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 National Green Tribunal’s principal bench has restrained a number of State agencies from dumping garbage in the Pallavaram ‘periya eri’. “The Tribunal is able to see a prima facie case made out for granting an ex-parte ad interim injunction in view of the warranting fact and circumstances. Accordingly, an …
Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has dubbed the war against municipal waste a ‘silent revolution’ towards creating a clean and healthy society. He was inaugurating the distribution of implements for the source level processing of household waste in the municipal area. The Minister stressed the need for combined action from all …
Residents oppose move, set to block roads from Oct 2 As Bangaloreans gear up to segregate their garbage at source, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is considering composting wet waste in Mandur, the village used tili recently as a landfill for the City’s unsegregated garbage. But the BBMP is …
LUCKNOW: Close to the submission of On the heels of submitting its report following Supreme Court's directive in the manual scavenging case, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation has found close to 25 dry toilets in zone-6, believed to be the worst affected area by this social curse in the city. Older …
INDORE: In a move to prevent water bodies getting polluted due to immersion of idols, Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has chalk out an eco friendly plan for immersion of Lord Ganesh idols. The civic body has urged citizens not to immerse idols in water bodies. To prevent people from directly …
It took more than a decade and crores of rupees (approximately Rs 350 crore a year) for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to create the highly toxic garbage hillocks at Mavallipura and Mandur. Now the civic agency will spend another decade and crores of rupees to undo the damage. …
Apartments with more than 10 units come under the category The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has classified apartments with more than 10 units as bulk generators for garbage collection purposes. Such apartments will have to make their own arrangement for garbage disposal. However, garbage will be collected from apartments …
AHMEDABAD: With the harmful effects of mobile tower microwave radiations becoming a concern in major cities, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) over the past week has been feverishly counting the number of cell towers installed in the city-and looking for their proximity to schools, residential areas and hospitals. The AMC …
Though at least 70,000 people managed to bring clay idols of Lord Ganesha for pujas at their homes and societies this year, over 25,000 Mumbaikars couldn’t do this despite internal urge and repeated efforts. Reason: there were not enough clay idols in the city. “There was a huge demand for …
Apartment owners can now relax a bit, with the Palike extending the deadline for them to make their own arrangements for garbage disposal. knowhow: Ramakanth, an expert in solid waste management, demonstrates segregation of garbage at a workshop in the City on Thursday. DH PhotoThe Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) …
44 tonnes of granules have piled up at shredding units Huge quantities of plastic granules remain unutilised in the city as the civic authorities could not get the approval of the Public Works Department for using them for road works. Conversion of plastic refuse into granules was introduced in the …
Next time you spot a pile of garbage, click a picture from your Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled smartphone and upload it on the BBMP website, triggering an instant alert message to the engineer concerned and remedial action. The Off-Site Real-Time (OSRT) system, launched by the Palike here on Tuesday, makes …
‘Palike engineers and corporators have ignored our efforts’ Members of various residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) dubbed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s garbage segregation method as top-down approach. Speaking at a consultation programme ‘People’s Participation in Urban Governance’ organised by CIVIC, an NGO, in the City recently, they said the Palike …
MARGAO: In an interesting development, the Margao Municipal Council has rejected the request of the Konkan Railway Corporation to exempt the railways from the payment of garbage collection fees. In fact, MMC Chief Officer S R Kotkwale told the KRC officials that the request for exemption cannot be considered and …
Plans to install 4180 LEDs, CFLs across Shillong city SHILLONG: The Urban Affairs department is currently in the process of identifying locations for installation of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) in the city. It may be mentioned that the State Government has mulled to install 4180 street …
Contractors have to upload pictures of the spot on Internet Mangalore City Corporation will soon adopt a technology to monitor on-line whether its contractors have cleared solid waste from cement bins and metal containers in the city daily, according to the Commissioner of the corporation Harish Kumar K. People will …
KOLKATA, 25 SEPT: Disparities and confusion between municipal corporations in the state over recycling and waste management is preventing widespread progress in tackling pollution, some claimed at a meeting held at the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) today. The WBPCB called a meeting on environmental issues in municipalities in …
LUCKNOW: If plans of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) work out, visitors to some city areas will be able to park their vehicles free in the multi-level parking lots for a certain time. The municipal top brass is assessing possibilities of making parking free for the first hour after which …
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Monday discussed suggestions for changes in the Master Plan Delhi-2021 with urban planners, architects and government officials. The suggestions ranged from redevelopment to transport, with extra focus on improved mobility. A draft of the suggestions made by four expert groups have been given to …
Solvency requirement reduced to Rs 25 lakh a package The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has incorporated new provisions in the garbage contracts to ensure accountability and allow participation of more class-I contractors in the tender process. Addressing reporters here on Monday, Palike Commissioner Rajneesh Goel said the new conditions …
