Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) As part of the efforts to promote electric vehicles, Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday came to the state Assembly in an electric car.Accompanied by MLA Danam Nagender, the minister travelled in the electric car from the Ministers’ Quarters to the Assembly.Prabhakar said the state government introduced the EV policy to reduce pollution and protect the environment.As part of the policy, the government has announced a 100 per cent exemption from road…
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New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, on Tuesday, termed the Delhi Budget 2026–27 as ‘historic’, saying that it will prove to be a milestone for the city’s development and environmental protection. He praised the budget presented by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, which has a total outlay of nearly Rs 1,03,700 crore.Minister Sirsa said, “This budget is truly historic for Delhi. When we presented a Rs 1 lakh crore budget last year, several questions were raised, where wou…
Balod (Chhattisgarh), March 20 (IANS) Amid rising electricity bills and growing concerns over environmental protection, the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana is emerging as a major source of relief and savings for people in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district. By installing rooftop solar systems under the scheme, consumers are not only reducing their electricity bills to almost zero but are also generating surplus power.Beneficiaries who installed solar systems under the scheme shared their experience…
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Actress Dia Mirza has once again voiced her concern over the ongoing environmental degradation, and said that her “almost five-year-old understands that when trees are cut down, “we are not clearing land, we are erasing life.” Sharing a strong message on her social media account, the actress shared a series of images highlighting the importance of preserving nature.Alongside the carousel, she captioned the post as, “More Green Please.” She further wrote, “Our t…
Bhopal, Feb 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Madhya Pradesh government on Friday announced that this year’s Holi festival will be celebrated across the state with the message of “environmental protection and social harmony”.The state government has appealed to citizens to celebrate Holi in a spirit of brotherhood, unity and joy, setting aside mutual differences. It has also urged the use of cow-dung logs (gau-kasth) instead of wood for Holika Dahan.As per the government’s dir…
Jammu, Feb 27 (IANS) In a major crackdown on illegal mining, the Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Friday, carried out surprise raids in Udhampur and Reasi districts, officials said. A statement by the Jammu and Kashmir ACB said, “In a decisive move to protect the region’s environment and combat corruption, the Anti-Corruption Bureau has launched sweeping Joint Surprise Checks (JSCs) targeting illegal mining operations across the Udhampur and Reasi districts.””The operation was …
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday urged the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to impose an immediate week-long halt on private construction activities, citing worsening air quality and what he described as Mumbai being “engulfed in terrible smog”.In a strongly worded letter addressed to Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, Thackeray raised concerns over deteriorating environmental conditions and ongoing urban development projects, calling for urgent…
Sundarbans (West Bengal), Feb 17 (IANS) At a time when environmental protection was often treated as secondary to economic growth, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), Founder of Telangana and its first Chief Minister, reshaped the development narrative by placing ecology at the centre of governance. Through the flagship afforestation programme Telanganaku Haritha Haram, KCR did more than initiate tree plantation drives. The former Chief Minister launched a mass environmental movement that embed…
Guwahati, Feb 15 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday alleged that decades of Congress rule in the state led to large-scale encroachment of forest land and asserted that his government has put a “full stop” to the practice through sustained eviction and reclamation drives.In a post on social media platform X, Sarma claimed that the Congress party allowed encroachments to flourish across Assam’s forest areas over several decades, resulting in the illegal occupation of m…
Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) In a significant welfare measure aimed at strengthening rural sanitation and improving the livelihoods of frontline workers, the Tamil Nadu government has increased the monthly pay of sanitation workers employed in village panchayats from Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000.The decision comes as part of a broader effort to modernise waste management systems and address the growing demands of rural areas experiencing rapid population growth and urbanisation.Recognising the mounting pressur…