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 …
Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday inaugurated Chhattisgarh’s first five-star rated green building ‘Paryavas Bhawan’ here. The integrated office building had been situated at North Block, Sector 19 and will house offices of Raipur Development Authority (RDA), Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA), Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) and Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation …
SMC inks MoU with Solar Energy Corporation of India Aiming to generate solar power through rooftops of buildings in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) limits, the civic body Monday inked an MoU with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). The memorandum of understanding (MoU) engaged SECI, a central public sector undertaking …
No city can be termed truly 'smart' without an effective sewage management system, a green body today said as it underlined the need for framing a proper sanitation plan for towns intended to become "smart" under the government's smart cities mission. "Ensuring a clean India goes way beyond just wielding …
PANJIM: Transport, domestic and commercial sectors were found to be the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the capital Panjim – whose gas emission is three times the national average, claims a study. As per the study, undertaken as part of the Smart City Development Mission, the total GHG …
After a lot of soul-searching and odds and evens, Delhi has managed to remove itself from the dubious distinction of being the most polluted city in the world. But India has nothing to feel proud about. Four Indian cities – Gwalior (2), Allahabad (3), Patna (6) and Raipur (7) – …
India and the United States on Thursday signed an MoU here to enhance cooperation on energy security, clean energy and climate change, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Washington visit. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by India's Power Secretary P K Pujari and US Ambassador Richard Verma, a statement …
Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh’s fast emerging high–tech capital city is expected to receive a major funding push from the Central Government if it makes it in the next round of competition for inclusion in the ambitious ‘Smart City’ project. Notably, a total of seven capital cities in the country left out …
Lucknow topped the list of 13 smart cities announced by the Centre on Tuesday, taking the total number of such cities chosen so far for development to 33, reports fe Bureau in New Delhi. The Centre has earmarked Rs 80,789 crore to help build 100 smart cities under the Smart …
KOCHI: The digital energy cluster, coming up as part of SmartCity Kochi, will be the first-of-its-kind in India as it will help harness affordable energy for generations. The cluster will comprise industries that will develop clean energy technology for the energy industry domain and technical training centres. It will provide …
While Delhi managed to chuck-off the tag of being the world’s most polluted city in the latest World Health Organisation’s (WHO) ranking on pollution levels, thirty plus Indian cities have made their way into the list of hundred most polluted ones. Twenty-two cities in the country parked themselves in the …
Bhopal: Highlighting the rich bio-diversity in and around proposed site for smart city at Shivaji Nagar, about 100 people participated in a unique 'tree walk' here on Sunday. The walk was organised by NCHSE Environment Helpline and friends of environment Bhopal. Objective of the walk was to make people aware …
Jaipur: The Walled City will soon be illuminated with solar lights. In a bid to save energy and utilise solar energy, the JMC under the Smart City Mission project, will replace the old lights at Walled City with solar ones. It will be the first project undertaken by Jaipur Smart …
VADODARA: On 57th Foundation Day, Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel on Sunday said her government has decided to make 300 villages across the state self-reliant on the lines of smart cities. "Now that the concept of Smart Cities has reached Smart Villages, the government decided to make 300 villages self-reliant, …
The air we breathe indoors is more harmful: research As the world gets prepared to build smart cities, a new research has highlighted the dangerous effects of indoor pollution on human health and has called for policies to ensure closer monitoring of air quality. According to Prashant Kumar from the …
NEW DELHI: It was a statement that no lecture on sustainable mobility could have matched for sheer impact. When the ConnectKaro conference got under way in Delhi on Tuesday, an autorickshaw trundled up to the venue. Alighting from it was no other than Melba Pria, the ambassador of Mexico to …
With the second phase of the road rationing plan starting from April 15, the city is hoping that the impact on pollution levels will go beyond the cosmetics of less crowded roads. To take ideas and turn them into actionable measures is the need of the hour. That's what ConnectKaro, …
Dharamshala: The Himachal Pradesh ministry of urban development has decided to include provision of safe drinking water in the Smart City proposal for Dharamshala that has to be submitted to the Centre by April 15, said urban development minister Sudhir Sharma on Sunday. The decision to include safe drinking water …
Ahmedabad: A central aspect of smart cities is to create value for any services by integrating different technological systems in a city-which may link payment, civic services and the service industry. Experts at National Conference on emerging research trends in engineering (NCERTE) at the Vishwakarma Engineering college said on Monday …
In 1998, 11.72 sq kilometres of hill slopes in and around Vizag were occupied by houses and various other constructions. Cut to 2010 - The figure has shot up more than threefold at 35 sq kilometres, and counting. Forest cover, barren land and vegetation have drastically shrunk due to illegal …
If you go by NDMC's smart city concept note, its goal is to achieve WHO's air quality standard of 10 micrograms per cubic metre for PM 2.5 by 2025. It also aims to reduce per capita automobile count to 0.1 and clear all slums by that year. However, it's not …
