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
Maharashtra tax will hurt publishing
Printed books earlier exempted from octroi are now subject to local body tax
10 die in building collapse in Mumbai region
Second incident in a fortnight; land being marshy may be factor
Bareilly civic body to pay for unlawful dumping of city garbage
National Green Tribunal invokes 'polluter pays' principle while imposing penalty to restore dump site
In Srinagar's footsteps?
Unplanned urbanisation is killing lakes that have saved Raipur from floods for over 1,000 years
Rajkot clueless about restoring bus service
Failed experiment of providing public transport through private partners raises questions about such ventures
Bengaluru's burning issue
The city finally wakes up to waste management, but bumbles into incineration plants
Bringing order to streets
Centre legalises street vending and gives the profession its due respect. But accommodating vendors is a challenge
Delhi's new public health concern—Japanese encephalitis
Did pigs bring it?
Wasted wealth
Organic composting is filthy business. Facilities flout norms, produce poor quality manure
No land for best option: composting
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, does not have a municipal waste-treatment facility. Its only plant to treat solid waste, located …
Nagpur's Star Bus Service gets very poor rating
Inquiry panel recommends looking for an alternative service provider, but ignores corruption charges
One river, two origins
Industrialists are trying to push the origin of the Nag river downstream to capture its upper stretch for real estate business
CSE points out lapses in building regulations in India
The condition and quality of Indian building stock is poor when it comes to seismic performance. In Delhi, almost 80 per cent of buildings …
Kolkata highrises to get rooftop solar panels
High Courts also ask power utilities to ensure 10 percent of energy supplies through renewable sources
Patronising dirty technology
Delhi municipality constructs yet another waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur
Nagpur to fully privatise water supply from November 15
Consumer organisations demand public hearing
Consumer forum stays water privatisation in Khandwa
Town's municipal body asked to first address objections filed by residents
Drowning in its own rubbish
For Thiruvananthapuram, the only way to manage waste is by flouting rules
RTI uncovers environment ministry flip-flop on Mulund-Thane SEZ
Officials obliged developer and reclassified coastal land to allow project
Chandola lake turns into dust bowl
City authorities look the other way despite court orders to conserve the lake
Panel calls for halt to water privatisation in Khandwa
Government committee says town municipality committed irregularities to favour private vendor Vishwaa Utilities; pressure builds to cancel contract
Court stays works on Hyderabad Metro Rail corridor
Reprimands government for realigning the route without consulting the public