Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
LUCKNOW: The executive committee of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation has termed the work of cleaning the city drains as `inefficient`, even as continuous rains hit the city for the past few days. Committee chairman and city mayor Dinesh Sharma on Friday convened a meeting with various corporators and members of …
Artificial floods in Jorhat district have threatened the existence of a tea estate with the garden authorities today appealing to the district administration to bail it out of the crisis. More than 50 per cent of the 174 hectares of Haru-charai tea estate, 16km from here, has been inundated by …
JAMMU: Expressing serious concern over deplorable condition of sewerage system in the city and outskirts, People's Democratic Party (PDP) today said that pre-monsoon showers have exposed tall claims of the Jammu Municipal Corporation and Urban Development Department. In a joint statement issued here today, senior PDP leaders pointed out crores …
New Delhi: A trial court has slapped a fine of Rs 35,000 on an industrialist, convicted for discharging huge quantity of untreated water from his factory into a drain after he pleaded guilty for the offence. Metropolitan Magistrate Sandeep Garg passed the order on a complaint by Delhi Pollution Control …
A high-power committee, constituted with officials of different departments, is on the anvil to prevent waterlogging in the city and look into proper drainage of stagnant water after rains, state irrigation and waterways minister, Dr Manas Bhuniya, said today, after a meeting with the mayor, Mr Sovan Chatterjee, officials of …
Collector holds meeting to review three municipalities Rs. 29 crore of allotted Rs. 35.67 crore spent so far on project Project did not see much progress because of Assembly polls VILLUPURAM: Collector C.T.Manimekalai has set a deadline of September 30 for completing the underground drainage project in Villupuram town. She …
JAMMU : The Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammad Sagar today dedicated the newly created facilities to the people developed under the Model Village development scheme at Akalpur village of Marh Block. The facilities developed include a community facility centre, Rural Informatic Computer center, Children
Demanding permanent solution of the problem of artificial flood in Jorhat town Asam Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad of Bhogdoi unit conducted a road blockade programme on NH-37 near Bhogdoi bridge here today. They also shouted slogans and submitted a memorandum to Jorhat Deputy Commissioner. Last week, the citizens of Jorhat …
Escalation of material cost one of the reasons CHENNAI: Escalation in the cost of construction material, the elections and a demand for a minor change in design have led to a delay in the implementation of the Rs.815-crore Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme to strengthen minor drains …
For the first time in the state, a unique step is being taken to check environmental pollution. Not only is the Kala Sanghia drain being cleaned but also its sludge would be disposed of in a scientific way at Nimbuan, a place in Dera Bassi, near Chandigarh instead of being …
To be paid in areas where water, sewer lines are newly laid or about to be laid The Delhi Jal Board has decided to fix the water and sewerage development charges for the year 2011-12 at Rs.405 and Rs.455 per sq. metre respectively, for recovery from consumers. The charges have …
Recognising that Climate Change most adversely affects marginalized communities, INECC felt that it was necessary to have a better understanding of the vulnerability of these communities to climate change as well as develop and prepare adequate resilience to the impacts of climate change. The problems and the solutions will be …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has just four days to de-silt 1.6lakh metres stretch of nullahs in the city. The civic body has the tedious task of removing over 2.64 lakh cubic metre of sludge deposited in the nullahs. Cleaning nullahs is mandatory to avoid flooding. The civic body is yet …
LUCKNOW: The fact that Gomti's flow and level have reduced drastically has caught the attention of the government which is now mulling to constitute a river conservation unit for its restoration and conservation. The river, reeling under the bane of pollution and encroachment, has its flow reduced to one-third and …
KOCHI: Waterlogging is one of the worst issues faced by Kochi. Once it rains, all the roads will be flooded. Though there are 18 projects to construct adequate drainages in Kochi, only four have been completed so far. The lack of coordination among various agencies like the Kochi Corporation, PWD, …
A Day after residents of the Doaba region and Rajasthan blocked the discharge of industrial waste into the Kala Sanghia drain, the district administration made it clear to industrialists that polluting units would not be tolerated. However, industrialists criticised the deputy commissioner
Industrial discharge and urban sewage are responsible for the pollution in Sutlej River. This has become evident from a report of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) prepared after various tests on the river
After the failure of the district administration and the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to stop the flow of polluted untreated industrial and sewage waste into the Kala Sanghia drain, natural water source, villagers from Doaba region and Rajasthan on Wednesday decided to take matters into their own hands. Led …
