<p>Action taken report on behalf of MCD in OA No 250 of 2024 (Sudesh Prakash Sabberwal Vs. Union of India & Others). The report was in response to the NGT order, October 14, 2024.</p> <p>The application
Under an improved version of Total Sanitation Campaign Seven panchayats in the district will undergo a facelift once the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) completes the solid waste management programme. A release from the district administration says that under the Central Government’s Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan programme, which is an improved version of the Total Sanitation Campaign, it will put in place the waste management programme.
Jaipur: A division bench of high court has issued a show cause notice to state government to explain why user charge has been added in the electricity bill when the door-to-door collection of solid waste
Central Environmental Authority (CEA) Chairman Wimal Rubasinghe made an inspection tour at Sri Lanka's first ever sanitary landfill site in Dompe recently. The aim of the inspection tour was to decide
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) now has a clear roadmap for garbage management and the search for alternative landfills is only an immediate solution for the crisis, said BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah on Sunday. However, the Palike is aware that the problem is due to its failure in waste management, he said, speaking at a conference on ‘Solutions to impending public health crisis through good governance in solid waste management’, organised by Namma Bengaluru Foundation in association with city-based NGO Adamya Chetana.
The Office of the Investment Board (OIB) under the Prime Minister’s Office is yet to proceed with the much hyped garbage-fuelled plant in the Kathmandu Valley. “The plant which was slated to be finalised
Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre (SWMTSC), in collaboration with the High Level Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilisation (HLCIDBC), will be launching a pilot project
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to constitute committees in each ward of the City to monitor garbage disposal, before January 21. The direction was issued in a public interest litigation filed by G R Mohan, a city-based advocate and others alleging failure on the part of the Palike in disposing garbage generated in the City.
The Mandur landfill site is set to shut down on February 1 depriving Bangaloreans of a major rubbish dumping yard. But a majority of the citizens are yet to grasp the concept of segregation of waste at source and implement it, thus potentially paving the way for another garbage crisis in the City. Barring a few apartments, not many people have adhered to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s grandiose plans to keep the City clean and reduce the burden on landfills.
The High Court on Friday directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to furnish statistics of garbage cess collection over the last ten years. This followed a submission by the Palike that it was spending 70 per cent more money than it collected as cess. Counsel for the Palike submitted before the Court: “If the cess collected is Rs 100 crore, we are spending Rs 350 crore to clear garbage from the City.” Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the new tender notification issued by the BBMP for the collection and transport of municipal waste, the Division Bench comprising Justices N Kumar and B V Nagarathna directed the BBMP to give details on the cess collected from the public for collecting and transporting garbage.
Phuentsholing Thromde identified College of Science and Technology in Rinchending, Phuentsholing, for pilot demonstration on solid waste management under SUNYA – towards zero waste in South Asia project
