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 …
Pvt Vehicles Rise As Public Transport Remains Poor Pune: Smaller cities, experiencing a more rapid shift to personal vehicles in the absence of adequate investment in a strong public transport system, are struggling with severe air pollution, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) research has observed. Such is the …
Over 400 new dengue cases have been reported in the last three days in Delhi, taking the total number of such patients in the city to 2,500 so far this year. A total of 2,557 cases have been reported till Thursday with north Delhi alone registering over 1,200 cases, according …
The number of dengue cases in the national Capital has seen an exponential rise. According to figures released by the Delhi civic bodies, of the total 2,557 cases reported this year, over 400 new dengue cases have been reported in the past three days. Till September 30, the civic bodies …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday issued a bailable warrant against the commissioner of Delhi Police as no one appeared on his behalf despite issue of notice on a plea seeking demolition of alleged illegal constructions in central ridge area by the trust managing the Birla temple. A bench headed …
With the Delhi government and municipal corporations struggling to contain the dengue outbreak, hospitals have begun reporting cases of patients being diagnosed with both dengue and malaria at the same time. Dr Atul Gogia, consultant in medicine at Sir Ganga Ram hospital, said, “I have seen four patients who have …
On Bapu’s B’day, Youth Brigade Makes Clean Sweep Of Gandhi Road It was halla bol on the dirt monster as nearly 250 waste warriors descended on Gandhi Road on Wednesday to observe Gandhi Jayanti. They joined hands with Ahmedabad’s Youth Brigade to make the city’s 600-year-old core garbage-free. While students …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) registered two more dengue cases on Saturday, taking the total to 120 — the highest recorded in a month. So far, 398 cases have been recorded this year. “Till September 29, as many as 120 people have been tested positive for dengue, whereas last month …
After Hauz Khas shock from NGT, eating-out industry wakes up to environment norms Hauz Khas Village in south Delhi was deserted last weekend, thanks to Pankaj Sharma. The normally bustling warren of lanes lined with restaurants and boutiques was brought to a grinding halt by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), …
Blame put on delay in forming standing committees The delay by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in forming 12 standing committees has affected the green drive so much that not a single seedling has been planted in the City out of Palike funds this year, officials say. For the …
An ambitious scheme of the Union government of making cities slum-free has run into trouble in Indore. Though the civic body claims to have spent over Rs 28 crore under the scheme, slum dwellers say mandatory procedures while chalking out details of the scheme for Indore were not followed. Rajiv …
The spike in dengue cases this year in the national Capital has left the city health authorities in a tizzy, with over 110 cases on an average in a day during the four days till September 23. The Delhi Government on its part today issued a circular to all the …
Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in its initiative under “Clean up Jammu” sanitation drive reached out to citizens residing in Ward number 53 and 54 covering Trikuta Nagar Sector 1 to 4, Basant Vihar, Bhawani Vihar, Laxmi Enclave, Khoo Walli Galli, Trikuta Nagar Sector 5 to 9 and Shiva Colony. On …
The BBMP has, for over an year now, been trying to promote segregation of waste at source. But the civic body’s efforts had not paid much dividends. The Palike can now go ahead with waste management measures, without deliberating much on getting citizens to separate trash before disposing it. It …
An emergency meeting of the Central Zone of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday unanimously decided to organise door-to-door dengue control checks with the help of domestic breeding checkers . The meeting was called by Central Zone Chairman Virender Kasana and was attended by 20 councillors and civic body …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) announced that it might pass an order on Wednesday regarding the plea of restaurant-owners in Hauz Khas Village, who sought the reopening of their establishments shut down four days ago for running without proper clearances and discharging untreated waste. After several owners claimed that they …
Experts Say Improvement Likely Only In December Disease specialists in the city are a worried lot, with the fresh spell of rains and so is the municipal health department. They expect that the fresh rain spell will lead to more number of cases of dengue, malaria and chikungunya — if …
The National Green Tribunal made it clear on Tuesday that the "idea was not to close down restaurants" but to strike a balance, making sure that the establishments follow regulations and do not discharge untreated waste water into sewers. The courtroom was packed with restaurant owners who kept pleading with …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal at its own motion Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 25/09/2013 regarding proposed construction of New MLA Rest House on an area covering 23 acres of land on Arera Hills, Bhopal and the apprehension was that it …
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to have paid hardly any attention to the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) guidelines on immersion of Ganesha idols. In order to check pollution of Kuakahi river, OSPCB had asked the civic body to see to it that idols are pulled out …
Jaipur: With limited resources, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) along with the health department started the fogging drive in the city to check the spread of seasonal diseases. The JMC started anti-larval fogging in ward number 44 on Monday. Sanitation committee chairman Roshan Saini claimed, “Our target is to cover …
