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 …
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation will not charge any conversion or parking fees from commercial areas that have been in existence prior to 1962. North DMC Mayor Azad Singh, Standing Committee Chairman Ram Kishan Singhal and Leader of the House Dr. Mahender Nagpal made the announcement during a press conference …
On Thursday, the Gujarat high court (HC) asked the state government and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to file a monthly report showing the number of people affected by malaria and dengue and the number of fatalities. The bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala issued instructions …
It is estimated that the city has lost one-third of its green cover owing to encroachments, road widening and diverting forest lands for commercial purposes. But the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has no accurate data on the current state of the city’s green cover or the rate at which it …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, released recently, has states that the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has failed to implement housing projects taken up under the Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP). Of the 1,524 houses proposed to be built in the year 2007, only 63 houses …
BBMP to soon float tenders for constructing 500 toilets The acute shortage of public toilets in the City has cast a doom on the pedestrian subways as people have turned them into urinals. The pedestrian subways in the City are in a pathetic condition with people urinating and spitting there. …
'There was no Monitoring Cell to supervise expenditure incurred by Panchayat Raj bodies' The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) found serious lapses in the implementation of water quality component of National Rural Drinking Water Programme in the Sate. The CAG, in a report on Local Bodies for the …
Sarakki water body sees mushrooming of properties Thanks to the active connivance of revenue officials with the land sharks, “genuine” properties have come up on the encroached portion of Sarakki Lake. To kill the lake further, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wanted to asphalt the road, which has been …
Six waste processing units to produce compressed gas The BBMP, which had earlier identified new landfill sites to dispose of waste, has dumped the project. Instead, it is now focusing on installing new waste-processing plants across the City. The Palike, in October 2012, had identified six new landfill sites for …
The second waste-to-energy plant in Delhi is now scheduled to come up at Narela in North Delhi, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation has announced. To be built with Chinese technology, the new waste-to-energy plant would come up near the Narela-Bawana landfill site. It is expected to become ready by August-end …
China has extended technological help to build the first of its kind waste-to-energy plant in Narela Bawana, North Municipal Corporation announced on Tuesday. Private concessionaire Ramky, which is investing hundreds of crores into the plant, claimed that the new technology would help them keep the landfill sites from overflowing. "We …
New Delhi: With no plan to manage waste in the capital, North Delhi Municipal Corporation has pulled up the private concessionaire responsible for it. Even after four years, Ramki Group, the firm responsible for the waste management, has listed basic functions like waste segregation and door-to-door collection under their ‘scope …
SRINAGAR: High Court today directed the Advocate General Mohammad Ishaq Qadri to ensure that the conversion of agricultural land into residential or commercial should not take place. A division bench comprising Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey while hearing a petition filed by Human Watch over …
North corporation has issued showcause notices to at least 20 parking sites in its jurisdiction, after the parking lots were found flouting the rules of new parking policy. Commissioner of North corporation P K Gupta had instructed all zonal Deputy Commissioners to inspect their respective areas and take action against …
After repeated complaints by the three Municipal Corporations about the absence of any new sanitary landfill site besides the existing ones which have been exhausted, some good news for them is in sight. The South, North and East Delhi Municipal Corporations have been offered a list of 10 possible sanitary …
HYDERABAD: The state government will send proposals worth Rs 2, 122 crore to the Centre under the JNNURM scheme for infrastructure projects including construction of grade separator at Tolichowki, railway under bridge (RUB) at Uttam Nagar and development of new roads including link road from Raj Bhavan to Begumpet. This …
TRICHY: The recent fire at the Ariyamangalam composite dump yard here has forced the authorities to come up with a viable solution to the issues plaguing the five-decade-old site. Now, a part of the sprawling 47-acre yard on the Trichy-Thanjavur road will have a scientifically developed waste landfill. "This year's …
MADURAI: Even when many areas in the city struggle to get quality drinking water regularly, residents of Iravathanallur ward in Madurai Municipal Corporation (MMC) gets purified drinking water without fail. Even before its incorporation to the city corporation as ward 55, the people here had the foresight to invest in …
NAGPUR: Continuing stringent action against establishments dumping garbage into the Nag river, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) slapped a penalty of Rs50,000 on Kusumtai Wankhede hall on Sunday. Dr Ashok Urkude, health officer (sanitation), said its flying squad, while patrolling Nag river bank, spotted some employees of Kumsumtai Wankhede hall on …
NAGPUR: In 1993, Pili river near Mankapur had been flooded, claiming lives of nine people. Besides, many residential localities including Mankapur, Zingabai Takli and Jafar Nagar were inundated. This may happen this year too if the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) fails to act swiftly. The Pili river, which is already …
NAGPUR: After a 15-day-long drive (from May 1 to May 15) to clean Nag River, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation is facing hardships to keep it free of garbage. For, many Nagpurians, including shopkeepers and petty vendors, continue to dump all kind of waste in the river. The situation seemed to …
