Decision at high-level meeting today
The final decision on the issue of restoring the control of 1,180 hectares of precious urban forest in and around the town back to the local Municipal Corporation (MC) from the Forest Department is likely to be taken at a high-level meeting to be chaired by the Chief Secretary here tomorrow.
The Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Surajmal Garg and Justice Ranjan Gogoi after hearing the PIL No. 81/09 filed by Ketaki Bardalai and Dr Santwana Bordoloi today directed the Commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation and Commissioner of Municipal Administration Department, Govt. of Assam to file their affidavit within April 29.
Mumbai: More than two months after illegal digging of a bore well, near Marve Road in Malad, damaged portions of an underground water tunnel, repair work is finally ready to begin.
Newsline found another possible cause: dirt. Kharak Raveda village has no sewage network, its streets are full of cowdung, sewage and puddles; illegal supply lines are drawn from tubewells
MUMBAI: A day after three persons fell into a borewell in Mahim and died, the BMC on Friday issued an order that it was mandatory to secure its permission to dig borewells in the city. If the correct procedure is not followed, Mumbaikars will be liable to punishment.
After the recent radiation leak at the Mayapuri scrap market, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has written to the Delhi government asking it to install radiation detection equipment at all seven borders of the Capital.
The letter to the government got the nod of the Corporation members during the Standing committee meeting on Thursday.
Underlining financial implications as a major hurdle in implementing the Right to Education Act, Delhi Government has initiated the process for implementation of the Act in the schools of the national Capital. Insiders say that Delhi Government needs over Rs 1,150 crore to implement the scheme proposed by the Union HRD Ministry beginning the next academic session.
The Regional Meteorological Department, Alipore, today issued a thunder squall warning for different districts of North Bengal in the next 24-hours. The department has also predicted that there are chances of rain in the city and its adjoining areas.
Union minister and Ranchi MP Subodh Kant Sahay has come forward to help the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) tide over an acute water crisis.
At a crucial meeting to discuss the water situation in the city today, the Congress leader announced to cough up Rs 5 lakh from his area development fund to buy water tanks and install them in localities that have been worst hit this summer.
