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 …
New Delhi: 5-MGD waste treatment plant to come up in Okhla; at present, almost 80% of the supply water turns into sewage and is treated, the rest goes down the drain, literally The Delhi Jal Board has a plan up its sleeves to deter people from wasting potable water and …
One person died and seven others were admitted following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak because of suspected water contamination in Ward 20 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) over the past few days. Civic officials are yet to determine the cause of diarrhoea. The deceased, Pappu Ajay Varma, was a …
Rainwater inundating the roads is a regular feature in Guwahati, particularly in its central parts, during the rainy season. The Guwahatians hence lay more stress on keeping the city drains clean to make them able to carry the discharge of the rainy days. But the ongoing drain cleaning exercise undertaken …
In view of the unprecedented dry spell coupled with depleting ground water level in Guwahati owing to shortage of rainfall, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has pressed into service two of its water tankers to supply water, more particularly in areas that are not covered by its water piped network. …
Mumbai: An NGO converted a drinking water fountain on Marine Drive into a urinal after walkers petitioned the BMC that they needed a place to relieve themselves more desperately than they needed water. The water fountain-turned-urinal was opened to the public on Monday. Punjab Association, which had been maintaining the …
Chandigarh: Moving a step forward in the proposal to run 100 AC and non-AC buses in the city, the UT Administration has awarded the contract for the project to Tata Motors. Confirming this, Secretary (Transport) Ram Niwas said:
KOLKATA, March 30: Unable to complete its slum development projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme on time, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) now faces a cost escalation of around Rs 80 crore. This amount will be borne by the civic body. A civic official pointed …
LUCKNOW: So what if it punishes the erring house tax owners, sending notices and seizing their bank accounts, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is now at the receiving end -- from the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) for not paying a paltry Rs 7,000 as annual authorisation renewal charges for …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has asked the BMC to furnish a list of 28 trees that are to be hacked for the Nepean Sea road widening project. A division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud have also asked the corporation to submit a list of …
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will receive Rs20 crore in lieu of carbon credit from the Asian Development Bank. The BMC earned its carbon credit from the Gorai dumping ground, which becomes the first garbage dump in the country to earn 'carbon credits'. The BMC sold it to recover …
MUMBAI: While the BMC plans to transplant 73 trees on Nepean Sea Road, experts say only 21 trees will survive transplantation, that is, if proper protocol is followed. In recent reports, the BMC has said it will increase the number of trees transplanted from 57 to 73 along Nepean Sea …
Ranchi, March 24: The state capital is not only a dirty place to live in, it also lacks proper basic amenities. This has been revealed by a study conducted by a New Delhi-based NGO. According to the survey done by PRIA, the sanitation and drinking water supply services provided by …
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has finally decided to preserve water bodies after allowing more than 50,000 buildings to come up by filling up ponds. The director-general of the CMC
MUMBAI: Exactly 46 trees have simple vanished along Nepean Sea Road in the last three years. A 2006 BMC plan for Nepean Sea Road showed 235 trees on the stretch of road between Mukesh Chowk and Embassy apartment. The BMC, which is currently in the process of widening this stretch, …
Howrah is set to face another dry summer with the municipal authorities not drawing up a plan to solve problems in the supply of surface water. For several years, taps have been running dry in Howrah in summer forcing residents to queue up for hours for a bucket of water. …
Mumbai: While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) waits an approval from the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) for the proposed redevelopment of the Veer Jijamata Udyan in Byculla, three different plans with schematic drawings were furnished by the BMC, under Right to Information (RTI) Act under the Save Rani Bagh …
Indore, March 22: The fate of Indore municipal corporation's most ambitious water project Narmada phase III seems to have run into rough weather with the Narmada Bachao Andolan throwing a dampener on the R&R; work of 440 mw Maheshwar project. Execution of Narmada phase III through which additional 360 MLD …
