New Delhi: After the success of its pilot project in Lutyens Bungalow Zone and Rashtrapati Bhawan, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) plans to expand the segregated home garbage disposal plan to all NDMC areas.
With the rapid growth of urban localities in the city, the gap between the demand and supply of water has been widening. Avas Foundation, a city based NGO, has drawn up an action plan for raising awareness in the city regarding the need for economical and judicious use of water and its conservation, including adoption of measures, such as rain water harvesting etc.
MUMBAI: The BMC is carrying out soil testing work in the Tulsi lake area, which falls within the core zone of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). Interestingly, both park officials and those in the civic body claim ignorance about it initially. No one even has any clue about who gave permission for the work, or if any such permission was granted at all.
With the water level in all sources being drastically reduced, the local municipal corporation (MC) has been forced to start rationing of water as the delayed monsoons have made the
situation grim.
The water supply position in the state capital is the worst this summer as the supply being given by the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) department to the MC has come down to barely 28 MLD.
Chandigarh: Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia has expressed concern that while urban local bodies spend a huge amount every year on garbage collection, transportation and disposal, the larger problem of the municipal solid waste management in a scientific manner remains unattended to.
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) is set to designate 51 ponds heritage properties, thus becoming the first civic body in the country to confer the tag on water bodies.
The civic authorities also plan to renovate the ponds, some of which are in a deplorable condition, said mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya.
CUTTACK: With monsoon on the horizon, pressure is on the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) to intensity its vector control measures to tackle the heightened mosquito menace during the rainy season.
The city zoo, which has been receiving flak since the death of a five-year-old hippopotamus in April, is all set to adorn a new look by the year 2012. After recieving green signal from the Mumbai Heritage Committee for the Rs 433 crore modernisation plan last week, Byculla Zoo Authorities, is now awaiting approval from the Standing Committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC).
