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 …
Seven Cases Of Cholera, 11 Of Dengue Seen In Week The city continues to reel under an onslaught of water- and vectorborne diseases despite a brief lull in rainfall over the past week. Over 500 people had to be hospitalized with gastroenteritis and malaria over the duration of a week. …
Vaccines Help But Exposure To Virus Gives Long-Term Immunity, Says NIV Pune: Patients diagnosed with swine flu now are presenting symptoms similar to those exposed to the virus in 2009, medical experts have said. Immunity developed either through exposure to the virus or vaccination has gone down considerably and hence …
For most Puneites, traffic and transport pose the worst kind of problems. The clamour for a metro and a more effective Bus Rapid Transit System is growing, but urban planners and experts have warned that investments in both modes would be wasted if access to these public transport systems is …
The State Cabinet, on Thursday, is learnt to have decided to constitute a sub-committee to suggest recommendations on whether changes could be made in relevant legislation to allow regularisation of land occupied unauthorisedly for agriculture purposes around Bangalore and other urban local bodies (ULBs). At present, the Karnataka Land Revenue …
Plans On To Build 10m High Embankment Wall Along Tapi Surat: The irrigation department will be building a nine-km long embankment on the right side of Tapi river. It will be based on a study conducted by Gujarat Engineering Research Institute (GERI). The Central Design Organization (CDO), Gandhinagar is giving …
Chief minister Siddaramaiah’s promise of a garbage-free Bangalore has hit a roadblock. The state health department has taken exception to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) tying up with a tobacco company to implement the zero-garbage initiative in a few wards of the city. In a July 30 letter to …
July Figures Slightly Better Than June’s The quality of water suppliedin July wasbetter than the previous month but more than one out of seven samples have been found to be contaminated. In June, the number of contaminated samples was one in every five. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has attributed …
BBMP commissioner M Lakshminarayana said on Wednesday that the garbage crisis may become a thing of the past in the next two years. Addressing the gathering at the launch of the zero garbage programme in Vishwanatha Nagenahalli, Gangenahalli and Jayachamarajendra Nagar, Lakshminarayana emphasised on the need for public participation to …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed the setting up of at least 10 waste-to-energy plants to process 8,000 metric tonnes of garbage generated everyday in the city. It is, however, not clear what the BMC plans to do with the power that is generated. Additional municipal commissioner Mohan Adtani …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board Vs Commissioner Municipal Corporation Bhopal & Others dated 08/08/2013 regarding collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal waste.
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued a showcause notice to the BMC and sought explanation on why action should not be taken against it for a series of violations and rampant reclamation, which have added to destruction of mangroves in Kanjurmarg. The ministry also ordered a status …
Builders Use SRA Rule To Bypass BMC, Boost FSI Mumbai: An upcoming luxury tower on a very narrow plot in upscale Khar (west) could soon give Mumbai’s builders an idea of how to obtain higher floor space index (FSI) by going around the civic body’s regulations and approaching the Slum …
Firm put on notice; MC exploring alternative options A to Z Waste Management Company, that has been handling the work pertaining to the disposal of garbage from the city for the past more than a year and a half has allegedly failed to perform the task in the desired manner. …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday issued notices to the Union urban development ministry, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation taking cognizance of mindless concretization in urban areas which is significantly reducing the green cover in the city. The notices were issued following an application filed with …
The divisional commissioner, Sanjay Dube, has asked Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) to supply water to Super Corridor area, where two information technology (IT) majors, like TCS and Infosys, have been allotted land by the state government for construction of IT SEZ. The Indore Development Authority (IDA) will be spending Rs …
Work To Begin Around Yr-End Lucknow: Organised waste collection and management may not be a distant dream for Lucknow any more, with UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) sanctioning the much needed authorisation letter to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation-appointed operator to run the city’s municipal solid waste treatment plant in Shivri …
Green activists have alleged that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has failed to comply with an interim order of the Bombay high court directing the civic body to issue notices to those who have sought permission to cut down trees, but not followed the norms set by the court. An …
The Pimpri Chinch wad Municipal Corporation has approved a proposal to release Rs 5 crore for installing water filtration units in villages along the banks of the Bhima river. The decision was taken at the general body meeting presided by mayor Mohini Lande. Over 125 villages along the banks of …
Mumbai has 97 illegal buildings constructed by registered developers in non-slum areas, according to a recent internal report of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body started gathering this data after the five-storey Aftab Manzil in Mahim collapsed in June. It arrived at the estimate based on citizen complaints and …
4 Deaths In City In One Week City-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has advised people to stay alert and take precautionary measures to ward off swine flu as the H1N1 infection rate has gone up considerably this month. The infection rate of the H1N1 virus has touched 13% in …
