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 …
Mosquito-Borne Disease No Longer An Urban Phenomenon, Say Experts About 71% dengue cases have been reported from state’s interiors parts, which proves that the vectorborne disease is no longer concentrated in urban areas and is spreading to small towns and villages. Chandrapur district recorded 341 cases till June this year …
TOTAL MUCK-UP: Report Finds Crores Misused On Projects That Were Non-Existent, Abandoned Or Unutilized The BBMP lost a Rs 280-crore grant simply because it didn’t prepare a report on waste management on time. Also, Rs 7.46 crore literally went down the drain as a proposed sewage treatment plant in Vrishabhavathi …
In an effort to ensure 100 per cent segregation of waste in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to start a ‘public awareness campaign’ through which the civic body aims to educate Mumbaikars about the importance of segregating dry and wet waste. The civic body has invited …
The Municipal Corporation (MC) is unable to collect 100 per cent waste generated in the city due to lack of door-to-door collection. The overall door-to-door collection of waste is only 20 per cent. This has been revealed in a report of the Ministry of Urban Development. The report claimed that …
The Rs 493-crore Ranney well water supply scheme, which is running several months behind schedule, has got a boost with the decision of the Faridabad MC authorities to seek a loan of around Rs 103 crore for expediting the project. The five-year-old project is likely to be completed by year-end. …
NASHIK: The Trimbak civic body has proposed treatment of waste produced from various religious functions at the compost plant run by the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC). Based on the May 15 orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone, Pune, the Trimbak Municipal Council (TMC) had on May 26 …
GURGAON: The city that pioneered the Raahgiri Day movement that has now been embraced by Delhi is getting a raw deal from the administration, which had promised to deliver dedicated cycling tracks for the event a couple of weeks ago but is yet to start work on the ground. Having …
Citing various lapses and irregularities in JNNURM works taken up by the Pune Municipal Corporation, the Nagrik Chetna Manch has demanded that all instructions and guidelines be followed to ensure success of the projects. In letters sent to Union minister of urban development Venkaiah Naidu and the state government, the …
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on local bodies (Karnataka). The report has been laid on the tabel of the State Legislature Assemly on 14-07-2014.
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on local self-government institutions (Kerala). The Report contains significant results of the performance audit and compliance audit of local self-government institutions, viz., District panchayats, block panchayats, grama panchayats, municipal corporations and municipalities.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to clarify its plan of action for disposal of solid waste at six plots of land measuring about 18 acres provided by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Justice G. S. Sistani of the High Court directed the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Shri. Bakerao Tukaram Dhemse & Others Vs The Mun. Corporation & Others dated 10/07/2014 regarding municipal solid waste management by Nashik Municipal Corporation.
The electricity generated at the Rochem garbage processing plant in Hadapsar will now be available for commercial use. From September, the plant is expected to generate around 1 MW electricity every day, out of which around 700 KW will be used to run the plant and the surplus of around …
To conserve and further develop biodiversity in city, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will constitute a committee of corporators, officials, experts and activists. The general body decide on forming the committee on July 16. It will be known as Biodiversity Management Committee and will enjoy certain financial powers as well as …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand's capital will see a blanket ban on the use of polythene bags by July 17, and violators will have to cough up steep spot fine of up to Rs 5,000. An order to this effect was passed earlier this week. This was city municipal commissioner Harak Singh Rawat's …
COIMBATORE: The city municipal corporation is finally gearing up to take stern action against the manufacturers of plastic polythene bags below the permissible 40 micron size almost six months after it passed the resolution in the corporation council meeting. The civic body will now start enforcing penalty on manufacturers, suppliers …
With another water shortage season in the city, the PMC administration is pushing for its plan to revamp the water supply system envisaging the establishment of a system for equitable and metered water supply to every house. The civic administration is set to table the Rs 2,818 crore investment plan …
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued notices to five construction houses for not following sanitation norms, thereby providing breeding ground for mosquitoes responsible for spreading Dengue. On Wednesday, 25 cases were registered in the city compared to four or five cases last week. This has led PMC to …
The levels of heavy metals are measured at different dumpsites with different distances and directions under the jurisdiction of Greater Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad for ascertaining the soil and groundwater quality and forecasting as a part of integrated municipal solid waste (MSW) management study.
Modification to the 2011 Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification to allow reclamation for the Coastal Road Project and waiver of the joint venture that requires the state to have a 51 per cent stake in slum rehabilitation projects in CRZ-II areas were some of the major CRZ concessions state officials …
