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 Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government to confer power on its officers to take action against those found guilty of violating noise pollution laws during the forthcoming religious festival celebrations in the state. In a related development, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation informed the High Court in an affidavit that …
Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday launched ‘Hariyar Chhattisgarh Afforestation Campaign 2015’ by planting saplings at the Botanical Gardens here.The Chhattisgarh Government has embarked upon an ambitious plan to spread green forest cover by planting ten crore …
The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has unearthed a “domestic water connection racket” run by hoteliers in connivance with a few officials of the civic body for decades. The hotels corner a major chunk of water supply through an illegal chain of multiple domestic water connections from the main pipeline right …
PUNE: After the success of 24x7 pilot water supply scheme in Yamunanagar area of Nigdi Pradhikaran, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is likely to expand the reach of the project to areas covering about 40% of Pimpri Chinchwad's population. The PCMC will soon appoint a consultant for the project, …
PUNE: The 7.1km Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridor between Vishrantwadi and Sangamwadi, where trial runs have been going on for two days, is better than the pilot project launched nine years ago, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has claimed. What sets it apart is the branding and the uniformity …
Irked at the blatant violation of its order on construction sites, National Green Tribunal today directed South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to produce complete records on projects it has sanctioned in the last three years. A bench, headed by Justice Swantanter Kumar, castigated SDMC for not efficiently enforcing its directions …
The city recorded eight cases of cholera in July, said the health report released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Saturday. The emergence of cholera, an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhoea and can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated, usually points towards water contamination. The …
The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has come down heavily on industrial units operating from residential areas and sealed over 800 small scale units in Varacha zone of the city. After Gujarat High Court directed SMC to take appropriate action against industrial units operating in residential areas last November, the officials …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s Madhup Agency V/s State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 31/07/2015 regarding seizure of 10710 kilo grams of plastic bags by Municipal Council, Bhilwara on 20.06.2013 from the go-down of the applicant, M/s Madhup Agency situated …
Increased vehicles meant more sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide in air; noise pollution rose. The already congested city roads had to accommodate one-and-a-half lakh more two-wheelers and 36,000 new cars in 2014-15. The environment status report (ESR) for 2014-15, tabled by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) during its general body …
Finally, a big respite has come for residents of Dehradun city, especially of the Sahastradhara area who have been living a miserable life near the trenching ground of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC). After a long struggle of eight years, the state government yesterday gave the DMC approval to go …
MUMBAI: Ganeshotsav mandals welcomed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) policy, based on Bombay high court directives, and said it addressed their concerns. They stated that the conditions imposed on them will be followed, as usual, and they hoped for a positive outcome of the issue after the court hears the …
The sting of the mosquito is already getting sharper with the rising number of dengue cases stoking fears of a possible outbreak in the coming weeks. Since July 1, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run VS, LG, and Shardaben hospitals have together registered 92 dengue cases, against only 16 last year. Various …
DEHRAUN: The municipal corporation is all set to kick-start its integrated waste processing and disposal facility at Sheeshambara as the state government has given an in-principle approval to the detailed project report sent by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) two months ago. The integrated waste processing and disposal facility will …
RAIPUR: In absence of valid authorisation for disposal of biomedical wastes, more than 50 state-run health care establishments in Chhattisgarh, including district hospitals and medical colleges, are putting public health and environment at grave risk by throwing them in normal garbage bins. Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) made these observations in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Valley view Estate (Regd.) Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 29/07/2015 regarding dumping of waste and construction in Gair Mumkin Nala, Haryana.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhil) in the matter of Sushil Raghav Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors dated 29/07/2015 regarding encroachments over the ponds and other water bodies, Uttar Pradesh. Related Past Orders of NGT
Dengue threat is back in the State capital with three suspected cases of the disease being reported from different hospitals. The chances of the spread of the disease increase during the rainy season. Three patients each having symptoms of the disease is admitted in the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT) …
The Bombay High Court has asked the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) how it has issued permissions for cutting trees when the civic authority has not yet conducted a digitized tree census as directed by the court in an order passed in 2013. The issue came up last week before the …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government has asked the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) to identify sites for multi-level parking in the twin cities. This was recently discussed during the crime review meeting of the home department. "We have finalized two sites at Ashok Nagar near railway station …
