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 …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday ordered seizure and attachment of properties of marriage gardens and banquet halls running without valid authorization and permissions from civic body and pollution control board. NGT central zone bench comprising judicial member Justice Dalip Singh and expert member PS Rao directing Bhopal Municipal Corporation …
Lights to be changed in hospitals, schools, buildings in the next four months If all domestic users in the New Delhi Municipal Council area shift to using LED bulbs in their homes then 33 million units can be saved per year, NDMC chairperson Jalaj Shrivastava said on Tuesday. Presently, there …
The tree census, started by civic body from August 24, 2014, is almost complete in Belapur. The agency, SAAR IT Resources Pvt Ltd, appointed by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, has counted 1,39,913 trees in Belapur till December 22. But officials are facing problems while acquiring permission to conduct the …
Considering the incurring burden on a common citizen with the exorbitant 10% rise in water charges every year as per the contract signed by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the private water company which took charge of the city's water supply system from September 1, 2014 the Aam Admi …
The mortality (death) rate of swine flu shot up last year though doctors say the H1N1 virus has become endemic. In 2014, 115 people contracted the infection and 43 died (mortality rate 37%) as against 643 confirmed cases of infection and 149 casualties (mortality rate 23%) in the state in …
samples collected from Patiala, Rajpura, Samana, Nabha and Patran have been found unfit for drinking. Of the 92 water samples supplied by the Patiala Municipal Corporation and the four municipal committees in the past year, 53 have failed the test. Of the 564 water samples collected from the district in …
With forest land in Salia Sahi hindering several developmental works, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to approach Forest Department to execute its projects in the Capital’s largest slum. The decision was taken at the Corporation’s meeting here on Tuesday. A major portion of the land on which Salia …
The BBMP finally stopped sending waste to the Mandur landfill on December 1. Two years after the City was in throes of garbage, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) started learning the basics of scientific disposal of waste in 2014. After repeatedly going back on the promises made to the …
The Shyampur range of the Haridwar forest division, which should ideally be conserved, has turned into a dumping ground. Garbage from the entire Haridwar town is dumped here. Shockingly, this has been going on since the past two decades and nobody has paid attention towards it. Despite the fact that …
State government's urban administration and development department has directed all municipal commissioners, district collectors, and chief municipal officers to carry out drive for removal and collection of polythene carry bags littered on roads. Government has in recent past declared it to be a plastic-free state with effect from January 1, …
Garbage is piling up across the city every passing day and once again questions are raised about the efficacy of the civic body's solid waste management plant. The plant has been under the scanner for the past few years for defunct machinery, while corporators are opposed to the treatment of …
Civic body acts against 258 illegal recycling units Concerned over the rampant burning of plastic waste, the National Green Tribunal has prohibited transportation, handling and disposal of such waste by unauthorised persons and its burning. “Plastic burning is being carried on rampantly, and plastic waste is being transported in illegal …
It's been a year since a delegation of 25 officials from the German government's nodal agency, Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), visited the civic body's compost plant for a pilot project involving the conversion of waste to energy, but the project is yet to kick start. The project, which will …
A whopping 3,440 dengue cases were detected from June to September though the death toll this year was a minuscule nine in comparison. The viral disease saw health officials on alert conducting exercises to contain the disease. Cases shot up since June sending health officials into a tizzy. They started …
PUNE: The parliamentary standing committee on urban development has said the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) plan for Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad must be put on hold immediately. The committee in its report to Parliament last week said the future course of action on the system, which is in the …
PUNE: Effective implementation of the Development Plans (DPs) in big cities like Pune can now be realized faster by executing Town-Planning (TP) schemes after President Pranab Mukherjee approved the Maharashtra government's proposal to make changes in the Land Acquisition Act. Deccan Gymkhana and Prabhat Road are examples of town planning …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs. Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Ors. dated 22/12/2014 regarding discharge of sewage in the Ramgarh Lake and Rapti River, Gorakhpur. The Tribunal noted that the ratio of discharge of sewage in the Ramgarh Lake …
Facing a serious situation due to poor performance of the main garbage processing plant, Hanjer Biotech, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) administration has sought approval to finalise a rent of Rs 32 lakh per year for a stone quarry at Pisoli to dispose the waste generated in city. The government …
Judgement of the Supreme Court in the matter of Narinder S. Chadha & Others Vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others dated 08/12/2014 regarding Municipal Corporations of various cities implementing the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply & Distribution) …
Residents of the national capital whose pets are found littering on roads may soon be taken to task by civic authorities. Municipal corporation officials have decided to penalise people whose pets are found littering on roads, a move aimed at sprucing up city roads and surroundings as part of the …
