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 …
In its efforts towards improving waste collection and transportation, the Coimbatore Corporation would study the Warangal model of waste management, said Commissioner G. Latha. Speaking to reporters at the end of a slide show presentation at the Corporation Kalaiarangam in the city on Tuesday, she said that the Corporation would …
Mumbaikars Suffer As Unclean Water Causes Illnesses While Rain-Related Tragedies Drown Claims Of Preparedness Most of the BMC’s promised measures to curb rising water contamination over the pastfew years arestill totakeoff. Two years ago, the civic body,for instance,had planned toexpand andupgradethe municipal laboratory in its GNorth (Dadar West) ward office.Thiswould …
Pune: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday gave conditional approval to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for the construction of a2.3-km road along the Mutha river bed from Vitthalwadi to the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass on National Highway-4. The tribunal, chaired by justice Swatanter Kumar, judicial member justice U D Salvi, …
District administration looks the other way as land sharks usurp tanks If a large number of lakes in the Bangalore South region are in a pathetic condition, then blame the district administration, which never surveyed the lakes and fixed the boundaries, eventually aiding the land sharks. Leave aside small ponds …
One in four samples of drinking water in the city was found contaminated in tests at the Pune-based State Public Health Laboratory (SPHL) last month. The problem has increased significantly this monsoon, with 26% of the samples found unfit for consumption as against 16% last year. Water contamination exceeding 10% …
BMC on Tuesday played down reports of a spike in water contamination cases in the city. The civic body claimed that the eight per cent rise in unfit water samples collected for June was caused by heavy rainfall received last month at Bhatsa catchment area. Bhatsa lake supplies 59 per …
Activists have welcomed the BMC’s draft policy on cellphone towers, but with reservations. They say the BMC has ignored scientific data by allowing two towers in a single building and insist that only two antennae—not two towers—be permitted per site. “On two towers, 20-30 antennae can be put up, which …
The spate of monsoon diseases appears to be worsening with a nine-yearold boy succumbing to dengue in Hinduja Hospital and eight cases of cholera coming up in the first eight days of July alone. The boy, Yash Bansode, who lived in Vasai, died after a month-long hospitalization on Saturday. This …
दिल्ली पार्किंग दरों में जल्द ही बढ़ोतरी होगी। हालांकि वाहन मालिकों के ऊपर बढ़ोतरी का कोई खास बोझ नहीं पड़ेगा। पार्किंग दरों में करीब 12.36 प्रतिशत बढ़ोतरी का प्रस्ताव है। इसके चलते पहले दस घंटे के स्लैब में कार एवं दुपहिया मालिकों को एक-एक रुपया अधिक फीस देनी होगी, जबकि …
The ever-increasing waste generated in the city that just has three dumping grounds has now forced BMC to consider decentralisation, with mini-grounds at various locations. While the city’s largest dumping ground at Deonar has been receiving over 6,000 metric tonnes of waste daily, including the diverted waste from the Kanjurmarg …
The BMC’s draft guidelines for installation of cell phone towers has put schools, colleges, hospitals, orphanages, child rehabilitation centres and old age homes out of bounds for such antennae. It has specified that all persons living on or below the terrace of residential buildings must give their consent. A building …
Signalling the end of the impasse over the Vadavathoor dumping yard issue, the representatives of Vijayapuram grama panchayat and Kottayam Municipality will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Saturday. The district administration on Friday managed to bring both the parties together for a discussion on the issue. This was …
Swine flu has claimed as many as 84 lives in the state in the last six months. Though only one person from Mira Road-Bhayander and one from Thane succumbed to H1N1 influenza this year, experts fear that more Mumbaikars may fall victim as hundreds from the city travel every day …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will conduct a thorough bio-remediation of the Sabarmati riverfront in the coming months. This process involves cleansing the river of biological and chemical wastes including that on the riverbed using environment friendly methods. The process has become necessary as the river will soon host an …
Urban Development Ministry had asked UT to introduce tax in congested areas to ease traffic In a relief for city residents, the municipal corporation (MC) has decided not to impose congestion tax in the city. In March, the Ministry of Urban Development, in a letter to the Chandigarh Administration, had …
Committee will comprise industries and vendors In order to reduce the burden on landfill sites, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will constitute a panel of industries and vendors to sort out ‘best out of waste’ from the garbage heaps in the City. The decision to set up a committee was …
Heard of any municipal corporation operating a mineral water bottling plant before? The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) now plans to set up a mineral water plant near its Kotarpur sewage treatment facility that will treat water to high levels of purity and then bottle them in 200 ml and 1 …
The civic body’s epidemiology report for monsoon ailments has acknowledged 12 cases of cholera in the city. A month into the monsoons and people with enteric diseases have swarmed city hospitals. Cases of gastroenteritis, particularly, have gone up by 15% in June, compared to the corresponding period last year. Five …
ONE MORE ATTEMPT: Citizens Not Part Of Pilot Project Yet; ITC Adopts 12 Wards, Provides Accessories Bangalore: It’s back to the basics of garbage management. BBMP wants waste segregated at home, to reduce recyclable waste sent to landfills. But the onus is not yet on the citizen. Beginning Tuesday, the …
Over 350 people protested water contamination outside R-Central ward office Friday. The ward comprises Borivali and Kandivali. More than a 100 societies in Gorai Khadi have been receiving dirty water for the past 15 days and around 25 people have fallen ill in the past two days. Corporater Shivanand Shetty …
