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