Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagan Prasad Tehriya Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 23/05/2025. The applicant has alleged large-scale illegal felling of green trees within the Agra district, Uttar Pradesh. The application revealed instances of illegal tree felling at Fatehabad, Sadar, Kiraoli and Agra …
n Free water and exemption from paying sewerage charges by the urban poor is set to end in Punjab n Metered water supply to become mandatory n Kalia says that recovery was an essential component of both JNURM and UIDC schemes. Chandigarh, May 4 Free water and exemption from paying …
Water availability per capita in India is reaching critical levels, and with a much faster pace of urbanisation expected in the coming decades, treatment of waste water for returning to rivers and reuse in industry assumes great importance. Navi Mumbai has shown the way. Today the population of Navi Mumbai …
HONG KONG: People who move from villages to cities to work are more likely to end up obese and suffer from diabetes compared to their siblings who remain behind, a large study in India has found. The study, involving 6,510 participants from north, central and south India, found that half …
Ludhiana: Once known as green lungs of the city, the Old Sessions Court would be changed within a few days, as a private company has started constructing a multiplex over the land. The work has started and the project would come up soon disappointing residents of the area, who were …
The state government has shelved the Bhopal Master Plan as it hampered conservation of lakes, the green cover of the city and its naturally rich heritages. But, on the other hand, Cultural Department is preparing to sabotage the green cover of the city by felling 4000 trees at Arera Hills …
Report Says Funds Will Be Required To Sustain A Population Of 590 Million By 2030 New Delhi: India will need to spend an additional $2 trillion or almost one-and-a-half times it
Mumbai: The McKinsey report highlights the need for fast-paced infrastructure. But Mumbai and its metropolitan region have not shown till date any attempt to fast track big ticket infrastructure projects. Though government bodies such as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) wish to make available state-of-the-art facilities with roads, …
ON APRIL 17, the temperature of Delhi stood at a record 43.7 degree Celsius, the highest in 52 years. The Friday before that, the maximum temperature was the highest in 29 years. In November 2006, Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit observed that the sparrow population of Delhi seemed to be mysteriously …
THE urban development ministry is readying an improved second phase of its flagship urban infrastructure scheme that will be targeted at states that agree to a stepped up urban reform agenda. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission or JNNURM has drawn flak for under utilisation of funds, but part …
Mumbai: Once the Bandra-Worli sea link is extended to Haji Ali, all four-wheeler will use the sea link rather than the existing city roads, or so the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) believes. Call it belief or delusion, the state-owned body expects virtually every four-wheeler plying between Haji Ali …
Hope And Despair On Key Legislations New Delhi: The Planning Commission will carry out a detailed study of beneficiaries in the below poverty line (BPL) category eligible for the proposed national food security act while adding categories of urban poor to make the ambitious welfare programme as inclusive as possible. …
The news on the conditions of people in the world's slums is mixed: there has been tangible improvement but it is not enough, and the mass of the slum population is growing. Since 2000, the lives of about 227 million living in slum conditions have improved and the Millennium Development …
Mumbai: When municipal commissioner Swadhin Kshatriya spelt out his budgetary plans for this fiscal, he left out new beautification and road works blaming the recession. Claiming the municipal economy was not robust enough at this stage, he stressed on completion of major projects in core areas instead. But, he had …
Rapid urbanisation in developing countries intensifies the challenges of making sufficient food available for the increasing urban population, and managing the related waste flow. Unlike in rural communities, there is usually little or no return of food biomass and related nutrients into the food production process. Most waste ends up …
Sandeep Joshi NEW DELHI: While Delhi has emerged as the best Indian city in terms of quality of life and living standards, the satellite townships of Gurgaon and Noida have failed to keep pace. The Capital comes on top in education, safety and economic environment, second in housing options and …
Ahmedabad: For the first time, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is doing a comprehensive health survey in the city to profile cases of malnutrition, vaccination, anaemia and also immunisation reach among urban poor. The Multi Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) intends to cover the population living in city slums and other vulnerable …
