Chandigarh: Amid the ongoing water crisis in Mohali, municipal councillor Kuljit Singh Bedi has said he will move court if the Punjab government did not act within 20 days to resolve the crisis.
June 11: The MCD is considering issuing of showcause notices to those who have managed to get online licences under the orange category pertaining to polluting units with due clearance from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee or by forging its clearance certificates.
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government has ordered an inquiry into the mid-day meal given to students in a school here after teachers found a dead frog in the served food.
Mumbai: Environmentally conscious Bandra residents are planning to demarcate a 7-km cycling track along its seafront. "We want to create a pollutant-free city and help save fuel," said Anandini Thakoor, chairperson, Khar-Bandra-Santacruz (KBS) Foundation, a citizen group which is promoting the project.
Mumbai: The authorities, citizens and others have come together to make Vile Parle a zero-plastic zone.
Discarded plastic bags choked drains, leading to mass flooding in the city on July 26, 2005. After that, the Maharashtra government had banned the use of plastic (below 50 microns). But four years later, plastic is still being used by many.
The work on improving the drainage and sewerage systems in Kolkata may cost around Rs 20,000 crore, though in phases, according to Mr Alapan Bandopadhyay, Commissioner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
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Addressing an interactive session, organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Thursday held a meeting of all its councillors and health officers to discuss steps to be taken in order to check the dengue menace this season.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will now work for climate change in the Capital.
MCD mayor Kanwar Sain today said that the corporation will have funds earmarked for mitigating the effects of climate change.
He made the announcement after attending the C-40 Large Cities Climate Summit held at Seoul in South Korea where he had gone to attend a conference on climate change.
KOLKATA, 27 May: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to construct dwelling units for slum dwellers who have been rendered homeless in the aftermath of cyclone Aila that hit the city on Monday.
LUCKNOW: The state government has directed the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP Housing Board, Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) and the estate department to take up an intensive afforestation drive in the city before the onset of the monsoon.
