Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Landfilling is one of the most common methods for disposal of municipal solid waste. Government regulations for pollution control and public opposition due to unacceptable conditions makes it extremely difficult for planner to find a new landfill site. Geographic information system (GIS) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) can be applied …
Heaps of biodegradable waste would no longer bother Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) have come to its rescue with a novel technology of converting biodegradable waste into manure. As many as 100 specially designed net-coated buckets called 'Nisarg Doot' reached VMC office on Monday. The …
The primates are causing such a menace that even PM Narendra Modi's plan of making his parliamentary constituency Varanasi wi-fi enabled has been cancelled. Monkeys are causing greater menace in India dna Research & Archives Monkey menace in the country has reached "epic" proportions and even derailed Prime Minister Narendra …
VARANASI: Sanitation and cleanliness in the city are the prime concerns for the city. The reason is the failure of solid waste management (SWM) project that was launched under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in 2009. The solid waste management (SWM) in the city is in a pitiable …
The Swachh Bharat Mission is being implemented in all the 4,041 statutory cities and towns in the country while the rankings released on Saturday pertained only to 476 cities The government on Sunday sought to de-link the city rankings for 2014-15, issued a day ago, from the Swachh Bharat Mission …
To begin with, co will set up toilets at ghats in Varanasi with low water usage and on-site sanitation tech Enthused by the response to . 100-crore Banega Swachh India proits ` ject launched by Reckitt Benckiser India in September, the maker of Dettol soaps and Lizol cleaners is now …
VARANASI: Foundation stone of the country's first technology based toilet project with behaviour trackers- 'remote monitoring and waterless urinal'- was laid by mayor Ram Gopal Mohaley at Rani Bhawani Jay Narayan Balika Vidyalaya and also Rajendra Prasad Ghat. Apart from them another toilet complex will come up at Luxa market. …
In a race between 100 cities picked up from states and union territories across the country, only 20 will start their 'smart' journey this financial year. The remaining 80, in the proposed 100 smart city plan, will join the club in two equal batches of 40 each in the following …
VARANASI: The supply of contaminated water in various localities across the city is threatening the lives of the people. Patients suffering from water-borne diseases, especially diarrhoea are visiting the OPDs of government hospitals daily. Over 50% patients visiting government hospitals are prone to water-borne diseases. Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) claims …
Varanasi Municipal Corporation's employees flout National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban daily by burning mounds of garbage in open. While many are unaware of the ban on burning garbage in the open, a few knowledgeable ones did take up the issue with authorities. However, they soon wilted under the official indifference. …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to inspect Coca Cola's bottling plant in Varanasi and submit record of water consumption and effluent discharge of the unit. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi also directed …
Varanasi: Sidelining the deadlock continuing between Varanasi Municipal Corporation and A2Z, the company assigned for handling solid waste management (SWM) in 2010, the district administration officials, on Saturday, visited the Karsada plant of solid waste dumping and disposal site to ensure its opening from Monday. The plant is expected to …
Varanasi: Nominal changes were recorded in the quality of Ganga water after idol immersion during Dussehra. The Varanasi regional office of UP Pollution Control Board collected the samples and analysed the water quality before immersion, during immersion and post-immersion of idols from October 2 to 5. The initial report of …
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will monitor the implementation of Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission (Namami Ganga), the dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A decision in this regard was taken during the meeting of senior RSS office-bearers of the five regions (in the state) that fall under the river’s course …
UP To Submit Compliance Report Today Even as UP government prepares to submit a compliance report regarding idol immersion in the Allahabad High Court, the district administration of Varanasi has said it has conveyed to the secretary, urban development that making an alternative site available for idol immersion in Varanasi …
Varanasi: The project of several crores of rupees for supply of potable water is like a white elephant for the Kashi. The people are compelled to drink contaminated water supplied by Jal kal department. "For past four months, we have been consuming contaminated water giving foul smell," said Anjali Nag, …
The water quality of Ganga river at Allahabad and Varanasi, two holy places where millions take a dip, is most unfit for bathing purposes, the Centre informed the Supreme Court. Water becomes unfit for bathing if the biochemical oxygen demand (BoD) level exceeds 3 mg per litre. In fact, in …
Varanasi: The outcome of the ambitious 'Namami Gange' project of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a matter of future, but the present condition of the river is not very encouraging. In Varanasi alone, the Ganga is being polluted with over 250 MLD untreated sewage everyday. For Namami Gange, an …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has extended its stay on the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) order for shutting down Coca Cola's Varanasi unit on the issue of use of ground water. The tribunal, on June 20, had allowed beverages giant Coca Cola to resume operations at its …
The Modi government not only plans to build new smart cities, but also make the existing ones smarter. The Prime Minister’s Office is working with the urban development ministry on an ambitious plan to give substantial subsidy to those cities that excel in areas like environment protection, waste management, renewable …
