Health hazards
Cellphone towers have been all around in the Kolkata city and to top it all, some of them are illegal! Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has not taken any care in recent times about the health hazards due to electromagnetic radiation emitted by the towers and also illegal building rules and loss of finance due to [...] Continue Reading »
Ashtalakshmi Nagar residents have learnt to live their lives amidst garbage! Among lack of basic amenities they are also facing garbage dumping menace for quiet a time. The residents allege that they are forced to dump their garbage in open plots after rain water stagnates and workers do not turn up for the clearance. Each [...] Continue Reading »
Residents in Hyderabad are facing acute water problems, with figures suggesting almost 70 percent of the pipelines providing drinking water are in need for immediate restoration and inability to do so would lead to various health hazards. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is well aware of the situation, however is helpless [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court on Monday while asking Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to ensure that precautions are taken by developers during construction of high rises referred to a recent incident when a coconut tree in a municipal garden killed a top official of a private equity firm. “Trees are falling in your gardens. People are dying,” remarked [...] Continue Reading »
The sewage treatment plant has the capacity to treat 20 million litres daily (MLD) sewage and is expected to cost Rs 10 crore. However, residents around Boottee street area are opposing the project and want the cantonment to rethink the plan. The spot chosen is very close to a school. It was expected that the [...] Continue Reading »
