New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta provided the long-pending Rs 1 crore assistance each to the families of frontline workers who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty during the Covid-19 pandemic, an official said on Thursday. The contribution of frontline workers who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty will always be remembered, and the Delhi government’s commitment to their families will forever remain paramount, she said in a message on social media…
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Pune, July 12 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MP Supriya Sule has said that the loss of life in the building collapse incident at the Moshi garbage depot in Pune is “heart-wrenching” and exposes “gross failure” of the state government and the administration. The incident occurred at around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday when a massive mound of garbage gave way and crashed onto the administrative building located inside the Moshi garbage depot operated by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation…
Chandigarh, 1 June (IANS) Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal on Monday called upon officers of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Haryana to translate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a clean and developed India into tangible outcomes on the ground. He directed the ULBs to implement projects under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 in mission mode and to develop cities that set benchmarks in cleanliness, urban management, and quality of life.“The cities must emerge as mode…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that projects worth over Rs 30,000 crore were reviewed at the PRAGATI session held on Wednesday. “The works covered sectors like railways, power and road connectivity. Aspects relating to ports, Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 and other social sector schemes were also discussed,” PM Modi said in a post on X.The Prime Minister chaired the 51st meeting of PRAGATI, the ICT-enabled, multi-modal platform aimed at fostering Pro-Active Go…
Tiruppur, May 25 (IANS) Growing concerns are being raised across Tamil Nadu over the practice of dumping municipal solid waste in abandoned stone quarries, with farmers and environmental activists urging the state government to reconsider existing provisions that permit such disposal methods. The demand comes amid allegations that local bodies in several districts, including Tiruppur, have been using abandoned quarry sites as dumping grounds for garbage collected from residential areas.Environme…
Chennai, March 11 (IANS) In a major push to strengthen monitoring and enforcement of waste management regulations, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has proposed installing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled camera systems on 55 enforcement vehicles operating across the city.The move is aimed at detecting violations such as illegal dumping, improper waste disposal and non-compliance with Solid Waste Management (SWM) rules in real time.To implement the initiative, the GCC has invited bids t…