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 …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday reserved its final orders on two applications, one with regard to dumping of waste and debris and encroachment in the Yamuna’s floodplains, and the other challenging civic agencies’ coverage of stormwater drains hampering drainage, while it sought technical advice from the Indian Institute …
It’s curtains for the UPA government’s flagship programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The new Union Urban Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister (HUPA), M. Venkaiah Naidu, who assumed office on Wednesday, said a new mission would be launched soon in place of JNNURM. The …
Sewerage network is present in a very limited part of Jammu city and the rest of the city predominately depends on individual toilets and onsite septic tanks, resulting in sewage outflow into open drains leading to unhygienic conditions in localities. This was stated by the Union Ministry of Urban Development …
One of the dream projects of Samajwadi Party— to clean Sheesh Mahal pond and beautify its surroundings— has taken a toll on the ground water table of adjoining areas in Old City. The pond had been at the receiving end of sewage and drainage outflow from neighbouring localities because of …
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has issued demolition notices to encroachers on the Sahibabad drain and the green belt near Vaishali Metro station, and has given them time till May 20 to reply, failing which the unauthorized constructions will be demolished. The notices have been issued in accordance with the …
More than 700 fish have died in the past three days at Rewalsar Lake situated in the Rewalsar town of Mandi district. Employees of Rewalsar nagar panchayat said none of the officials of the Fisheries Department had visited the spot. Bansi Lal, president, Rewalsar nagar panchayat, said: “As soon as …
As Delhiites go through water shortage this summer, 10 crore litres of clean water from the Yamuna via the Haiderpur canal is flowing into the Najafgarh drain at Wazirpur in North Delhi each day. This raw water being put in the drain is enough to supply about 10 litres of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shri Hazi Arif & Ors. V/s. State of UP & Ors dated 08/05/2014 on the issue of discharge of untreated industrial waste water into the Sahibabad drain. NGT order also notes the report submitted by local …
The district administration has formulated plans for proper management of solid waste, upkeep of parks and remodelling of drain no.6, which is known here as ‘Ganda Nala’. DC Samir Pal Srow held meetings with public representatives and the officials concerned and issued directions for submitting the requirement reports to nodal …
Says Status Quo Directive Doesn’t Mean Not Clearing Trees From Drain In Western Ghats Mumbai: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had called for a stay on the cutting of trees in the eco-sensitive Western Ghats following a TOI report, has slammed government officials for using …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Kumar Misra & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 05/05/2014 regarding drains in question which are storm water drains and the question of it being covered. The Tribunal has also asked for information …
The civic administration on Tuesday assured corporators that the work of diverting the nullahs flowing directly into the Rankala Lake will start next week. The sewage discharge has polluted the water body and led to rampant growth of algae. The assurance was made during a meeting of the Kolhapur Municipal …
The plan of proper drainage and sewerage system for the State capital may finally become a reality as team of Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), which was conducting survey on city’s drainage and sewerage system from past three month is set to handover its survey report to the civic body. …
An expert committee headed by a professor of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, on Monday informed the Delhi High Court that there was no long-term policy in place to deal with water-logging in the Capital. The committee in a report prepared by Prof. A. K. Gosain submitted before a Division …
That toxic industrial waste flows unabated in Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana and Kala Sanghian drain in Jalandhar is known, what baffles environmentalists in Punjab is that no political party is bothered about the issue. The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) claims that the steps are being taken to ensure that …
KANPUR: Jal Sansthan will soon take action against those citizens who are disposing off their sewer and waste in open drain. The organization issued a warning ordering residents to connect their home sewer line with main line. Disposal of sewer water in open drain was an offence and punishable. BK …
In order to prevent water-logging on arterial roads and colony streets in the city during the monsoon, Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung has instructed the civic agencies to complete de-silting of drains by middle of May. The L-G on Wednesday held a meeting with senior officials of the Delhi Government and the …
The Punjab government in coordination with UN body “Global Sanitation Fund” will launch a drainage project in Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts. This was told at a meeting of the fund officials with the district administration here on Monday. At the initial stage, the project would be …
The World Bank is still failing to take climate change into account as it makes decisions about the projects it finances, according to a new report from the nonprofit World Resources Institute. The impacts of climate change were only taken into consideration in a quarter of all projects the bank …
Lucknow: The city’s vulnerability to vector-borne diseases is high. On one hand, there is ample breeding ground for the mosquitoes, while on the other hand the mechanism to check the population of mosquitoes is frail. Health risk of vector-borne diseases has been highlighted in 2014's World Health Day theme ‘small …
