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 …
Employees of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) have decided to oppose the proposal of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to take over a sewage treatment plant (STP) with vacant land and buildings in Baghajatin. In 2004, when Mr KS Rajendrakumar was the principal secretary of urban development department, it …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will dig deep into its pockets to ensure clean and pristine beaches in the western suburban regions of the city. It has decided to spend Rs30,500 per day on the clean-up of three major beaches of Versova, Madh-Marve and Gorai-Manori, all of which are inland tourist …
Mumbai could learn a lesson or two from this: 20 dying fresh water lakes in Thane have got a new lease of life, after the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) embarked upon a drive for environmental conservation of its lakes. Funded by the Central Government
Welcoming the move of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to provide 500 dustbins across the city, the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Parisad (AJYP) today said that unless the authorities initiated practical long-term measures to rid the city of the many ills plaguing it, the grandiose plans of beautifying the city would …
CONTRACTOR BLAMED The much-touted Rs 40 crore upgradation of the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Udyan at Powai has stopped nearly two years after it commenced. The garden exists on land belonging to the water supply department and was to be refurbished with water as its theme. Anil Diggikar, additional municipal commissioner, …
Delhi has 13 big and small industrial areas and the roads in most of these areas have not been repaired for years. For the first time, the MCD has come up with a concrete plan and will spend Rs 426 crore on their repair. Since these areas are not major …
SMALL ENGINES MAKE BIG NOISE The city has been breathing a lot easier ever since a majority of auto-rickshaws plying the road changed to CNG a couple of years ago. But a recent BMC study shows that there has been little respite from noise pollution caused by three-wheeler cargo carriers …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday decided to defer for now the awarding of contracts for their ambitious plan to convert the Deonar dumping ground partially into a green belt and the rest into a sanitary landfill site. The Rs 4,560-crore proposal had been earlier put before the standing …
With their proposal for dumping of municipal waste at Naubasta Kala running into rough weather following protests by locals, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) and Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) have begun the search for a new site. The new site, well placed sources at LMC, claim could be the one …
NEW DELHI: Delhi Municipal Commissioner K. S. Mehra presented revised budget estimates for the current financial year and budget estimates for the next fiscal in respect of the general wing and slum and jhuggi-jhonpri wing of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Friday. The proposed expenditure during 2009-10 has been …
It is bad news for the residents of Bhanpur that they are under the grip of death. Hundreds of truck garbage dumped by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) spreading various diseases in the area, compelling them to die slowly. On the left side of Bhanpur bridge on vacant place the …
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is soon going to do away with the old garbage trucks with its new garbage cleaning mechanism becoming fully operational from December 1. The garbage-picking trucks, hired by the corporation on contract were always criticized by common people because of their unsatisfactory performance.
The Municipal Corporation (MC) will be outsourcing sanitation services in the city. The issue was discussed in the General House Meeting held on Thursday. The areas to be outsourced have been divided into sectors, colonies and villages. The manpower required in each area has been assessed keeping in view the …
Even after controlling Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) for over two decades, the CPI-M led board has failed to stop pollution created by industries in most of its wards. Smoke emitted by industries in ward number 1 to 5 and 22, 23 and 25 have been polluting the entire area for …
City roads will soon present a smoother ride. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now take up works for the improvement of more than 60 roads, including major ones. The works had been budgeted for and approved but got stalled after civic contractors refused to begin work owing to lack …
The decision to close down the Deonar dumping ground was embroiled in an ugly debate, as members across party lines raised more than a 100 questions at the BMC
The colonies of Kolar municipality are filled with garbage and filth and stray cattle can be seen 24 hours feeding on the garbage. Time and again the Municipal authorities give assurances of getting the area cleaned. In the Municipality there are 174 sanitary employees but they seldom work. The Municipality …
Mumbai's civic body has come up with a plan to generate nearly 4 MW of power from a closed garbage dump, even while the open surface is turned into a nine-hole golf course. Apart from doing its bit to improve Mumbai's power supply, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will also …
