Environment
In a move which will be widely welcomed by the investors in Hyderabad, the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) said in an announcement made on Friday that environmental clearances will be issued online in a few weeks. According to the PMG’s announcement, ‘green’ permits in Hyderabad will go online in less than one month from now. [...] Continue Reading »
Complaining to the Centre for not completing the several process of environment clearance to the Adani Group’s Mundra Ports and the Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) in Gujarat, the apex court gave the last chance to the MoEF to for completing the necessary and stated that the secretary and the director was personally responsible for all [...] Continue Reading »
An additional US$10 million are to be invested in Central Park II in Gurgaon. There is a tunnel that leads to an underground road network which connects with the lobbies of each residential tower. Residents have an uninterrupted 20 acre car-free landscaped green vista as all traffic is routed underground. There is a plan by [...] Continue Reading »
Over 3,000 sq km environmentally fragile land in Kerala’s Western Ghats region has been exempted by Environment Ministry from the category of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) demarcated by a high-level central government panel. Earlier, High Level Working Group on Western Ghats headed by K Kasturirangan had recommended that 13,108 sq km should be declared as [...] Continue Reading »
The NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) has given the green signal for more construction activities in ecologically fragile zones like the Aravalis. This step will not only allow more commercial activities in the name of tourism but also will give the state governments virtually a free hand in deciding how they to want to use these areas. All [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi is set to witness more ground covered with greenery as Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has put forward a proposal to allow 1-5% extra floor area ratio (FAR) and ground coverage to green buildings. It is also been decided that builders or developers will be punished if they defy to adopt environment-friendly measures for their [...] Continue Reading »
To gather people’s feedback on local governance and deficiency, the Sheila Dikshit government has decided to hold its largest-ever bhagidari workshop in the capital from June 26. Over 3,500 residents welfare associations have been invited at the event to be held at Talkatora Stadium from June 26 to July 6. The government has asked Asian Centre for Organization [...] Continue Reading »
The service road in Banaswadi is messed up with garbage heaps. The residential areas surrounding Banaswadi is filled with foul smell from the heaps of garbage dumped. The conditions of this locality is same since years, as namma BBMP has turned blind eye towards maintaining the regular garbage collection in Bangalore city. Several stretches of [...] Continue Reading »
Today, Mumbai city has grown so big that it has world class infrastructures, civic facilities and what not? All these favorable factors has made Mumbai, a favorite real estate hot spot as well as residential hot spot for the visitors from across the country. However, “environment” is one backlog which demands attention and alarming in [...] Continue Reading »
Now it’s high time that Bangalore has to think about managing e-waste! The annual e-waste production is the talk of the hour now. E-waste are the most hazardous as it consists of heavy metals and organic pollutants. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recently learnt that the highly toxic chemicals have started contaminated the soil and [...] Continue Reading »
