Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Devavrat Kumar Sahani Vs State of Bihar dated 07/04/2025. The application was being registered on the basis of a letter petition dated December 27, 2024 sent to the NGT by the applicant, Devavrat Kumar Sahani, Muzaffarpur, …
Ahmedabad: Crossing any underpass on a rain-hit day in Ahmedabad is no less than passing through an inundated canal during monsoons. Majority of the underpasses get flooded during incessant rains severely hampering traffic flow in the city. Taking note of the havoc created by rains which leave underpasses flooded and …
Hyderabad, Aug. 10: Even before the actual construction work on the Hyderabad Metro Rail could begin, the project has taken a toll on a major traffic congestion-easing project in the city. As many as 14 flyovers, which were recommended to come up at high traffic density junctions, will now not …
The Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited (NICE) on Thursday inaugurated a bridge and four ramps on the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC), near Hoskerehalli on Mysore Road. AT LAST: The NICE inaugurated Peacock bridge near Hoskerehalli on Thursday. DH PhotoThe new bridge named ‘Peacok Bridge’ holds huge monolithic structures of …
P. V. Srividya A current meter set up to study the environmental impact of the proposed Sethusamudaram project, some nautical miles from Kodiakkarai, is missing. It was set up a few months ago by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, on the directions of the Supreme Court to study …
: The Archaeological Survey of India has stopped work on a new bridge across the Yamuna here as it is very close to a Mughal-era monument. Superintending archaeologist A.R. Siddiqui said:
NEW DELHI, May 26 ? Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) today cleared a proposal for construction of a bridge over river Brahmaputra linking Sadiya Ghat with Dhola. The project is estimated to cost Rs 876 crore. Official sources said that the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and …
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to ensure that roads and bridges in the 33 worst Maoist-affected districts in the country are completed in time, Centre has decided to review and monitor progress of their construction regularly. Cabinet Secretary KS Chandrasekhar will hold a meeting through video conference to assess the progress …
Brazil and the US are locked in hot competition over ethanol trade, with the former seeking more market access and the latter determined to protect its domestic producers.
The acknowledgement of facts is the beginning of wisdom, a Finnish president once said. We already have enough facts about climate change. Now is the time not only to draw conclusions but to act.
The approval of a genetically modified potato for cultivation in EU territories has sparked strong reactions from all sides of the debate. Many member states and environmental groups are outraged, while the biotech industry sees promising signs of progress.
A host of organisations from Tamil Nadu's coastal districts, representing the fishing communities, and advocacy groups submitted a memorandum for the rights of fishermen to over 50 MLAs and leaders from 10 major political parties. The memorandum contained reservations over parts of the Coastal Regulation Zone Amendments, 2010. The fishermen's …
BHUBANESWAR: In a sign of greater coordination to defang the Maoists, the three neighbouring States of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have decided to bridge the gap among them. As a first move, the States will complete all the major and vital pending bridges in the border areas. In fact, …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: With the Centre seeking time for completion of the Environment Impact Analysis (EIA) on an alternative alignment for the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project without cutting across Adam's Bridge or Ramar Sethu, the Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred judgment till February 2011. Additional Solicitor-General Harin P. Raval …
Ahmedabad: After considerable deliberations, the engineering division of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has opined that the 120-year-old Ellisbridge be pulled down in order to bring it back to its old glory. When rebuilt, the plan is to run the BRTS bus on it as an exclusive corridor that would look …
