Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Kochi: Residents in the Kochi municipal corporation area of Ernakulam district risk paying out a fine of Rs 10,000 if they are caught throwing garbage on the street. The new law came into effect on Tuesday after the district administration held detailed discussions with various departments including the police and …
MUMBAI: Even as the fate of Rs 4,500-crore plan for scientific closure of Deonar dumping ground hangs in balance, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has proposed to develop six landfill sites beyond the city limits. A proposal to this effect has been sent to eight municipal corporations for …
MUMBAI: Here's why the BMC's claims on rainwater harvesting don't hold water. Although its notification making this compulsory for all new projects came into force in October 2002, the civic body itself will practice what it preaches only next year. It has finally made concrete plans to carry out rainwater …
Chandigarh: Amid the ongoing water crisis in Mohali, municipal councillor Kuljit Singh Bedi has said he will move court if the Punjab government did not act within 20 days to resolve the crisis.
June 11: The MCD is considering issuing of showcause notices to those who have managed to get online licences under the orange category pertaining to polluting units with due clearance from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee or by forging its clearance certificates. Conceding that some unscrupulous elements have managed to …
The power situation limped back to normal 96 hours after Cyclone Aila roared past the city. CESC officials claimed normal supply to the entire city resumed by Friday evening.
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government has ordered an inquiry into the mid-day meal given to students in a school here after teachers found a dead frog in the served food.
Mumbai: Environmentally conscious Bandra residents are planning to demarcate a 7-km cycling track along its seafront. "We want to create a pollutant-free city and help save fuel," said Anandini Thakoor, chairperson, Khar-Bandra-Santacruz (KBS) Foundation, a citizen group which is promoting the project. KBS is looking into the possibility of connecting …
Mumbai: The authorities, citizens and others have come together to make Vile Parle a zero-plastic zone. Discarded plastic bags choked drains, leading to mass flooding in the city on July 26, 2005. After that, the Maharashtra government had banned the use of plastic (below 50 microns). But four years later, …
The work on improving the drainage and sewerage systems in Kolkata may cost around Rs 20,000 crore, though in phases, according to Mr Alapan Bandopadhyay, Commissioner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Loan awaited Addressing an interactive session, organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce here on Friday, Mr Bandopadhyay said,
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Thursday held a meeting of all its councillors and health officers to discuss steps to be taken in order to check the dengue menace this season. The civic body delved upon the matter and decided several steps like seeking active participation from the Resident …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will now work for climate change in the Capital. MCD mayor Kanwar Sain today said that the corporation will have funds earmarked for mitigating the effects of climate change. He made the announcement after attending the C-40 Large Cities Climate Summit held at Seoul …
KOLKATA, 27 May: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to construct dwelling units for slum dwellers who have been rendered homeless in the aftermath of cyclone Aila that hit the city on Monday. Announcing the decision today, mayor Mr Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya said it was brought to his notice …
LUCKNOW: The state government has directed the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP Housing Board, Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) and the estate department to take up an intensive afforestation drive in the city before the onset of the monsoon. The government also directed the four agencies to develop parks in the …
Cyclone Aila has forced the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) to draw up new safety norms for billboards, which include a ban on sheet metal hoardings. Over 1,000 billboards were destroyed by the wind and found hanging precariously from buildings and gantries across the city. The sheet metal roofs of several …
Lucknow Development Authority, Lucknow Municipal Corporation and Housing Board have decided to give a facelift to more than 300 parks lying in a shambles across the city. An amount of Rs 20.43 crore has been earmarked for the purpose and plantation will be undertaken on a large scale during the …
This monsoon may not see the otherwise common view of choked and overflowing drains in Delhi. With the rainy season close to hitting the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is speeding up the de-silting of drains. Going by the information given by the Corporation, 98 per cent of …
MUMBAI: Corporators on Monday served a vital blow to Mumbai's chances to close the 127-hectare dumping ground at Deonar and converting it into a green belt. Setting aside fears that the dumping site__city's oldest and biggest__has just six more years of lifespan, the BMC standing committee deferred the ambitious project …
MUMBAI: Water-starved residents of Mira Road and Bhayander may have to wait for another two years before they get adequate water supply. Keeping the assembly elections in mind, the state h.TIMy agreed to set aside 200 mld water every day from the Surya dam for the Mira-Bhayander region. The feasibility …
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray will call on chief minister Ashok Chavan to press for greater coordination between the BMC, the railways, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and the MMRDA to prevent flooding in Mumbai during monsoon. "There are too many agencies working at cross purposes. The …
