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: Delhi's forest department has filed a police complaint against "unknown persons" for building three roads cutting across the Rajokri forest in the southern Ridge area. The police saw these roads last week during patrolling and had a trench dug at the entrance of one to prevent people from …
Commercial Building Can Be 21M High: NMA New Delhi: The multilevel Kasturba Gandhi Marg parking project was officially cleared by National Monuments Authority (NMA) in a meeting on Tuesday. While the clearance provides much needed relief to New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and concessionaire DS Constructions, it comes with conditions …
A survey of all government and private properties in East Delhi is being carried out for proper implementation of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation’s plan to make solar panels mandatory in all buildings. In order to overcome the power crisis, the civic body plans to fit solar panels in government …
The 500-yr-old water body was developed by Kempegowda From a distance, the historic Dorekere may look like a slice right out of Singapore with its brimming pristine water mirroring the skyscrapers surrounding it, thanks to the lake rejuvenation programme of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). But the lake wasn’t …
After the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP’s) ‘Wake Up, Clean Up Bengaluru’ campaign held earlier this month, many commercial and residential associations have come forward with commitments to clear garbage by having their own solid waste management (SWM) and scientific disposal systems. Industrial layouts, apartment complexes, commercial establishments and hospitals …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court has asked the South corporation not to go ahead with its plan for constructing a multilevel parking-cum-commercial complex in Defence Colony and maintain status quo. It has also asked the corporation to find out which agency owns the land on which the construction has …
New Delhi: Soon, no vehicle will be allowed to park on the main carriageway of Baba Kharak Singh Marg. Traffic police along with the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) are planning to issue challans against cars parked on the road, which congest the arterial corridor. Heavy penalties are expected to …
New Delhi: With the Kasturba Gandhi Marg multilevel parking project stuck with the National Monument Authority for nearly one-and-half-years, the New Delhi Municipal Council is deliberating over scrapping the project. According to sources in the NDMC, if the project is not given approval from the heritage body, then the process …
After failing to effectively implement garbage treatment facilities at its dumping grounds, the civic administration is looking to foreign companies to set up waste-to-energy plants in the city. The BMC will invite proposals from companies across the world to set up plants in order to treat the 6,500 metric tonnes …
More than 12 years after it undertook a survey of the city's toilets, the civic administration will once again map all toilets across the city. The BMC will conduct an extensive survey and map all public toilets for both male and female people across locations including all slums in the …
The North Municipal Corporation is ready to implement its reformed parking policy and as part of that, the civic agency will begin using handheld devices in the 64 parking sites under its jurisdiction. The corporation, however, maintained that it will take some time to get these handheld devices connected to …
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday installed a solar streetlight on an experimental basis as part of Centre-sponsored solar city project. The solar lights, which will be installed in the stretch between Delta and OUAT square, would cost about Rs 1.14 crore. The Union ministry of new and …
Mumbai: In a sign that the government’s efforts to curb female foeticide may be bearing fruit in the city, Mumbai’s sex ratio at birth has inched up in comparison to the previous year. Sex ratio at birth is the number of girls born per 1,000 boys. According to the data …
NEW DELHI: North Delhi Municipal Corporation is finally ready with a redevelopment plan for special areas as directed by Master Plan 2021. But residents and local traders are complaining that it lacks a concrete agenda for redevelopment. North corporation had invited suggestions or objections to the proposed redevelopment plan for …
JAIPUR: Driving in to Parkota (Walled City) and parking your vehicle there will be costlier from Saturday onwards, as civic authorities will start levying premium parking fees. In all three markets of the area, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) will charge premium parking fees for both four-wheelers and two-wheelers. The …
For dumping garbage in the lake despite an interim order The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, on Thursday directed the Pallavaram Municipal Commissioner to appear before it and explain why the civic body continues to dump waste in ‘Periya Eri’ (lake) in spite of an interim order against it. …
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the state government and the civic body to file a reply to a petition seeking action from civic authorities to ensure prompt measures to tackle dengue in the city and take steps to make it a notifiable disease. Demanding the state government and …
GUWAHATI: Guwahati Municipal Corporation’s (GMC) ambitious urban social plantation project has hit a roadblock. Due to the ‘indifferent attitude’ of the Guwahati Development Department (GDD), this project has not been able to take off. A GMC official said, “Guwahati has become a concrete jungle. Due to rapid growth of population …
INDORE: The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) of Indore will be the second project of its own kind in the country. The project, which was likely to become operational by mid-April, is being constructed on the lines of already existing BRTS project in Ahmedabad. The project, which will cover 11.5 …
Pune: The environment department of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) came under severe attack from corporators at the civic general body meeting on Monday. Shiv Sena corporator Ashwini Chinchwade Patil had sought to know the functioning of the environment department, environment conservation works implemented, if the civic body had …
