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 …
Salt crunches underfoot like frosty soil on this bare stretch of land in western Uzbekistan. Cotton, to be used to make a mattress, is stacked in a home. The status of Uzbekistan as the world's second-largest cotton exporter is in danger because of environmental destruction. "Thirty years ago, this was …
With most drains clogged and no arrangements being made by the Municipal Council and the Haryana Urban Development Authority till date to check waterlogging, Panchkula has a long way to go before it can claim to be prepared for the rainy season. Newslinetakes a look at the situation In 2007, …
The ever degrading sanitary conditions at the general bus stand Jammu is a serious concern. The nullah flowing through it is prime source of stink and garbage which even makes it difficult for people to stand in the yard of bus stand. It is very astonishing that the bus stand …
The Danish Government has provided two interest free loans of Rs. 7.7 billion and Rs. 8.8 billion for the construction of Oluvil Port and the Kelani Right Bank Water Treatment Plant under the Danish Mixed Credit Programme. The funds are channelled through the Nordea Bank of Denmark. The proposed Oluvil …
Leader of Opposition in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Jai Kishan today disrupted proceeding of the Standing Committee. He raised the issue of penalty of lakhs of rupees imposed by the Delhi consumer court on the civic body for not desilting drains. He said if the corporation did not …
Civic body may lose Rs 150 cr from the funds allocated to it under JNNURM The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) stands to lose up to Rs 150 crore from the funds allocated to it under JNNURM. This situation has come to pass as the Centre, in a directive to the …
THE upcoming monsoon is going to be a testing time for the flood-control machinery of any municipal corporation and Mira-Bhayandar is no exception. While the administration of the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) boasts of making elaborate arrangements to tackle any eventually arising out of flood situation during monsoon, certain colonies …
Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are embroiled in a battle over road cutting. With MCD suddenly having decided to come down hard on
Although the panchayat elections have ended, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is still feeling the after-effects with delayed work projects. There has been a labour shortage since many workers went back to their homes to vote which has been delaying the dredging work being carried out by the civic body …
For the uninitiated, it is almost surreal: men and boys, stepping out of their homes into the unpaved and narrow alleys of Nursery Town, in Korangi 2-1/2, as the clock strikes three in the night, armed with rolls of colourful plastic tubing. Dropping the pipes to their fixed post, they …
Turkmenistan intends to create a huge lake in the desert by filling a natural depression with drainage water. Critics say it's a bad idea that could even spark a war.
Corporators claim work will not be complete by May-end deadline, officials say desilting and dredging will continue during rains While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's officials have made repeated assurances that the major drains will be thoroughly desilted in time for the monsoon, the ground reality at various nullahs across the …
Mega project of water supply and drainage, launched in Sukkur city at a cost of Rs 3 billion federal government grant, has become a nuisance for the people turning the entire atmosphere of Sukkur city dusty, besides causing tremendous difficulties for the pedestrians and as well as motorists. Almost the …
The city topped in the implementation of Jawaharlar Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). With abundant funds available the execution of the projects is going at a fast pace. According to sources, after Ahmadabad, Vijayawada stands in the best position in following the guidelines of the mission in the implementation of …
"We survived the deluge of 2005 but are still worried about this year." The fear, voiced by many citizens, is an apt comment on how ill-prepared the civic administration is to deal with the rains. With just weeks to go before the onset of the monsoon, contractors appointed by the …
Even after spending crores of rupee on the relaying and upgrading the city's sewer lines under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), civic body can hardly heave a sigh of relief that they have given the city dwellers respite from waterlogged streets during the monsoons. Thanks to the …
With only two weeks to go for the pre-monsoon deadline for road and drain works to be completed, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is struggling to meet the demands of the newfound stress on preparedness for disasters. First, even after allocating an additional Rs 110 crore for its works on widening …
The Delhi government wants to ensure that people do not throw garbage in drains leading to the Yamuna river in the wake of upcoming Commonwealth Games and the river far from being cleaned. The government plans to build walls around the major drains to ensure that no solid waste and …
Though there is an economic boom in India there is a flipside to it too. According to estimates there are 80.7 million urban poor in India and a housing shortage of 24.7 million, says Kumari Selja, minister of state (independent charge), housing and urban poverty alleviation. In conversation with Yeshi …
The Delhi gov ernment will soon to take up an integrated sanitation scheme in the city to ensure that all people get the minimum standard of hygiene and do not go in the open for their toilet needs. The Delhi Cabinet will soon give its nod to a proposal to …
