Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The notification on parking norms in Vashi is being put into effect now, over a month after it was issued by former DCP (traffic) Vijay Patil on August 2. The new DCP Arvind Salve has taken up the issue in view of the forthcoming Navratri and Diwali festivals when vehicular …
19 sites declared free of charge by NDMC, but mafia demanding up to Rs. 40 Brazenly flouting the law, parking contractors across north Delhi are charging customers up to Rs. 40 for a spot in free-parking zones. Nineteen parking sites were declared to be free of charge by the North …
Environmentalist and writer Sunita Narain on Wednesday said parking charges should be on a par with the real estate prices in the area. "Why should parking be so cheap or free? Can we run offices like that," she asked while addressing a lecture organised by Transparent Chennai, a city-based non-governmental …
The Goa medical college (GMC) and hospital, Bambolim, has vast parking space but many times hospital staff find it difficult to park vehicles in their own campus. During the peak hours between 9 am to 2 pm, visitors as well as staff have to scramble for a parking space even …
The death of a 55year-old businessman in New Delhi over parking issue on Sunday is a warning for Jaipur which is also facing acute shortage of parking space. The number of vehicles per 1,000 people in Jaipur is more than Delhi and Jaipur ranks second in registration of new vehicles, …
Finding parking space in Delhi is like a treasure hunt. The growing number of cars has led to a scramble for vacant slots and frayed nerves. Rajinder Bhatia's death in west Patel Nagar underlines a larger issue and a crime pattern that needs a closer look. According to a study …
Underground parking projects in Noida have come under National Green Tribunal’s scanner. On Wednesday, the tribunal bench led by Justice Swatanter Kumar heard a plea by one Vikrant Tongad, challenging such projects being built underneath public parks, but refused to stay them. However, it sought further details of parking projects …
what's the use? The cycle tracks marked by the Department of Urban Land Transport have turned into parking zones. The ambitious segregated cycle corridor project proposed by the Department of Urban Land Transport (DULT) calls for a reality check as existing cycle tracks in the City have not been put …
Delhi’s ever-increasing population has added to the parking woes in the national capital, which in turn has boosted the power of the parking mafia. The city’s municipal bodies have failed to provide a solution to the growing parking problem in the last several years. The South and North Municipal Corporations, …
MANALI: Implementation of the orders of National Green Tribunal (NGT) is apparently not an easy task for Himachal Pradesh government. The work of procuring land for construction of eco-friendly market and parking spaces in and around the township, as directed by the green tribunal, is taking too much time. NGT …
While a green building concept is catching up in the country in a big way, the Odisha Government is making a move to erect eco-friendly towers in the capital city Bhubaneswar, which would house various offices of the State Government. A massive tower of 30,000 square metres (SQM) is coming …
Municipal corporations have been given a month's time to frame an `easy' policy for the registration of erickshaws in the city . The policy must focus on passenger safety and e-rickshaw owners will have to get a number-plate. Nitin Gadkari said at a rally on Tuesday that municipal corporations would …
Action against persons parking their vehicles on road side A meeting of the Road Safety Committee convened by District Collector M.S. Jaya on Monday reviewed the new traffic regulations implemented in the city. The meeting decided to remove the median at the Patturaikkal Junction to make the traffic smooth. One-way …
Contractors, Thugs Control Every Parking Lot And Fleece Citizens At Will For rogue parking contractors in the city, who corner all tenders for parking lots, the city’s acute shortage of parking space has become a veritable windfall and a source to milk hapless citizens dry. The demand has always been …
Dip in Municipal Corporation’s revenue as 13 parking lots on Ferozepur road merged. Now the residents have to pay for parking their vehicles at the leading markets of the city: Sarabha Nagar main market, Ghumar Mandi, Sarabha Nagar-I block and Malhar road. The Municipal Corporation auctioned four new parking lots …
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Istanbul's Historic Peninsula, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been compromised by rapid and uncontrolled urban growth. In order to restore public space and revitalize the city center, Istanbul pedestrianized over 250 streets between 2010 and 2012. Involved in the project throughout, EMBARQ Turkey has compiled this report …
EPCA Report - Report on priority measures to reduce air pollution and protect public health in the matter of W.P. (C) No.13029 of 1985; M.C. Mehta v/s UOI & others. The report states that Delhi was able to arrest and lower air pollution with its first phase of action directed …
Citizens’ Transportation Status Report 2013 reveals need to increase share of public and non-motorized transport. In a first of its kind, city-based NGOs Parisar and Save Pune Traffic Movement (SPTM) have released a Citizens’ Transportation Status Report (TSR) on the lines of the Environment Status Report (ESR) that is published …
The BMC is set to implement a graded pay-and-park scheme for the suburbs and the island city with rates jumping up to three times, ban paid parking within 100m of educational institutions and introduce permits for residents for street parking. The base rate approved for BMC parking lots in the …
