<p>Affidavit by Union Territory of Lakshadweep in OA No 606 of 2018 with respect to compliance of MSW Management Rules, 2016 and other environmental issues).</p> <p>The report is dated 07/11/2024. The
SHILLONG: In a bid to avoid the direct discharge sewerage and solid waste into the river, the Government is likely to initiate the solid waste management (SWM) project by March next year. A presentation on the entire project was presented by Mott Macdonald, a noted consultancy firm, during a meeting held here in the State Secretariat on Wednesday in the presence of Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh and other officials.
In order to make Delhi free of plastic bags, the Delhi government has set a new deadline of December 22 for stopping the manufacture, sale and storage of plastic bags in the national Capital and its three
Around 200 tonnes of non-biodegradable waste needs to be capped The Suchitwa Mission will assist the Kochi Corporation in scientifically capping waste at the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant. The plant site is estimated to have around 200 tonnes of non-biodegradable waste. A team of officials from the mission would visit the plant soon, said George Chakkachery, executive director of the mission.
New Delhi: The Delhi government is yet to notify the ban on plastic bags due to “technical difficulties”, an official said, even as the cabinet approved it a month ago. The Delhi cabinet on September 11
This Durga Puja, Rotary Club of Jamshedpur will help the steel city think Green, by replacing polythene bags with jute and cloth ones at pandals from where bhog is distributed to hundreds of devotees on
Ernakulam station to receive 20 truckloads of waste daily Two platforms of Ernakulum Junction Railway Station will be filled with non-biodegradable waste generated by the residents of Kochi. T.K. Ashraf, chairman of the Health Standing Committee of Kochi Corporation, said the Railways sought the waste to fill the two platforms which are under construction.
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board Chairman Vaman Acharya on Wednesday said that paints used in Ganesha and Gowri idols have chemicals that pollute water bodies. Thus, people should switch to eco-friendly idols that are painted with organic colours, he said. He also expressed concern over indiscriminate use of thermocol which is non-biodegradable.“Thermocol has emerged as another pollutant. Artisans use it to make their idols made of Plaster of Paris strong,” said Acharya. “It takes a hammer to break an idol made using thermocol,” he added.
A proposal to classify river courses in the State into various eco-zones for their conservation and management is getting ready. This forms part of the guidelines prepared by the Department of Environment and Climate Change for the conservation and protection of river systems in the State. The eco-zones, it is proposed, will be demarcated based on the climatic and geomorphic features of each course, the extent of its degradation, and the scope for its restoration. Permissible activities will be notified for each zone.
Town Panchayats in Vellore have stepped up measures to ensure the proper implementation of the ban on plastic bags less than 40 microns thick. Teams comprising the executive officers of various town panchayats have been formed to monitor the use of plastic bags after the ban came into effect from September 15. “The teams are monitoring the use of plastic bags less than 40 microns thick. We have also seized plastic bags from shops across the 16 town panchayat limits in the district. Measures are being taken to regularise the use of plastic above 40 microns thick,” Malayaman Thirumudikari, Assistant Director of Town Panchayats, Vellore, said.
It is an issue that crops up year after year without a permanent solution in sight. The hazardous impact of chemical colours and toxic materials used in the making of Ganesh idols and their immersion in
