Reply affidavit on behalf of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board in the matter of Tribunal on its motion Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 02/05/2025. The NGT, March 5, 2025 directed the authorities to file their replies/responses by way of affidavits regarding action taken for compliance of directions …
The Naga Foundation aims to implement durable re-greening interventions to increase local soil sustainability and regional water availability. When this is done on a large enough scale such landscape changes may also lead to positive regional climate impacts. Naga is developing a plan to re-green 15 large areas in Eastern …
In Mann ki Baat, Modi says need to reduce black money in system, monsoon delay a cause for concern Archis Mohan In Sunday's broadcast of Mann ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the need for India to move towards a cashless society through the Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and …
Indore: Sub-divisional magistrates on Wednesday conducted a check in their respective areas to see if building owners were adopting proper roof-top water recharging measures. A team of officials of the district administration led by SDM Ravish Shrivastava also conducted a check in Shalby Hospital - a private hospital and West …
Nagpur: Sudhir Raut, standing committee chairman of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), has decided to launch rainwater harvesting drive in the city. It will start from May 27 on the occasion of birthday of union transport minister Nitin Gadkari in Ramna Maroti ward. Other localities in central Nagpur will be covered …
The Draft Ground Water Model Bill is based on the principles of subsidarity, equitable distribution in an integrated approach. The State should act as a public trustee of ground water, which should be treated as a common pool resource to make sure that groundwater is protected, conserved, regulated and managed.
With a majority of buildings coming up being small in size, the government has come out with a draft notification to make eco-compliance mandatory for such projects. The smaller projects, with a built-up area of over 5,000 square metres to 20,000 square metres, will have to comply with environmental conditions …
Supreme Court in this 53-page verdict delivered on May 11, 2016 pulled up the government over a lack of preparedness for the drought which struck at least 10 states across the country. The apex court ordered creating a national plan to tackle the crisis, a disaster fund and standard procedures …
Amid drought conditions and summer pangs, the State Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat has directed officers to get installed rainwater harvesting system in all Government under construction projects by June 30, 2016. The directive came during a state-level workshop of officers heading different construction projects, townships and area development …
A rainwater harvesting pit - File photo. A rainwater harvesting pit With a spread of some 100 hectares of green cover in the residential colony and the port area, JNPT has planned majorly this coming monsoon to harvest rain water and use it for gardening and optimise on drinking water. …
The objections, raised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, in granting clearance to 515 bighas proposed to be developed as an industrial area in Dhabota in the Nalagarh industrial belt have hit the investment plans. Though the case for seeking environment clearance had been submitted more than a year …
Jagalur (Davanagere): Bindushree, 6, shrieks at the mere mention of the word bath. Pointing at her limb joints, which are covered with boils, the child breaks down saying the ulcers multiply every time she takes a bath. Other than boils, there are many ailments plaguing the residents of Bilichodu and …
Public Accounts Committee (2015-16) present this Thirty Eighth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Third Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on “Environment Management in Indian Railways – Stations, Trains and Tracks” relating to Ministry of Railways (Railway Board).
Nashik: Developers often lure gullible buyers by showcasing fancy, eco-friendly provisions like rainwater harvesting, garbage chutes and solar power heating; but when it actually comes down to it, they fall short on their tall claims. The need for rainwater harvesting has never felt more with the city facing acute water …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its report, noticed anomalies in implementation and follow-up action regarding certain cess imposed by the state government for various objectives. As per the CAG report, till 2014-15, a sum of Rs 300.51 crore was collected under the head of environmental and …
The government has increased the budgetary allocation for water and sanitation from Rs 1,468 crore in the last fiscal to Rs 1,976 crore this year, which is 9.6% of the total plan outlay . Other than continuing with its policy of providing up to 20 kilolitre of free water to …
Anantapur:Anantapur: collector orders officials to complete all pending works on war footing. Nellore: District collector M. Janaki has instructed the officials to recognise the work under the employment guarantee programme and provide work to over one lakh labourers. She directed them to chalk out a plan for the successful implementation …
Pune: Echelon Cooperative Housing Society on Baner-Pashan Link Road gets its water from a tanker supplier who has doubled the charges at the start of summer. The 50-flat society is dependent completely on four tankers for its daily needs, but its members are trying to negotiate a better deal with …
Urban development minister released the model building bye-laws 2016, which aim to boost ease of doing business in the construction sector. The new bye-laws provide a structural framework for single window integrated building plan approval process and set the maximum time limit for all kind of building approvals at 30 …
Nagpur: City's metro railway has cleared another hurdle with the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) making it clear that environment impact assessment (EIA) was not needed for the project. Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) is however, getting an EIA done as foreign lenders insist on it. The …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Rain Water Harvesting, 10/03/2016. As per information available with Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), 1109 complaints of illegal extraction of ground water by digging of bore-wells have been received from 9 States including National Capital Region (NCR) during last three years (2013-15). State-wise number …
