Gurugram does it right: Dedicated portal to register and manage bulk waste generators
The MCG initiative is truly unique & has potential to inspire other Indian cities to adopt similar measures, benefiting from its citizen-…
Simply Put: Renaming potholes
Waste in news on May 4
A round-up of what's new in waste
Bhagalpur may commission a waste-to-energy plant
Activists say similar plants elsewhere in the country are lying defunct
Pollution in news on May 3
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution
Citizen involvement may clean a Bengaluru lake
The initiative to rejuvenate the Kundalahalli lake will be funded by CSR contributions
Municipal expenditure declined from 2012 to 2018: RBI report
Report finds mismatch between functions & finances of ULBs
Cleaning Patna’s air: Municipal corporation to replace diesel-run vehicles with CNG and electricity
Patna’s air quality index has become ‘very poor’ in recent years
When lakes were tanks
Bengaluru's lakes were actually tanks created in the absence of a big river
Pigs tested positive for JE may not be from MP, say officials
Say the city is not disease endemic
Fears of a ‘COVID-19 apocalypse’ grow as Bengal votes in last phase
Experts urge identification, isolation and testing in areas reporting most cases
Hill heavy!
What happens when a rare geological site is squeezed for space
Pigs in Delhi found carrying Japanese encephalitis virus
Seven people have tested positive for the disease since September
Nagpur municipality notice to women corporators: keep interfering husbands at bay
These men have been attending meetings and issuing instructions in place of their wives
Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata faces fiercest storm in decades
Amphan was expected to pass through the city before moving on to Bangladesh
20 years down the line what ails the urban local bodies
Lack of money, capacity and states' unwillingness to cede power
High Court allows sale of PoP Ganesh idols in Nagpur
They are to be immersed only in artificial tanks
Hauz Khas village restaurants under scanner for spewing untreated sewage
Eight out of 34 restaurants in the area have been operating without any clearance
BIS finalises street food norms
Standard to ensure vendors follow hygienic practices and serve food safe for health
Court questions sealing relief law
Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development
Bombay HC halts construction by Hiranandani Developers in Powai
Asks it to provide flats for economically weaker section of the society first
Court orders water supply scheme for Khurpatal
Growing construction in the hill station is drying up springs downhill
Vilappil residents force police to retreat
Kerala village panchayat demands permanent closure of waste treatment plant
Last mile chaos
New Delhi struggles with a policy to regulate e-rickshaws
Spanner on Mumbai's free floor space project
Builders exploit civic administration's plan, make fortunes