Chandigarh The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has decided to hand over the maintenance of seven green belts in different sectors to private contractors.

Tenders for green belts in sectors 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 7 and 17 have already been invited.

At present, the civic body maintains 49 green belts and 16 gardens.

Vegetation in a city is sometimes synonymous to presence of nature in the predominantly man made environment. Urban vegetation is an important point for sustainable development, environmental conservation and urban planning process of a city (Tunay et al, 2007).

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Ahmedabad: Instead of the obnoxious stink, sweet fragrance may soon waft across as you pass by Pirana dumping site . The forest department in coordination with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to covert the dumpyard into a eco nature park.

Scholarly work portrays Residents Welfare Associations as constituting an exclusively middle class

AHMEDABAD: Housing societies who have deviated from their commitment of maintaining trees on their premises after obtaining Building Use' (BU) permission are in for a flak.

With 40% land reserved for green spaces that support over 500 varieties of trees and 25 exotic bird species, Hiranandani's Powai township is a prime example of a vibrant, eco-friendly urban hub in the midst of Mumbai's concrete jungle. Niranjan Hiranandani, MD, Hiranandani Group shares his experience that helped make the transformation a reality.

The knowledge of the surface temperature is important to a range of issues and themese in earth sciences central to urban climatology, global environmental change and human-environment interactions.

With 40% land reserved for green open spaces that support over 500 varieties of trees and 25 exotic bird species, Hiranandani's Powai township is a prime example of a vibrant, eco-friendly urban hub in the midst of Mumbai's concrete jungle.

Modernization of Mumbai zoo threatens botanical garden A RS 433-crore zoo modernization plan of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has come in for criticism. Citizen action groups and non-profits alleged the plan would lead to the destruction of the 21-hectare (ha) Jijamata Udyan where the zoo is located. The corporation denied this. The groups claimed the corporation had

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