BMC flouts rules to set up dumps
The recent protests by Gorai residents against the dumping ground in their area have revealed that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), like other corporations of Navi Mumbai, Thane and
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Nagpur Rly to involve private parties for its cleanliness drive
The Central Railway authorities in the Nagpur division are toying with an idea of involving a private party to take over cleanliness drive at Nagpur station (Maharashtra) as a turnkey project on the
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State officialdom still dithers on drought
The Congress ' sharp focus at the just ended assembly session on the 'inability' of the Gujarat government to take up drought-relief measures, despite an allegedly severe drought situation in large
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Civil surgeon to be prosecuted for flouting waste disposal norms
IT might be a very late awakening, but the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) may finally be altering its image as a spineless body. Four years after the Biomedical Waste (Management and
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Year 2002, a good year for environment more pro-active policies by government
Contrary to its image as a 'spoilsport ' of development, the Environment and Forests ministry had adopted a pro-active policy clearing a number of projects involving thousands of crores of rupees
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Dry AP demands Central aid again
The Andhra Pradesh state Cabinet took serious note of the Centre's reluctance to release the promised amount of Rs 174.60 crore towards drought relief and decided to put more pressure on the Centre
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Anil was always down to earth
The Third Sat Paul Mittal Annual Award on population and environment was awarded to Anil Agarwal in October for the activities undertaken in the field of environment. He had already been honoured
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4,529 villages of Gujarat are drought-hit
The Gujarat State Government on Monday declared 4,529 villages of the state as drought-hit, thereby directing the 13 district collectors concerned to implement drought relief with immediate effect.
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Centre's promise in papers only
The Central government's promise of providing an amount of Rs 500 crore during the 9th Five Year Plan period for taking up flood control measures remained on papers only as the State received only
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157 taluks, 24 districts declared drought-hit'
The state government has declared 157 taluks and 24 districts as drought-hit, Minister for Revenue H.C. Srikantaiah informed the Legislative Council on Friday. Replying to a question by H.S.
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Drought plea sent to Task Force
The Union agriculture ministry has forwarded the request of Karnataka for more foodgrains and funds to fight drought to the Task Force on Drought headed by Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani. The TF
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1st phase of Gomti Action Plan dedicated to public
On the birthday of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Urban Development Minister Lalji Tandon dedicated schemes of the first phase of the Gomti Action Plan to the public on Wednesday. As part of
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Netravati pollution: fast unto death withdrawn
The fast unto death undertaken by the district Krishika Samaj leader N Subbanna Shetty Sarapady opposing the department's inaction towards miscreants polluting the holy Netravati River, in front of
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Viral influenza claims 12, over 16000 infected in Jumla
Viral influenza, the disease that has held remote Jumla district (Bangladesh) in its grip since mid-November has reached an epidemic proportion. The death toll by the disease has reached 12 of late.
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Nutritional values catch attention of researchers
There has been a huge nutritional problem in Nepal. More than 50 percent of the children suffer from malnutrition mainly below the age group of two years. According to a research conducted in 30
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Clueless NICD has ministry groping in dark
The country's premier institute for epidemiological research - the National Institute of Communicable Diseases - has repeatedly failed to provide 'timely diagnostic investigation'. The health
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Smog triggers respiratory disease in City
A sudden surge in the number of patients rushing to hospitals in Mumbai with respiratory complaints is causing concern about the ill-effects of winter smog. Doctors have warned health officials that
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Better awareness behind fall in malaria cases, feels KMC
Though there was a rise in malaria cases this September compared to last year, Kolkata Municipal Corporation authorities claim the number of malaria cases and deaths have dipped over the past few
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Nature reserve project non-starter
The ambitious Rs 3-crore Guru Gobind Singh Nature Reserve (GGSNR), inaugurated with fanfare during the tercentenary celebration of the birth of the Khalsa Panth, remains a non-starter even as the
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Where ban ends in smoke
Smoking is banned in the roadways buses of Haryana. Though the Supreme Court endorsed the ban in public places several years ago, there appears to be no relief to the non-smokers while travelling in