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 …
It Registers 1,200 Cars Daily But Added Only 2,500 Parking Slots In 10 Years It’s a city dependent on private transport—about 1,200 cars are registered here every day—but civic infrastructure has not kept pace with the number of vehicles. Of the 41 multilevel parking projects conceived by the erstwhile Municipal …
A plan to minimise garbage being sent to the city’s landfill sites has been set in motion by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which is inviting expressions of interest for its ‘zero garbage’ model this week. SDMC Commissioner Manish Gupta said on Tuesday that the civic body would be …
INDORE : Ahead of Diwali festival, resident of Indore can look forward cleaner neighbourhood. District administration and Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) on Monday reviewed the deteriorating sanitary condition of the city and took a couple of decisions to ensure proper collection and disposal of garbage. The district administration has directed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Mahavir Singh & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 15/10/2014 regarding leather and plastic burning in the scrap markets of Mundka and Tikri Kalan, Delhi. National Green Tribunal directs the NCT, Delhi, North Muncipal …
With the local bodies demonstrating their lack of competence in tackling the solid waste management scenario in the district, the administration itself has stepped in to lend support in empowering these bodies in their endeavour. According to District Collector Ajith Kumar, the basic strategy adopted in the project would be …
The High Court has asked the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) Department to ensure that no flood contaminated food items are sold in Kashmir. In an application, advocate G A Lone had submitted before the court that dietary items contaminated with the flood waters are being openly sold in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 14/10/2014 regarding shifting of bio-degradable Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated on account of ‘Pooja Vidhis’ at the site of Trimbakeshwar pilgrimage places to Nashik Municipal …
For more than two hours on the morning of September 1, a motley group of city councillors, police officers and civil servants in Shimla listened with evident fascination as the former general officer commanding of Uttarakhand Sub Area recounted details of the unprecedented rescue operation in the wake of the …
Situation on dengue front continues to be alarming in the city as the confirmed positive cases have increased to 136 while suspected cases 543. Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has launched massive drive to combat the vector-borne diseases. According to the NMC malaria and filaria department data, 76 of 136 dengue …
A total of 194 species of birds were found in Pimpri Chinchwad in a recent survey conducted by Swastishree, an organization that works on conservation, public awareness and education on nature. One of the bird species, the Forest Wagtail, which has never been recorded to be found in other parts …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Akhil Bharat Krishi GosevaSanga (Mumbai) Vs MPCB & Others dated 13/10/2014 regarding the management of the effluents and other waste material generated from Deonar abattoir situated within the limits of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Previous Orders
Buoyed by success of the Bhopal model in managing of municipal and plastic waste, Rajasthan is planning to replicate it in Jaipur. The mantra for the successful model lies in making rag pickers and scrap dealer shareholders in profits while providing them with uniforms and official designation of `sarthak karmis'. …
Stress On Local-Level Planning As the Union government unfolds its long-term plans for planned development of urban centres, experts warn that poorly managed urbanization can be detrimental to sustainable development of cities like Pune. The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) and The Forum of Environmental Journalists in India (FEJI) held …
AHMEDABAD: With the burgeoning amount of medical waste generated from four municipal hospitals, two referral hospitals and 64 urban health centres, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has now given the work of treating the medical waste to a private waste disposal company. Every day these medical centres generate close to …
Malba , silt from drains is also being removed Snapshots of politicians and officers posing with brooms after October 2 appears to be paying off, with garbage collection by the municipal corporations going up by about 20 per cent in the past week. Swachh Bharat Mission With the launch of …
NAGPUR: As in the case of the iconic Nag river, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has also submitted wrong information on the Ambazari lake's status to favour the industrialists' demand to denotify the river. The board has stated that the lake was not a dam. The lake's structure is …
With nearly hundred cases of dengue having come to light with one reported death, the standing committee of the North Municipal Corporation is considering a proposal offering a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of those who die of dengue in its area. The proposal has …
To fulfil the demands of a few industrialists, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) submitted misleading information about Nag River while proposing to change its origin to Ambazari lake. MPCB even contradicted it's own statements in the proposal. Even while relaxing the River Regulations Zone (RRZ) policy for MIDC industries, …
Though the state government had launched the Swachh AP programme in Vijayawada with much fanfare, the fact remains that there is no dumping yard to keep the city clean. The civic administration has been hunting for a suitable site to dump the about 600 tonnes of garbage generated by the …
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” was launched across the country on Thursday, in Anantnag district, the post-flood garbage has been swelling, with the authorities expressing helplessness. The floodwaters have brought with it huge amounts of filth and garbage. The municipal body here cleared the garbage from …
