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 …
Arunachal Pradesh government has approved in principle the revised city development plan for the State Capital for its planned growth and accelerated development. Chief Minister Nabam Tuki approved the plan after a threadbare discussion on a blueprint presented by Intercontinental Consultants & Technocrats Private Ltd, a consultancy agency, under the …
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved Thursday Tk 52.48 billion cost water treatment plant set up project to purify the water of the Meghna, to be supplied to the capital, officials said. Presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the ECNEC meeting endorsed a total 11 …
Major road projects across Haryana, including a six-lane flyover along National Highway-8 at Hero Honda Chowk on Delhi-Jaipur road, have been approved by the Centre. The decision was taken at a meeting between Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes in …
A Central team of experts that visited the Muktsar belt, one of the best cotton-producing areas in the region, has concluded that excessive irrigation, faulty alignment of drains and a wrong cropping pattern are responsible for persistent waterlogging in the area. The problem has become acute. Chief Minister Parkash Singh …
Another groundwater recharge zone will be lost. A project to cover a huge stormwater drain in Chirag Dilli for conversion into a parking lot has angered environmentalists. The drain that starts in Pushp Vihar and passes through Sheikh Sarai and Panchsheel Enclave travelling right up to Ring Road is 5km …
Poorly managed drains, encroached catchment areas are culprits Heavy rain which lashed Bangalore for the last two days may have been a welcome development for a City reeling under a severe water crisis for the last two years, but they proved inadequate to fill a majority of lakes here. On …
To find out a permanent solution of waterlogging in southwestern Punjab, comprising Muktsar, Fazilka and Faridkot districts, the Drainage Department will take help from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Sarvesh Kaushal, Principal Secretary (Irrigation), said: “We are taking topographic map sheets from ISRO to lay new drains. Though the …
The State government has proposed 61 new projects for Bangalore and Mysore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). The projects include grade separators, public transport, storm water drains, etc. The estimated cost of the projects is Rs 5,265.22 crore, Minister for Urban Development, Vinay Kumar Sorake, said …
Kochi: Putting the city corporation in a tight corner, the local fund audit department has found many flaws, including miserly spending, while implementing projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Mission (JNNURM). As per the audit report of the project, the local body had spent only 28.72% of the total …
An investigation carried out in Idukki by a team led by S. Sreekumar, Associate Professor with the Department of Geology and Environmental Science of Christ College, Irinjalakuda, indicates the possibility of fresh landslides being triggered in areas near where they occurred recently. Dr. Sreekumar had earlier been Principal Investigator in …
Denmark and Bangladesh Wednesday signed an agreement on a Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project (CCAPP) worth over Tk 210 million aiming to demonstrate the effectiveness of climate change adaptation initiatives within rural infrastructure. Economic Relations Division (ERD) joint secretary Nurjahan Begum and Danish embassy charge d'affaires Ms Lene Volkersen signed …
A project has been launched worth MVR9 million to solve the flooding issues faced by the islets. Male Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) has been awarded the designing of drainage systems in Gaaf Dhaal Atoll Thinadhoo and Haa Dhaal Atoll Kulhudhuffushi. Speaking after signing the agreement, State environment minister Abdul …
The Orissa HC has asked the state government to take appropriate steps to ban selling and distribution of the national flag made of any material other than the one prescribed in the flag code of India-2002. The flag code mandates that the national flag of India shall be made of …
The Delhi High Court on Thursday expressed extreme displeasure with the civic agencies and the Delhi government for failing to take steps to curb waterlogging in the city. “We don’t like these wishy-washy affidavits... We want results, not words,” the bench of Acting Chief Justice B D Ahmad and Justice …
Nepalgunj Municipality Office has banned on the use and import-export of polythene bags in the territory of the city. Claiming that the polythene bags are causing pollution and blocking the drainage system of the municipality, the office has banned on the use of plastic bags. The municipality banned in the …
A new sewerage model is all set to replace the traditional one in Ranchi households enabling improved drainage system across the city. Ranchi Municipal Corporation has designed the new model, which if implemented will directly connect every household to the sewage treatment plant. The treated water would then be released …
Details of projects approved under Urban Local Bodies (ULB) as per the guidelines under JnNURM and for all the Mission cities as on 31‐03‐2012 as referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 588 for answer on 07.08.2013 regarding JNNURM.
Locals Say Water Drawn At Jangpura Parking Site Wasted New Delhi: Jangpura’s three-storeyed parking lot, which has already been delayed by three years, is in the centre of a controversy again. The residents have alleged that when the contractor had excavated the place initially, groundwater sprang up and flooded the …
Number of households has risen from 53.69 per cent in 2001 to 78.86 per cent in 2011. As the government gears up to meet the overall housing shortfall of nearly 18.7 million in the urban areas, a statistical compendium of households with basic amenities, including water, electricity and sanitation, better …
Mumbai : Eight years after a deluge claimed 450 lives in the city in 2005, the ambitious revival of the choked Mithi river to check floods is far from complete. The deadline for the Rs 1,700-crore two-phase project undertaken by BMC and MMRDA was 2008. While widening and deepening of …
