and in real-time monitoring of air pollution. Associate professor of civil engineering S M Shiva Nagendra said these sensors, embedded in a device, can be set up anywhere for they require …
Despite the Modi government’s pitch for Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan, Make in India campaign, Smart Cities Project, Digital India Campaign and the Zero Effect Zero Defect policy (leaving zero effect on the environment), glaring gaps in management of environmentally hazardous e-waste are yet to be addressed. India generates an estimated 1.7 …
Greater thrust on use of public transport over private vehicles, e-mobility and use of waterways as means for mass transit "could prove game- changers" in addressing the issue of air pollution in urban areas, experts today said. The India centre of Manila-based global NGO Clean Air Asia has brought together …
NEW DELHI: The government is planning solutions and devices for waste management using internet of things (IoT). The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is examining a proposal to use IoT for waste management as part of its Smart City programme. “For Smart City programme to flourish, waste management would …
JAIPUR: Cash-strapped Rajasthan University (RU) was allocated Rs 6.50 crore by the Jaipur Smart City Ltd for setting up of a solar power plant on Tuesday. The university is allowed to use 50% of the power generated out of the solar plant for free. While the rest 50% will be …
In academic and policy discourse, urbanisation and cities are currently receiving a great deal of attention, and rightly so. Both have been central to the enormous transformation the world has been going through during the past few centuries. Many parts of the world have experienced and are experiencing an urban …
This report is based on a performance assessment of 20 major Indian cities in terms of the operational effectiveness of the urban services being delivered to its citizens. More importantly, the report assesses the effectiveness of the strategies of 10 cities in a period of one year, which gives an …
Azure Power has started the construction of its 100-megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Andhra Pradesh and expects to complete it during the second quarter of 2017. The solar energy company has secured land and financing for this project. The project was auctioned by NTPC, designated under National Solar Mission …
Keeping environmental issues in mind, Naidu said, the smart cities would go forward with "innovative ideas and learning from others' examples". With national capital region grappling with heavy smog, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today strongly pitched for keeping environmental aspects in mind while framing smart city plans. Stressing that the …
Indore: Aiming to promote use of renewable source of energy in Smart City, Indore municipal corporation (IMC) plans to set-up solar panels at multilevel parking and on rooftops to generate electricity. IMC commissioner Manish Singh said that they have proposed a minimum production of five to six megawatt of energy …
MANGALURU: This coastal city put its best cycling foot forward when 'Green' minded citizens came out in large numbers for Car Free Day Initiative of Mangalore Bicycle Club (MbC) on Thursday. Organised to mark the first anniversary of MbC, the cyclists sent out a loud and clear message that need …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi has made its way to the list of 27 new smart cities announced by the Urban Development Ministry on Tuesday. Varanasi is one of the three cities, others being Agra and Kanpur, from Uttar Pradesh which goes to the polls next year, …
The wait is finally over. Rourkela, considered Odisha’s industrial capital, has found a place in the third list of Smart Cities declared by the Centre on Tuesday. Sources said competing with 67 cities across the country, Rourkela found a place in the latest list of 27 Smart Cities and was …
Celebrations broke out in Tirupati after the city was named in the list of 27 new smart cities. Tirupati: Celebrations broke out in Tirupati after the city was named in the list of 27 new smart cities announced by the Central government on Tuesday. These 27 cities are spread across …
MANILA, 11th August, 2016 (WAM) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised $1.3 billion to help finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects with the issue of dual-tranche 3-year and 10-year green bonds, following its inaugural green bond issue in 2015. "Scaling up climate financing is essential for the region …
