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 …
VARANASI: Even if all the Banarasis start to act according to the call given by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Narendra Modi, there is little chance that the holy city can get a cleaner look in near future. The reason is the failure of ambitious solid waste management (SWM) project that …
In its fight to save Delhi trees, NGT issues contempt of court notice to the Delhi Jal Board Quick on the heels of contempt of court notices issued to the Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department (PWD) and the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF) of the Forest Department …
Following the Supreme Court judgment on manual scavenging in December last year as well as the enactment of the new Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will appoint a special body to monitor sanitary activities in the city. This come after …
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) general body will meet on Tuesday to consider 13 proposals and 130 general body questions (GBQs). Discussion on water crisis is likely to be held following many complaints and agitations by the corporators during the last one month. The water works department's proposal seeking nod from …
One of the dream projects of Samajwadi Party— to clean Sheesh Mahal pond and beautify its surroundings— has taken a toll on the ground water table of adjoining areas in Old City. The pond had been at the receiving end of sewage and drainage outflow from neighbouring localities because of …
Lending an helping hand to make the city garbage free, Persistent Foundation joined hands with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and NGO Janwani to provide for funds and manpower to spread awareness about the ambitious 'Zero Garbage Ward' project. The project that was launched on pilot basis in 2011 starting from …
AURANGABAD: Even as the country celebrates the new government, Devanagri residents are still going through tough times. Despite efforts, their plea for regular supply of drinking water from the AMC has fallen on deaf ears. Since February, the water supply system of the entire city has collapsed. At that moment …
NAGPUR: With a view to prevent throwing of garbage in Nag river, especially near Reshimbagh Chowk by lawns and marriage halls, Mayor Anil Sole on Thursday asked the civic administration to install CCTV cameras to catch the culprits polluting the city's signature river. Sole was inspecting the river on the …
To check spread of jaundice and other infectious diseases, as many as 1,763 new water connections have been provided in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar and free health camps were organised in the city on instructions of Chief Minister Raman Singh. Free health check-up camps were organised at 20 locations across …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Syed Fareed Husain Vs. Municipal Commissioner, Nagar Nigam, Bareilly & Ors. dated 16/05/2014 regarding municipal waste physically dumped into Nallah and burnt in open spaces, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Previous Orders
PUNE: Few doctors complying with the government diktat to report measles cases to local health officials may turn out to be a big hurdle as authorities step up surveillance with an aim to eradicate the disease. Having earned the polio-free tag earlier this year, the Union government has stepped up …
Pimpri Chinchwad has over 4,200 unmetered water connections belonging to former corporators, educational institutions, cooperative banks, commercial establishments among others, stated the municipal corporation in response to a RTI query. Social activist Vitthal Vinod had sought information about unmetered water connections and also the recovery of water tax in the …
Rising maintenance cost and alleged lack of support from the state government and the civic body are making it difficult for the state road transport corporation to maintain and utilize buses supplied by the Centre as part of its urban renovation mission. Keeping this in mind, the transport corporation wants …
The daily hassle of checking whether garbage from your locality has been lifted or not may soon end with Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) distributing GPS (global positioning system)-enabled handsets to its sanitary inspectors tracking their daily movement across localities. A GPS tracking unit is a device that helps determine precise …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Omesh Saigal Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 15/05/2014 regarding noise pollution in an area in Delhi. The NGT order states that a committee shall visit the place concerned and identify the place to put the acoustical …
As many as 3,500 trees would have been felled for various road widening works throughout the city, had it not been for the local environment activists who approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western region, Pune and brought a stay on it. The NGT, on a hearing on May 7, …
Concerned over rising temperature in the city, the environment wing of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will change in its approach to plantation. Instead of planting decorative and fast-growing trees, the BMC will gor for shady trees from the coming monsoon to create a green canopy on city roads, official sources …
Until now, Bangaloreans cycled to beat the worsening city traffic. But there's more to cycling, claim avid cycling enthusiasts. Cycling is not just an eco-friendly and feasible mode of transport but can also serve as a good way to unwind. A small but strong community is creating awareness about cycling, …
Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), an NGO involved with customer-related issues and citizens' problems , on Sunday decided to launch an agitation to urge the government to resolve drinking water problem in the city. MGP leaders, after a meeting here, said that the water crisis is not due to shortage of …
BANGALORE: Triggering yet another garbage crisis, residents of Mandur stopped over 200 garbage trucks on Tuesday near the landfill at Mandur, off Old Madras Road, in East Bangalore. They were protesting against the BBMP's tardy implementation of welfare schemes, including supply of clean drinking water, promised to them. The villagers …
