Pedestrians choose healthy obstacles over boring pavements: Research

Dec 07, 2022

Up to 78% of walkers would take a more challenging route featuring obstacles such as balancing beams, steppingstones and high steps, research has found....

Pakistan: Supreme Court orders clearance of pavement encroachments outside govt, private offices

Apr 25, 2024

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered private entities and government authorities, provincial and federal, to remove all encroachments made on pavements for security...

J-K administration introduces rigid concrete pavements technique to repair roads

Oct 05, 2020

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 5 : Adding another first to the list, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has started repairing Srinagar roads...

National Green Tribunal takes up plea on health hazards from airborne dust and pigeon droppings

Jun 03, 2025

A school student has petitioned the National Green Tribunal (NGT), highlighting the harmful effects of airborne dust generated during street sweeping and its impact...

Bhupender Yadav directs authorities to accelerate implementation of annual action plans on air pollution management

Dec 03, 2025

Reviewing each action-point minutely, Yadav emphasised the need for high-quality implementation of action plans in Delhi-NCR across all identified categories. The areas included accelerated...