LUCKNOW: The UP Project Development Corporation (UPPDC) has been entrusted with the task of taking care of the Gomti. It was decided on Monday that the agency would be carrying out the dredging operations in the river, the cost of which would be borne by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP Housing and Development Board (UPHDB) and irrigation department jointly.
After much delay, the sanction order for funds totalling Rs 3.22 crore for the work of remediation, rehabilitation of Sonsodo waste disposal site with capping finally came to the Margao Municipal Council on Wednesday.
But, the Government has imposed a series of conditions to ensure that the Margao civic body complies with a host of formalities while spending the huge amount.
The Army will be deployed in Bhopal albeit for a cause with a difference! The men in olive green will join the war against water crisis in the Madhya Pradesh capital by taking part in desilting - of the almost-dry Upper Lake - launched by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan early this month.
NEW DELHI: After spending Rs 132 crore to build the ultra-modern abattoir at Ghazipur, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Shiela Dikshit government on Wednesday were red flagged by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the Supreme Court for breaching environmental rules.
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has asked contractors undertaking its civic projects to look for a place to dump the debris generated at the construction sites. BMC would no longer allow the city
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought status reports from the Central Ground Water Authority, the Delhi Development Authority and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on alleged illegal construction on the Ridge in Vasant Kunj, Vasant Vihar and Delhi Cantonment by the DDA and private construction companies.
The Delhi Cabinet has given nod to a proposal for making Delhi smoke free by 2009 through a project in collaboration with Bloomberg Global Initiative (BGI). The project will be implemented in two years with effect from October 2008 to September 2010 with an estimated cost of Rs 10 crores.
