Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Balwinder Kaur Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 19/03/2024. Balwinder Kaur, the applicant raised the grievance of risk of thousands of trees felling due to likelihood of land sliding. It was said that illegal mining is being carried out …
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration has released $1,7 million in emergency road funds to Harare City Council for the rehabilitation of the city's roads, which were recently declared a state of disaster. Harare is expecting at least $15 million for its 2017 allocation considering the state of the city's roads. …
Public transport confronts many challenges in South Africa. The majority of workers and the poor still live in displaced, dormitory townships distant from places of work and other amenities. As a result, the cost of mobility and time spent commuting between home and workplace is draining and difficult to sustain. …
The Ministry of Transport is fighting back on reports that the Jubilee administration has been skewed in construction of roads in the country. Infrastructure Principal Secretary John Mosonik told the Nation that while it is true there were ongoing projects when the current administration came to power, a lot more …
Kampala — The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved $253m (Shs910 billion) of loans to Uganda and Kenya for upgrading roads linking the two countries. The bank, in a press statement released last week, revealed that Kenya will get $147.3 million (Shs530b) while Uganda gets $105.7 million (Shs380b). The …
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved $253 million of loans to the Governments of Kenya ($147.3 million) and Uganda ($105.7 million) for the upgrading of a 118km road section connecting the two countries as well as the construction of the a 32km Eldoret town bypass in Kenya. Once …
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has finalized plans to compensate people affected by the Kampala Southern Bypass project. The verification exercise for the first batch of 327 persons are in Kalule ,Kigundu , Nakinyuguzi, Kigagga and Lukuli zones in Makindye Division. Lists of names have been displayed for transparency. UNRA …
CHENNAI: The hearing on the Tiruvannamalai girivalam path widening case came to an end after a six-hour marathon session on Tuesday with the collector, residents and environmental activists arguing in support of and against the project. The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) comprising judicial member Justice P …
President John Magufuli who is also the CCM National Chairman briefed the party’s extraordinary congress here on the commencement of the second phase of Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (DART) project, upgrading of Tanga, Dar es Salaam and Mtwara ports as well as construction of the standard gauge railway“We have …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amresh Singh Vs. Union of India & Others dated 14/03/2017 regarding dumping of debris from the construction of the road from Udhampur to Banihal in rivers Ravi and Chenab, Jammu & Kashmir. NGT directs NHAI and the State of Jammu …
Traffic density is an indicator of congestion and the present study explores the use of data-driven techniques for real time estimation and prediction of traffic density. Data-driven techniques require large database, which can be achieved only with the help of automated sensors. However, the available automated sensors developed for western …
"Efforts will be taken to see to it that environment is not affected while constructing the road,” said U J Dabe, Superintending Engineer, MSRDC. THE MAHARASHTRA State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) conducted the first public hearing for the Maharashtra Samruddhi Corridor (MSC) in Nagpur on Tuesday. Conducted after orders issued …
Zimbabwe requires $100 million for emergency road repairs following above normal rains that have severely damaged the urban road network and highways, a government minister said on Wednesday. Unable to get balance of payment support from foreign lenders due to unpaid arrears, and with more than 90 percent of its …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Nanik Rupani & Anr. Vs Secretary MoEF & Ors dated 28/02/2017 regarding devastation due to hill-cutting and tree felling in Lonavala, Pune, Maharashtra. NGT restrains M/s Vikas Developers from hill cutting in the project area of …
Commuters in Qatar spent an average of 4.5 days on the roads last year, thanks to traffic congestion. Up seven hours from the year before, the wasted time equates to an economic loss of about QR6 billion, or about 1 percent of the country’s GDP. That’s according to the Qatar …
The effects of roads on carnivores have obviously been underestimated in worldwide species conservation. This is the conclusion of the first comprehensive global study on this topic, which has been published in the scientific journal Global Ecology and Biogeography by an international research team from Germany and Portugal. The protection …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/02/2017 regarding environmental clearance for proposed Matheran Ropeway project at Village Bhutivali – Garbut – Madhavji point at Matheran, Tehsil Karjat, District Raigad, Maharashtra being developed by M/s. …
KENDRAPADA: The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) eastern zone bench in Kolkata has issued notices to the Odisha government, the regional officer of National Highways Authority of India, Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), the district collector of Jajpur and others regarding the illegal use of soil, earth, morrum and other …
With over 1.24 million deaths and up to 50 million injuries every year on roads – over 90% of which happen in low and middle income countries (LMICs), road safety is now recognized as an urgent global problem often costing such countries between 3-5 % of their annual GDP and …
800 trees cut down for road widening. Rule requires 100 saplings to be planted for every tree cut. But order is not being followed. Hyderabad: The Roads and Building department, through its contractors, have cut down over 800 trees along the Hyderabad-Warangal highway as part of its road-widening project. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) dated 12/01/2017 regarding utilisation of fly ash generated by thermal power plants, Chhattisgarh. NGT directs the Ministry of Environment and Forest & CC , the National Highway Authority and the generators of fly ash thermal power plants to have a …
