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Dhanbad, Jan.
Dhanbad, Jan.
The State Government has approved the selection of a Delhi based company by the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) for collection and disposal of garbage under the Solid Waste Management (SWM) programme being undertaken at a cost of `24.6 crore provided under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Government is approving the selection of the company by the succes
Batting for the use of atomic energy, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today slammed environmentalists opposed to it, saying the ongoing debate over the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant was more political than technical in nature. Amid concerns over nuclear waste management at the 10,000Mw plant in Maharashtra, Ramesh said it was not an immediate problem for India.
Srinivas Sirnoorkar, Gulbarga, Jan 3, DHNS : Gulbarga University will soon be making a big green statement by making the best use of both biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste. A view of the administrative block of Gulbarga University. DH PHOTOThe varsity will adopt scientific solid waste management and establish a mega vermi compost plant at its 800-acre campus, Jnanaganga.
<p>The National Urban Sanitation Policy 2008 (NUSP) introduced by Ministry of Urban Development.
<p>The management of solid waste is integral to city sanitation. Over the last decade, larger cities, especially those with financial and managerial capacity, have attempted to improve waste management practices in response to the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Rules 2000.
The Challenges of Urbanization in India are unprecedented in scale and significance. The magnitude of the challenge can be understood from the sheer fact that our urban areas may be required to accommodate
The Objectives of the City Sanitation Plan in Shimla are: To adopt a demand-based strategy and community participation in planning, implementation and management of sanitation infrastructure; To adopt
The city's administration aims to elevate the stature of Coimbatore so that its infrastructure can compare with the best in the country. WHEN a slew of development projects were placed before successive meetings of the Coimbatore Corporation Council in 2005-06 for its approval, the refrain at every session was
NEW DELHI: Recognising the lack of a well-drafted policy on management of e-waste and the need for an awareness campaign regarding its hazards, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has expressed its concern and might be considering a notification for imposing penalty and punishment against those contributing to e-waste pollution.
After days of negotiations over the draft concessions agreement between the two parties, the time has come for both Fomento and the Margao Municipal Council to ratify the draft before inking the agreement to tackle the waste problem at the Sonsodo garbage dump yard. The draft concession agreement will be formally placed before the Board of Directors of Fomento for approval of the draft, before th
The Ministry has initiated a waste audit in the North Province, and this trip will be from the 11th to the 16th of December. The waste audit will be carried out in Naifaru, Hinnavaru and Komandoo resort.
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and Renovo Technologies Private Ltd of Singapore yesterday went into an agreement to implement a project worth Tk 112 crore for the modernisation of the city's waste management
JAMMU, Dec 14: The CII J&K State Council in collaboration with J&K State Pollution Control Board organised function on Municipal Solid Waste Management, here today. Deputy Commissioner Sanjeev Verma was the chief guest in the inaugural session.
Naina J A, Mangalore, Dec 13, DHNS: Mangalore is already producing 200 tonnes of waste every day Waste being dumped on the roadside between Balmatta and Hampankatta in Mangalore will soon become a thing of the past.
Facing flak from local NGOs over the failure on the garbage front, the Colva village Panchayat has set in motion an exercise to put a garbage collection and disposal mechanism in place in the tourist village. With the Salcete Block Development Office adopting Colva village along Salcete
Even as the draft Concession agreement to be inked between the Margao Municipal Council and Fomento is undergoing final touches, questions are raised whether it would finally cost the civic body Rs 12 crore to tackle the waste at Sonsodo for the next 25 years. Fomento had bagged the tender for the treatment of waste and construction of land fill site for Rs 7.31 crore.
Karthik Madhavan Litter-free:Coimbatore may soon have clean roads, as the Corporation has initiated efforts to improve waste management. COIMBATORE: The over 90 vehicles the Coimbatore Corporation uses to transport solid waste will double their trip in a month's time. From four trips a day a lorry, it will go up to eight.
Ambala: Union Tourism Minister and Ambala MP Kumari Selja has taken up the matter of the solid waste management project near Ambala City, that has not been working properly, with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The project was set up at Patwi in 2008 with a cost of Rs 12.5 crore to dispose the garbage of Ambala City and Ambala Cantt.
KOCHI: A developing city like Kochi still does not have a proper waste management system. Though a master plan is supposed to suggest concrete measures to tackle the garbage menace, the Kochi master plan hardly addresses this grave issue. The only portion that mention about the issue in the plan reads -