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 …
In January 2004, Nizamuddin East became one of the first colonies in Delhi to get rainwater harvesting systems (RWH). Over the years, the colony has not only maintained these structures, but also ensured that the municipal corporation is keeping systems set up in three parks in good working condition. The …
VADODARA: While the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) won wide accolades for its e-waste collection programme, it seems a long way before the problem can be resolved. According to the data available with city based Society for Clean Environment (SOCLEEN) the VMC network has been available to collect only 2.75 metric …
District collector Saurabh Rao on Tuesday told the authorities concerned to prepare a disaster management plan for 24 villages located in the landslide-prone areas in Pune district. Every village will have a separate set of standard operating procedure depending on its location, approach to human habitats and tool of communication …
Following NGT orders, East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has begun issuing challans for burning of garbage in the open. East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has begun issuing challans for burning of garbage in the open. The move follows an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), directing corporations, authorities and …
Environmental NGO Toxics Link on Tuesday put forward a slew of recommendations on municipal waste management in cities.Decentralizing waste collection and processing are among the key suggestions. The policy brief comes in the wake of the new draft waste management rules released by the environment ministry last month. The ministry …
Around 30 volunteers will gather together on May 7 to save nearly 50 trees from mealy bug infestation at Santa Cruz (East). Over 80 trees in the area near Santa Cruz station have been found to have been infested by the bug. The infestation was noticed by Leena Prabhoo, who …
NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is planning use private tankers to supply water to various places and routes in case of an emergency during Kumbh Mela. Close to 1.25 crore people, including 30 lakh sadhus, are expected to visit the city during the event beginning from July 14. The …
The National Green Tribunal has banned throwing of all kinds of waste into the Hindon canal, saying its pollution is a matter of “serious” concern. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said the “prohibitory” orders will equally apply to persons and public authorities, including Uttar Pradesh, as …
There is another agitation brewing in Phursungi, where the villagers had allowed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to continue dumping of waste after preventing it for months. The reason is lack of any forward movement in the civic administration’s proposal to set up several processing plants of smaller capacity within …
After much delay, Gurgaon will finally get its own construction and demolition waste treatment plant to put an end to the haphazard dumping of construction debris in and around the city. The MCG on Wednesday awarded the contract for construction of a C&D; waste processing plant, to come up in …
2,000 buildings to face action; MC to give defaulters’ list to HC The Shimla Municipal Corporation (MC) will approach the High Court and submit the list of buildings which failed to comply with the High Court orders to paint the roofs red or green by extended deadline which expired today. …
Officials of various departments in the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), along with green activists, on Tuesday visited a stretch of the Godavari to check for sewage from nullahs released into the river. It was observed that at present, sewage from none of the 19 nullahs was being directly released into …
Illegal sand and mud mining is rampantly taking place close to the once magnificent garden called Fatehwadi that was built by famous sufi poet Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, one of the Navratnas of emperor Akbar. Illegal mining has also shaken the foundation of the already dilapidated Fatehwadi that is barely four …
For a city that is growing vertically, the killer earthquake in Nepal serves as a reminder of its preparedness to tackle such disasters. While the number of high-rises in the city keeps increasing, there are more than 400 dilapidated buildings in the city. The collapse of these buildings can cause …
The only project proposed and approved by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation following the controversial study tour of councillors and officials to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands last year has failed to take off. In September last year, the MC house had passed a proposal to implement a pilot project for …
As part of environment awareness and conservation drive launched by UT department of environment and NGO Yuvsatta on World Earth Day, 50 girls of Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, participated in 'Garbage Run' on Thursday. The activity focused on waste management and garbage generation. Kids met door-to-door waste collectors, rag-pickers, …
The Bombay high court has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to start and complete the slum rehabilitation scheme for the Hirabaug colony here by December 31, 2017. Eligible slum-dwellers be given rehabilitation tenements as per the decision by the slum rehabilitation authority (SRA), the court has ordered. On April …
Lack of proper monitoring by Pollution Control Board and apathy of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation workers are only adding to the rise in pollution levels in Vijayawada. Air and water pollution is a major cause of conce-rn in Vijayawada since there is no proper garbage dumping facility for the city which …
Shimla: Unscientific disposal of sewage and solid waste is threatening the pristine environment and water sources of the Queen of Hills, as Shimla was fondly called by the British colonial rulers. Its wooded deodars, Raj-style structures and chuckling peaks on the horizon may lure you, but it's not an easygoing …
With a view to bring down pollution, decongest traffic and improve public health, Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) launched a bicycle sharing project and a cycling club on World Bicycle Day on Sunday. The civic body said the project is a part of its eco-mobility plan for the city. Minister of …
