The set-up of the climate change cell has been supported by the UK under a two-year UK-Kolkata Municipal Corporation Programme of 1 million pound technical assistance on low carbon and climate-resi

National Green Tribunal has asked government agencies why they have not submitted their views on phasing out over a decade old diesel vehicles in their departments, despite its specific directions

Kolhapur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued a public notice appealing to all clinic operators in the city to register with the biomedical waste treatment facility befo

The Government of Assam has taken up several projects for rolling out a well-laid-out network of drinking water supply to the city dwellers, a press release issued today claimed.

Says civic body itself should implement the project through a tender process.

KOLHAPUR: The civic body has issued notices to three clinics in the past last two days and imposed a penalty of Rs 15,000 on one of them for allegedly dumping biomedical waste in the garbage collec

Last week, the BMC’s counsel sought three months to complete the task in the remaining 16 wards. The NGT granted them two months to expeditiously carry out the mapping.

HARIDWAR: The ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the use of plastic along the Ganga from Gaumukh to Haridwar with effect from February 1 has apparently not had much effect in the h

The city has been enveloped in a heavy layer of smog caused by a fire last week at the Deonar dumping ground.