<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
The Supreme Court (SC) today asked the government what mechanism it will put in place to handle nuclear waste at the Kudankulam power plant once it becomes operational. A Bench of justices, K S Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa unveils a package for about Rs. 880 crore Infrastructure development in the expanded Chennai city is all set to gain momentum with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa unveiling a package for about Rs. 880 crore on Sunday. To be taken up under the Mega City Development Mission, the package would include a grant of Rs. 500 crore from the State government, according to a press release.
The Chennai Corporation will request proposals from 18 of its shortlisted companies for projects under its solid waste management initiative this week. The initiative includes privatisation of conservancy operations along with remediation and scientific closure of the existing Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dumpyards. The Corporation Council has now approved the proposal for gradual privatisation of conservancy operations in all zones.
Corporation blames contractor; seeks explanation on fire accident Residents of Konavaikalpalayam, Mahalingapuram, N.G.R. Nagar, Sakthi Eswaran Nagar and L.G. Nagar blocked the Chettipalayam Road on Monday, demanding closure of the Coimbatore Corporation’s dump yard in Vellalore. As the Coimbatore Corporation officials’ and police’s efforts to pacify the crowd failed and traffic remained blocked, the police removed around 253 protestors, including 108 women.
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 recent diktat of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike asking apartments, hotels and marriage halls (bulk generators) to segregate their waste and pay for the disposal appears to contravene the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976. Rule 103B of KMC Act states: “The corporation may, in addition to property tax levied under Section 103, levy a solid waste management cess at such rate not exceeding one thousand rupees per month as may be prescribed, on every owner or occupier of buildings or lands or both in the city, for the purpose of collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste and different rates may be prescribed in respect of different classes of lands or buildings or in different areas.”
New Delhi: Soon, Tihar Jail will produce its own electricity. In a memorandum of understanding signed between the jail authorities and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc), a Nisargruna biogas plant
KOLKATA, 7 OCT: Even after the East Kolkata Wetland Management Authority (EKWMA) had served stop work notice to a proposed vocational training centre for an illegal construction (in sns photo) at the protected
Urban India sitting on a ticking garbage bomb For a few weeks in August, garden city Bangalore turned into a garbage city. This was after villagers living near the landfills in Mandur and Doddaballapur,
As per the decisions taken by DPCC in its Board meeting held on 06.10.2012, Restaurants, Eating Houses,Sweet Shops, Dhabas and Hotels [RESDH Sector] & Banquet Halls /Party Lawns are required to comply
