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 …
While officials of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) are at their wit’s end to end the menace of illegal dumping of garbage in City, the residents of Jnanabharathi ward in Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency, have, however, found a novel way to nip such unheeding adventurers at bud. What better than drive …
Illegal and clandestine transmissions by private players at levels much higher than the telecom regulator-prescribed 20 Watt are leading to problems in the city, says a preliminary report by KEM Hospital submitted to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). “If the cell companies put up towers at the specified limit, they will …
CEPT Profs For Upgradation Without Uprooting People Ahmedabad: As the proportion of world population living in urban areas has surpassed rural population, cities are facing major challenges in maintaining and restoring the environmental ecology that includes its water bodies. A paper titled ‘Sustainable development of urban water bodies using ESPA …
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) plans to carry out a survey of cell towers in the city to identify unauthorised towers. The building permission department has submitted a proposal to the standing committee to appoint an agency for the survey. The proposal is expected to come up before the …
Calling the BMC existing land use (ELU) survey “flawed”, NGOs have sought extension of the deadline of January 24 to submit suggestions and objections to the development plan (DP) for 2014-2034. At a meeting convened by standing committee chairman Rahul Shewale Thursday and attended by officials and engineers of the …
MARGAO: Unveiling its plan of action to tackle sanitation head on in the State, the government will construct around 90,000 toilets across Goa by 2014 as part of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan scheme, even as PWD Minister, Sudin Dhavlikar unveiled a scheme to build free soakpits for households to take …
PUNE: Citizens of Pimpri-Chincwhad can expect to get 24x7 water supply within four years. The water supply project will be implemented in phases and the corporation is planning to get funds from the central government under the JNNURM, municipal commissioner ShrikarPardeshi said on Thursday. Speaking at a two-day workshop on …
Mumbai: More than 30 years after they were created, eight of the 11 holding ponds in Navi Mumbai will be cleaned and maintained to prevent flooding in thecity. The non-maintenance of the ponds, located within the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) limits, has resulted in ingress of saline water and …
The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) is likely to make provision of Rs 10 crore for the creating amenities and infrastructure development at Rajkot Zoological Park in the up coming budget. According to RMC sources, RMC will create 11 more open enclosures to accommodate more wild species at Zoo in the …
PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation has allocated Rs 15.5 crore for metro, monorail and high capacity mass transit route (HCMTR) projects in the draft budget for 2013-2014. Municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak tabled the budget before the standing committee on Tuesday. Two proposals of the metro project, Vanaj to Ramwadi and …
BHOPAL: Incomplete work on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) along the Hoshangabad Road stretch up to Misrod is causing inconvenience to the commuters, as the civic body struggles to meet its deadline on the project. Lack of service lanes on the Hoshangabad Road stretch is adding to the problems …
New Delhi: With elections slated this year-end and the BJP eying a comeback, East Delhi Municipal Corporation will not hike any taxes and parking rates. “Rather than burdening the public, the corporation should crack down on contractors illegally operating parking sites. At so many sites, the contractors are giving Rs …
Though the multi-level parking created on Baba Kharak Singh Marg is largely underutilised, the New Delhi Municipal Council is pressing ahead with a new multi-level parking for Khan Market. “There is a big piece of land and since the area has been defined as commercial in the new Master Plan …
Commissioner to report the progress to the High Court on Jan 21 The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has convened a special meeting on Tuesday to discuss formation of the area sabhas and ward committees. The corporators are likely to be told to complete the process before January 21, on …
Reeling under a crisis over waste in their neighbourhood in 2000, two concerned citizens of Rajarajeshwari Nagar did something unexpected. Instead of waiting for the government action, they instead formulated a new plan to spread awareness about waste disposal among residents in the area. Goaded by regular complaints from people …
Civic Agency Will Table Proposal At January 31 Meeting New Delhi: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is all set to increase surface level parking rates in areas under its jurisdiction. The civic agency is planning to implement the rates that were discussed in a special meeting chaired by Delhi …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) now has a clear roadmap for garbage management and the search for alternative landfills is only an immediate solution for the crisis, said BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah on Sunday. However, the Palike is aware that the problem is due to its failure in waste management, …
Just after it got functional last month, it seems that the bio-remediation project to clean the Budha Nullah has hit a roadblock as contractor of the project has alleged that he has not been paid for the work completed till date. He has said that he will not go ahead …
MARGAO: The garbage menace facing Navelim village threatens to spill over to neighbouring Margao. An agitated Navelim MLA and Fisheries Minister, Avertano Furtado on Thursday threatened to stop Margao sewage from flowing into the Sewerage treatment plant located at Sirvodem-Navelim if the Margao Civic body refuses to accept waste from …
The Subramanyapura lake in Uttarahalli, lying in a state of abject neglect for nearly five years, will get a fresh lease of life, with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) set to take up rejuvenation work in association with other civic agencies and government bodies. The decision follows BBMP Commissioner …
