Report by Karnataka in OA No 606 of 2018 regarding compliance of solid waste management and used water management. Total wet waste generated is 3832 TPD out of which 3613 TPD has been processed. Thus, there is a gap of 219 TPD. Some of the actions taken to tackle the …
A Composting unit over a drain may seem a little bit of a surprise for many. But, welcome to Borda in the jurisdiction of Margao Municipal Council where a composting unit is presently under construction on a water nullah. While work on the composting unit has raised many an eyebrows, …
R. Vimal Kumar Proposed unit will be equipped to handle five tonnes of non-segregated waste a day File Photo: M. Balaji NEW EFFORT: Garbage in Tirupur is to be disposed of at the compost yard to be established by the Department of Agriculture.
Pune In a move that would provide some respite to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the state Forest Department has agreed to give out forest land for dumping organic waste and using it for vermicomposting. The PMC, which is grappling with garbage dumping problem at Uruli Devachi and Phursungi, has …
The Margao Municipal Council has moved in to invite reputed and experienced companies to set up a garbage treatment plant. But, sadly, the composting units set up within the jurisdiction of the Civic body upon orders of the Bombay High Court have literally hit a big block. Constructed with much …
Pune Pimpri-chinchwad : Electricity from refuse Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade has called for generation of energy from garbage to resolve the long-pending dumping row; the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has embarked on a project on these lines. It hopes to start producing electricity from garbage in six months and …
They also learn basics of solid waste management and use of sewage treated with enzymes for gardening TEACHING: Indra Kumar of Home Exnora explains terrace top farming to a group of students at his house in Shankar Nagar, Pammal on Wednesday. TAMBARAM: Taking a break from their routine , a …
K. Manikandan Useful option: Bottle gourds are among the vegetables grown in the kitchen garden of the Perungalathur town panchayat. TAMBARAM: Two urban local bodies in the southern suburbs of Chennai have demonstrated the use of applying organic manure generated in their compost yards to grow vegetables in kitchen gardens …
For the first time ever, segregation and composting of daily waste commenced at the Sonsodo dumping yard on Thursday with technical expertise from Goa Foundation, with Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat promising all help and co-operation to the Civic body to tide over the situation. A dozen-odd labourers were seen engaged …
Composting units became a reality in the Commercial Capital on Tuesday as per the orders of the High Court mandating the Civic bodies to set up these units to tackle garbage problem. A total of three composting units were commissioned in the city at the hands of Chief Minister, Digambar …
MARGAO, NOV 10 Plans by the Margao Municipal Council to set up composting units to treat wet and bio-degradable waste has hit a block. A total of 60 units were planned across the city - three units in each of the 20 wards - but the Civic body has succeeded …
Pune, November 6 S Sivaram, director, National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), inaugurated the garbage composting facility in the laboratory campus here on Thursday. As per the new guidelines of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), garbage generated by institutions and housing societies should be segregated into wet and dry garbage and the disposal …
Lahore Composting Plant is currently operating with a capacity of 300 tons per day (TPD). It will be expanded to 1,000 TPD by 2009 with a possibility of further expansion up to 1,500 TPD. All these expansions can be materialised within the present premises of LCL with the co-operation of …
V. Venkatasubramanian KANCHEEPURAM: The Tiruporur town panchayat has started producing natural manure from biodegradable waste collected from households and establishments in the area. Enquiries reveal that on an average, around 150 kg of natural manure is produced every month through the solid waste management programme implemented by the civic body …
Compost, organic fertiliser, is being made in all the unions of Gobindaganj Upazila of the district from water hyacinth under 100-day unemployment programme of the government. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdul Mannan formally inaugurated the scheme at Masta village under Kamardaha union in the upazila on Monday. With chairman of the …
P. Oppili CHENNAI: The Experts Committee on Pallikaranai marsh constituted by the Madras High Court held a meeting on Friday. The committee is looking at options of waste reduction. As a pilot programme, an intensive zero waste management drive will be conducted in 1,500 households in Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar …
