<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Ahmedabad Surat landfills among worst three methane hotspots in India" appearing in the Times of India dated 07.02.2024.</p>
A day after several hundred idols were immersed in the Yamuna on the last day of Durga Puja overloading an already polluted river, the Delhi Government’s Environment Department started the process of cleaning up and decongesting it on Thursday. The work is expected to end by early next week. Delhi Environment & Forest secretary Sanjiv Kumar said: “This year the department began the work of ensuring that the river was put under as little stress as possible because of the immersion and we had regular meetings with the registered Puja committees asking them to use only environment-friendly material which does not harm the river further. As a follow-up to the exercise we also interacted with various stakeholders early this week to review the measures put in place for idol immersion in the Yamuna during Durga Puja.”
KSPCB approved operationalisation of dumping yard for only three months The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has allowed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to dump garbage at Mavallipura for three more months. Vaman Acharya, chairperson of the KSPCB told Deccan Herald on Thursday that the unprecedented garbage crisis in the City compelled the Board to reconsider its decision on closing the Mavallipura dumping yard.
The Pasakha industrial estate problem will be dealt with only in November Indian Scientist’s 6-Day Visit The Indian scientist, invited by national environment commission secretariat (NECS) to study
<p><span id="itro1">KSPCB has yielded to pressure from the Karnataka Government & Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and has revoked its ban on dumping of solid waste at Mavallipura. Read this Press
No-entry The garbage problem in the City aggravated manifold on Thursday as the agitation at Mandur by local villagers against dumping of waste in the landfill entered third day. The village was on the boil on Thursday with villagers resorting to dharna on the road to prevent the entry of trucks carrying garbage. They burnt huge logs on the road to prevent lorries containing the City’s filth from entering the village. The unrest got more strength with residents of 10 villages adjoining Mandur such as Byappanahalli, Gundur, Kammasandra, Marasandra, Bidarahalli, Jyothipura, Ancharahalli, Bommenahalli, Boodigere and Cheemasandra also joining the protest.
Environmental safeguards to be ensured: Manjalamkuzhi Ali The garbage issue in the capital city inched closer towards a temporary solution on Wednesday, with the government deciding to set up sanitary landfills in three abandoned quarries in the district. A consultation meeting convened by the government with scientists and technical experts decided to take up the project as an interim solution to dispose of the accumulated garbage at Chalai, the site where a modern treatment plant is slated to come up. Experts stressed the need for proper engineering to ensure that groundwater sources were not polluted by the landfills.
The United Democratic Front (UDF) has decided to launch a massive awareness campaign across the State to promote the subsidy schemes formulated by the government for waste management at the local level.
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday lashed out at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for the piling up of garbage in the City and directed the civic agency to file a status report on garbage segregation on November 6, 2012. Hearing two public interest litigations, by Kavitha Shankar, a resident and G R Mohan, a City-based advocate and a party-in-person, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B V Nagarathna, expressed dissatisfaction over functioning of the BBMP. It also heard an appeal by some garbage contractors who were unable to participate in the new bidding stating that sufficient time was not allotted for the tender process by the Palike.
The Chennai Corporation will request proposals from 18 of its shortlisted companies for projects under its solid waste management initiative this week. The initiative includes privatisation of conservancy operations along with remediation and scientific closure of the existing Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dumpyards. The Corporation Council has now approved the proposal for gradual privatisation of conservancy operations in all zones.
Corporation blames contractor; seeks explanation on fire accident Residents of Konavaikalpalayam, Mahalingapuram, N.G.R. Nagar, Sakthi Eswaran Nagar and L.G. Nagar blocked the Chettipalayam Road on Monday, demanding closure of the Coimbatore Corporation’s dump yard in Vellalore. As the Coimbatore Corporation officials’ and police’s efforts to pacify the crowd failed and traffic remained blocked, the police removed around 253 protestors, including 108 women.
