GOVERNMENT is expected to sign a statutory instrument (SI) to compel shopping malls and housing units being constructed to install solar systems to cushion the power deficit.

Realising the gravity of water crisis in Madikeri, the Madikeri Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has decided to make rainwater harvesting mandatory for newly-built commercial complexes and houses

Thiruvananthapuram: An assembly committee on environment has noted that applying the same building rules across the state was unscientific, and suggested that Munnar be split into separate zones an

Additional Government Pleader Kavita Solanki, appearing for the government, submitted a development plan of the area showing the layout plan.

Building owners in Mandalay will soon face hefty fines that may exceed the value of the buildings if the structures are built without permits or if they flout regulations, warned the Mandalay City

Building with built-up area of 5,000 square metre and above are required to take environment clearance from the Union ministry of environment.