Real estate developer encroaches upon stormwater drain in Gurgaon
Paras builders dumped construction debris in a stormwater drain and then, began construction on the drain itself. This has blocked the drain and …
Question mark on Vishwamitri’s crocodiles as Vadodara Municipal Corp rams their habitat
Vadodara’s municipal corporation started a ‘clean up’ drive July 10 but zoologists say the exercise could have destroyed prime …
The curious case of panchayats in Delhi
The Nagar Swaraj Bill will usher in decentralised governance in the city state, but what happened to rural panchayats?
Private project in public park
Residents of Vadodara protest construction of a multimedia laser fountain in a heritage park
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)
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Green tribunal orders closure of 12 Hauz Khas village eateries
Delhi Pollution Control Committee directed to pass orders on their applications for consent to operate within two weeks
High court halts seizure of Ganesha idols by Nagpur civic agency
Municipal corporation rapped for delaying ban on plaster of Paris idols that pollute the city's water bodies
Nagpur municipality proposes action against private water supplier
Orange City Water Limited fails to supply 24X7 clean water; people demand cancellation of contract
Agartala to be first LED-illuminated city in northeastern India
Switch to LED-based street lighting is expected to save city corporation at least Rs 2 crore
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 21, 2022)
Delhi plans to remediate Okhla landfill by end of 2023. How will it do this?
CSE team found fresh waste continues to be disposed of at site; critical to use waste fractions recovered from landfill safely
East Kolkata most vulnerable to climate change: World Bank
Study predicts loss of Rs 10,800 crore in the city by 2050 because of a one-in-100-years flood coupled with climate change impacts
Delhi gets dial-an-autorickshaw service
Call 011-64444441 for G-Auto service. If it takes off, commuters all over Delhi would be able to travel by autorickshaws without haggling or …
Supreme Court upholds pollution levy on trucks entering Delhi
The apex court will give an order on Monday based on directions prepared by amicus curiae
Mystery fever stalks Surat
Three persons have died in the past three days; help sought from National Institute of Virology to identify disease
Private venture in Vadodara's public park
Stiff opposition from residents to laser fountain and allied projects in Sayaji Baug forces Vadodara municipal corporation to announce scrapping …
Shimla to levy green fee on private vehicles
Fund to be used to improve road infrastructure and promote ecological sensitivity among tourists
Signal, interrupted
By allowing high-rises around an advanced weather radar in Mumbai, IMD sets a bad example for the rest of the country
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 4, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 12, 2023)
Ugly is the new beautiful
A group of anonymous citizens in Bengaluru is cleaning filthy streets and inspiring change across India
Parched capital
While Delhi struggles to make rainwater harvesting compulsory even after 13 years of amending byelaws, Chennai shows the way
Nagpur municipality falters over banning PoP idols
With Ganesh Chaturthi festival around the corner, civic body now proposes ban on immersion of idols in natural water bodies
Encroached green patch in Sarai Khwaja may be converted into biodiversity park
Faridabad municipality was planning to sell land teeming with diverse fauna to real estate developers
Jalandhar village opposes waste-to-energy plant
Project developer, Jindal Urban Infrastructure Limited, could not answer queries satisfactorily at public hearing