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NEW DELHI: Seeking to protect the biodiversity hotspot in Agasthyamalai landscape from depredation through illegal settlements, Supreme Court has ordered Tamil Nadu govt to prepare within a month a comprehensive time-bound action plan to evict thousands of encroachers, some of whom have been settled there for decades.Warning that failure to ensure compliance would invite administrative…
Residents said the stretch along Dhanwapur Road is the worst affected, with waste, cow dung, and debris scattered across the green belt Residents said the stretch along Dhanwapur Road is the worst affected, with waste, cow dung, and debris scattered across the green belt Residents said the stretch along Dhanwapur Road is the worst affected,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued sweeping pan-India directions to improve road safety, including a ban on parking of heavy and commercial vehicles on national highways, warning that expressways must not turn into “corridors of peril” due to administrative lapses or infrastructure gaps.A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Atul S Chandurkar noted…
In light of the devastating stampede that resulted in nine casualties, the Nalanda district authorities are taking decisive action by eliminating illegal structures surrounding the Maa Sheetla Mata Temple. Using bulldozers, they are clearing roadside vendors to enhance accessibility and manage crowds more effectively. Biharsharif: The Nalanda district administration has begun clearing illegal encroachments around…
GURGAON: Narrow motorable roads, parking violations and house ramps and electrical installations occupying the internal stretches across the city — these formed part of the findings of a three-member joint commission constituted on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana high court.On Saturday, the commission conducted the physical inspection of internal residential roads in parts…
NEW DELHI: Encroachments, deforestation, illegal mining and expanding urban infrastructure in the Aravali ranges have severely damaged groundwater recharge, biodiversity, air quality and climate regulation, according to a new study.The research, titled Eco-restoration of the Aravali Landscape, was undertaken by the Sankala Foundation with support from the Embassy of Denmark in India and the Haryana…
Stone-Pelting Injures 5 Police During MCD Demolition at Turkman Gate NEW DELHI: At around 1 am on Wednesday, a demolition drive by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) near Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in Turkman Gate, close to Ramlila Maidan, turned tense as some individuals resorted to stone-pelting, injuring multiple police personnel.Delhi Police have registered an FIR…
