AGRA: Agra district authorities have ordered the closure of an engineering college near a bird sanctuary for violating environmental laws, an official said on Thursday.

District magistrate Zuher-Bin-Sagir asked the wildlife department to seal Anand Engineering College, on the periphery of eco-sensitive Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary on the Delhi-Agra highway, 20 km from here, an official said.

The Bombay high court blasted the BMC on Thursday while hearing petitions against illegal waste dumping and wetland reclamation in Kanjurmarg.

The surroundings of the world's highest peak, Mt.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Pakistan today signed an agreement to invest $ 99.1 million in improving water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management facilitates of 8

Mumbai: Most Mumbaikars are unwilling to segregate waste before disposal, according to a survey by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

Despite the belief that waste segregation at source is the best way to handle solid waste and limit health hazards, 80% of those surveyed were not willing to do it. The survey revealed that generating less waste and improving the recycling capacity are other ways which people felt can help manage waste. A meagre 8% were in favour of a user charge.

The city's garbage generation has increased by an astonishing 400 tonnes per day.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has introduced a solar power driven rickshaw for collection of solid waste from across the city.

There is a ray of hope for hundreds of urban waterbodies, victims of urbanisation and industrial pollution. A combination of bio-ozolyte treatment process and bio-remediation adopted by the State government to save the Ooty Lake, can be used to recover these polluted water bodies.

According to officials, phosphorus and nitrogen are responsible for the rapid growth of water hyacinth, that has invaded many water bodies. The bio-processes will increase the dissolved oxygen (DO), by bringing down the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD). DO improves quality of water and replenishes life in water bodies.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to introduce a solar-fuelled vehicle to lift garbage from the doorstep. At present, waste is being manually lifted.

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has decided to rope in IT firms and non governmental organisations (NGOs) to prevent dumping of garbage and other pollutants in the four majo