Pollution Board inspects hospitals, dispensaries
HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 8 Following High Court directive
HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 8 Following High Court directive
Lucknow: The Lucknow University students did not shy away from donning an unusually different role on Tuesday. Just a handful of students, 15 of them to be precise, from different departments of the Lucknow University came together to clean the campus. The role was short-lived but the students are more than determined that its impact will certainly last long.
The Margao Municipal Council appears literally struggling with the door-to-door garbage collection scheme for want of adequate manpower and machinery.
HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 5 The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) came under scanner on Monday as the High Court demanded to know what action had been taken to ensure that medical waste is systematically disposed off and if, any action was taken against any erring hospitals.
Trickling of leachate - pollutant that seeps through garbage - into the Thane creek from the Mulund dumping ground has become a major cause of concern for fishermen as well as environmentalists. The leachate, say environmentalists, has affected marine life and the day is not far when the ground water table will also be affected by it.
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After a miserable failure last year, the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) is bracing up to implement the ban on plastic carry bags to make the Commercial Capital plastic free from Republic Day.
DH News Service,Madikeri: Lack of maintenance has turned Abbey falls vicinity into a plastic zone. One can find only plastic bottles, heaps of papers everywhere near Abbey falls. Tourists who visit Kodagu, never fail to visit Abbey falls. Those who want to be away from the concrete jungles of Bangalore and pollution will find heaven in Kodagu to spend their free time.
As part of integrated solid waste management programme Photo: M. Periasamy PROMOTING CLEANLINESS: Mayor R. Venkatachalam (third right) hands over garbage bins to residents at Saibaba Colony in the city on Friday. Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra (right) is in the picture.
Bindu Shajan Perappadan DDA to allocate land for the project later this month
HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 1 Margao Civic body
Window composting technology is known to have strong odour emission feature as a result of which the plants based on Ms technology often experience resistance from the community where they are set up. In order to improve acceptance of die plants among die host communities, it is desirable to mitigate their environmental impact by incorporating essential pollution control measures.
In Bangalore about 6.8 million people produce more than 3500 tonnes of waste in a single day. Despite the large infrastructure created for waste management, garbage is currently being disposed rather than managed. It continues to pollute the environment and poses a health risk to collectors as well as the general public.
Durgapur has been chosen as the best city in the country in managing solid waste. The Durgapur Municipal Corporation received the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) Excellence award in the
Construction and demolition waste will now be used for the construction of roads and pavements in the Capital. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has developed a construction and demolition waste processing plant at Burari in north Delhi, by way of which the processed waste would be used for road works.
TAMBARAM: Pallikaranai is synonymous with two things
Special Correspondent TIRUCHI: Mobilising community support was essential for the success of solid and liquid waste management programmes, observed speakers at a dissemination workshop on decentralised solid and liquid waste management here on Thursday.
Haryana Minister of State for Environment and Forests Kiran Choudhry on Wednesday directed the officers of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to prepare a list of all plastic bag manufacturers and take steps to completely ban the use of plastic bags in the State. Spreading awareness
Goa Foundation has once again threatened to walk out of Sonsodo dumping yard, with the much-promised government funds of Rs 4.6 crore to set up a landfill site at the dumping site yet to come in.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will dig deep into its pockets to ensure clean and pristine beaches in the western suburban regions of the city. It has decided to spend Rs30,500 per day on the clean-up of three major beaches of Versova, Madh-Marve and Gorai-Manori, all of which are inland tourist attractions.