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 …
MUMBAI: Acting on the directives of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), which were issued during the approval of the Rs 434-crore Byculla zoo makeover plan last year, the BMC has completed a survey to ascertain the number of trees there. The civic body's ambitious modernisation plan for the zoo hit …
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday gave its approval for the purchase of over 1400 tenements to rehabilitate Project Affected People (PAP) by the Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drain (BRIMSTOWAD) project which is touted as the solution for floods in the city. Rehabilitation of the PAPs is one of …
Calcutta, Feb. 16: Suspected sewage contamination of drinking water supplied by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to Garden Reach has made many children sick and prompted allegations that the toxic mix caused the death of a four-year-old. At least 30 people, most of them children, have been affected by an outbreak …
AHMEDABAD : Just before Lok Sabha elections, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) unveiled a Rs 285-crore sewerage network for newly-acquired areas of new west zone. Most of the works are being undertaken under JNNURM. The areas to be covered include seven major pockets in the new west zone. AMC released at …
Jalandhar: 83 bus stops already set up in Jalandhar, 23 more on cards. Ludhiana too to have similar stops. Each stop to consume average 3,000 units monthly; electricity used by these stops could power a large village for a month In power-starved Punjab, where citizens and industry face 10 to …
NEW DELHI: The House of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi finalised the revised budget estimates for 2008-09 and budget estimates for 2009-10 at a special meeting here on Thursday. Leader of the House Subhash Arya who presented the budget speech also announced various new schemes and enhancement of budget provisions …
Mumbai: In its effort to provide uninterrupted water supply to citizens, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to outsource work instead of carrying out reformsdepartmentally. Three agencies will be established as project managers under its Water Distribution Improvement Project (WDIP) to fix leakages for continuous water supply. With an estimated …
Civic Agency Shows Deficit Of Rs 179 Crore, Expenditure Up TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: In an effort to fast track existing projects before Commonwealth Games 2010 and initiate more infrastructure development, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has presented a deficit budget for the year 2009-10 of Rs 178.99 …
BHUBANESWAR: While the steel industry is reeling under the impact of the global meltdown, smallscale iron ore processing units of the State are facing a challenge of a different kind. Although the iron ore processing units of Keonjhar district have been demanding assured supply of ore lumps at a reasonable …
New Delhi: At its new landfill sites, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi plans to generate electricity, cooking gas, organic manure and bricks from the waste generated in the city. To come up at Okhla and Timarpur, the landfill sites will have a waste treatment plant for which the corporation is …
Mumbai: Breaking new ground : Civic authorities to tap methane from closed grounds for 20 MW The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is getting ready to enter the energy sector and intends producing around 20 MW from waste and putting it on the distribution grid. The electricity will be from the …
MUMBAI: The slowdown has forced the BMC to act tough with central, state and semi-government organisations. The civic body plans to instal water meters in government properties across the city so that it can calculate error-free water consumption by these units. "All of them put together, they owe the BMC …
In a non-descript slum in Jahangirpuri, the hair you throw into your bathroom bin transforms into wigs for idols, and the toys you dispose of make their way into second-hand markets. Even as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is set to privatise the door-to-door collection of garbage in the city, …
The rising level of pollution because of the influx of cars in the Capital has also been a cause of concern for Delhi High Court. While hearing a public interest litigation challenging the New Delhi Municipal Council's directive to ban cycle rickshaws in parts of the city, the Court slammed …
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will provide intra dermal anti-rabies vaccine at 12 health centres in the city. Unlike the old vaccine, which is injected in the muscle, the new vaccine is injected under the topmost layer of the skin. Private hospitals are already using the new vaccine, …
Mumbai: Water shortage is a prime concern for Mumbaikars. The municipal corporation had promised citizens 24x7 water supply by the beginning of 2012. Due to delays and slow implementation of water supply and management schemes, the dream has now been pushed backwards. The five-year Sujal Mumbai Mission initiated by the …
LUCKNOW: The UP Project Development Corporation (UPPDC) has been entrusted with the task of taking care of the Gomti. It was decided on Monday that the agency would be carrying out the dredging operations in the river, the cost of which would be borne by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP …
After much delay, the sanction order for funds totalling Rs 3.22 crore for the work of remediation, rehabilitation of Sonsodo waste disposal site with capping finally came to the Margao Municipal Council on Wednesday. But, the Government has imposed a series of conditions to ensure that the Margao civic body …
