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 …
For the first time in five years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to be serious about rainwater harvesting schemes. In a modest attempt, the building proposals department of the BMC will list out names of all buildings from Bandra, Khar and Santa Cruz in H-west ward which have managed …
Broadening the scope of their battle for provision of sufficient number of toilets in the city, women campaigners of the ‘Right to Pee’ movement have demanded reservation for urinals in the city’s revised development plan. The campaigners insist that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) should recommend reservation for public toilets …
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday lashed out at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for the piling up of garbage in the City and directed the civic agency to file a status report on garbage segregation on November 6, 2012. Hearing two public interest litigations, by Kavitha Shankar, a …
The recent diktat of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike asking apartments, hotels and marriage halls (bulk generators) to segregate their waste and pay for the disposal appears to contravene the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976. Rule 103B of KMC Act states: “The corporation may, in addition to property tax levied …
Chandigarh: The UT Administration today gave approval for the utilization of six sites by the Municipal Corporation for the construction of underground water reservoirs in different sectors. The construction of the reservoirs will ensure improved water pressure to residential areas. The approval of the sites has been pending for more …
'There is no specific treatment available for the disease but phase wise general treatment can cure it easily. People must not neglect even simple fever and they must consult doctors. Timely treatment can cure 90 per cent of the dengue-affected patients' Symptoms of Dengue Dengue fever, also known as break …
Jharkhand High Court on Monday once again directed the government to free Ranchi’s roads of smoke-belching auto-rickshaws, plying within city limits without permits. The Bench of Chief Justice Prakash Tatia and Justice Jaya Roy was hearing a PIL by one Rajneesh Mishra on increasing pollution in the capital, caused primarily …
The civic spending on setting up pay-and-use toilets has come down by over 100 per cent, prompting officials and opposition leaders to allege corruption in the earlier projects and link the drop to the furore over “inflated” bills for trident lamps. The civic finance department has recently cleared an allotment …
Protesters’ forum at Vadavathur to continue agitations In the midst of yet another controversy over the dumping yard at Vadavathur, the authorities of the Kottayam municipality have sought to clarify that no decision has been made to adopt the landfill method for waste disposal. Instead, the method of capping would …
New Delhi: Eight high-end café-cum-toilet blocks had come up in the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Two years on, there is no clarity on the future of these complexes. Though the ruling BJP in the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had decided to buy the café-cumtoilets from the …
The powerful garbage contractors in the City are out to sabotage the BBMP’s reforms for garbage disposal, Palike officials say. Officials say the contractors, who had so far had a stranglehold over the lucrative business of garbage disposal, are worried over the growing awareness among citizens about the segregation-at-source and …
VASCO: Assuring to phase out coal dust pollution in the port town, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday took a swipe at MPT for “openly handling coal without following procedures.” Addressing a public grievance meeting at Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) hall at Vasco, Parrikar requested people for patience to resolve …
KOLKATA, 3 OCT: The state government is considering a proposal to set up underground car park in the city for smooth flow of traffic. A meeting to discuss the matter was held at Writers' Buildings last week. Beside the ministers senior officers of city police attended the meeting. Senior police …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) Chairman Vaman Acharya on Wednesday said the BBMP lacks clarity on disposing the dry waste it collects. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at the KSPCB office, Acharya, however, hailed the Palike for undertaking the Herculean task of educating the …
KOLKATA, 3 OCT: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation did not find arsenic contamination in the city. Water samples from 334 deep tube wells and 76 hand tube wells were tested by the KMC, West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and State Water Investigation Directorate (SWID) and none of the agencies could …
Five of the patients are minors. The highest number of dengue cases for a single day were reported in the Capital on Tuesday, with 12 patients testing positive for the virus — five of them minors. So far, 85 people have tested positive for dengue in the city, three of …
The second day of the new system of garbage disposal in the City saw the segregation at source drive go for a toss in many areas. Garbage lies uncleared on Katriguppe main road in Bangalore on Tuesday. Garbage piled up in bulk in many places including some posh areas such …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara on Tuesday claimed that its garbage segregation strategy has met with ‘partial success’ and that there was a huge demand for wet waste. As reports of segregation failing in many parts of the City appeared in the media the Palike put up a brave front and …
KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC)'s drive to set up community toilets in the city has received a major setback following objections from various quarters. The Centre has given Rs 17 lakh to set up each community toilet. The two-storeyed buildings will house toilets and wash room for …
Sudha milk tankers may be equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) to keep tabs on their movement and prevent pilferage while on the move, something that Bihar State Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd (COMFED) authorities are mulling after Sunday’s incident when attendants were caught siphoning in Ormanjhi. COMFED, which came …
