Coming soon to Bawana, a green garbage landfill
With existing landfill sites having turned into mountains of garbage, a 60-hectare "engineered' landfill site is set to come up at Bawana in northwest Delhi. Land for the project, which will come up through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) route, is likely to be handed over by the DDA soon. …
Rs.400 cr. for solid waste management
The Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dumping yards in Chennai will be equipped with modern facilities to manufacture compost, fuel pellets and electricity from solid waste. The Chennai Corporation will take up the solid waste management project at a cost of Rs. 400 crore funded through the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal …
Kerala takes Coke, Pepsi to court
Two months after a state-wide ban on Coca Cola and Pepsi was quashed by the Kerala High Court, authorities have filed cases against the soft drink giants alleging that some of their products contain traces of pesticides. The separate petitions filed yesterday in a court here by a food inspector …
A stinking problem, a simple solution
The hapless victims of garbage dumping in Kachabeswarar Nagar here have themselves found a solution to the problem. The residents have put up granite pillars to bar vehicles from entering the sprawling open ground on Thyarkulam Street, belonging to a Siva temple in the town. The open ground had been …
Capital villages to get sewer facilities soon
The Delhi Jal Board is all set to provide sewer facilities ties to rural villages in the capital Acting on the Delhi High court directives the DJB has conducted topographical surveys and technical studies for setting sewer systems in the villages.
Sewage plants for colonies to be mandatory
In yet another ambitious attempt towards cleaning of the Yamuna river, the residential colonies and society flats in the Capital may have to install Mini Sewage Treatment Plants (MSTPs) in proximity to their colonies. The plan is to make the MSTPs operational before the city hosts Commonwealth Games 2010 around …
Acme enters wastewater segment
Acme Tele Power Ltd, providers of telecommunication technologies, has forayed into the water purification category with the development of its wastewater treatment technology. "We have forayed into the wastewater technology segment with our new water purification system. It is a compact, low-cost, environmentally friendly process and can be used for …
NEERI to conduct BMCs ambitious Sewage Disposal Project Stage II
The crucial environmental impact Assessment required for the effective implementation of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ambitious Rs$704 million Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project Stage II will be done by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.
GMC considering water treatment plant under JNURM
To find out a permanent solution of the prolonged and acute water scarcity suffering by the people living in the areas like Shantipur, Fatasil, Bishnupur, Kalapahar, Bhaskarnagar, Birubari and Odalbakra in the city, a proposal for setting up a water treatment plant by utilizing the river Brahmaputra as the natural …
Pollution board report slams civic bodies over waste disposal
A big mess has to be cleared up in the Capital as far as collection, storage, transportation and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste is concerned. That is the conclusion of the report filed by the Central Pollution Control Board in the High Court on Delhi's solid waste. Following Supreme Court …
Wealthystill dump waste on poorer nations
Some developing countries have become dumping grounds for other nation's waste, as the cost of disposal has risen round the world and developed countries seek alternatives to landfill, a study has found. Waste is now a high value global industry. The municipal waste market in Organisation for Economic Co-operat ion …
Human waste disposal, a problem in local bodies
Safe and hygienic disposal of human waste remains a far-fetched dream for residents of many town panchayats and third-grade municipalities in Kancheepuram district. As there is no proper sewer disposal network the residents have to keep human waste in huge septic tanks and engage private service providers to clean them …
Says water and sanitation are under-financed in India
Water and sanitation are under-financed compared to military spendings in India, the Human Development Report stated. According to the report, there should be adequate funds for such basic amenities. The crisis in water and sanitation is the main crisis for the poor. "Almost two in three people lacking access to …
India way behind in sanitation, look at diarrhoea deaths: UNDP report
Access not water INDIA loses most number of lives to diarrhoea in the world, yet its military spending is eight times more than on water and sanitation. According to the latest Human Development Report (HDR) released today, while the country is making considerable progress on drinking water, it is lagging …
East Midnapore in Bengal shows the way : 100% sanitation
Pampa is one of the eight lakh families in East Midnapore to benefit form concrete toilets and proper sanitation . Gone are the days of open air defecation embarrassing situations. West Bengal is one state where rural sanitation has taken tremendous stides.
Only 36 pc silt removed: MCD
MCD Commissioner A K Nigam along with departmental representatives have admitted that only 36 per cent of silt was actually removed from the city's drains before the last monsoon in the Petitions Committee report compiled by MLA S C Vats. A departmental representative told the committee that for the year …
Panel recommends Capital overhaul underground to improve sewage system
The Petitions Committee headed by Shakurbasti MLA Dr SC Vats has recommended restructuring the entire sewage and drainage network of the Capital and bringing it under a single authority. The Committee on Wednesday tabled its second report on desilting of drains in the Capital in the Delhi Assembly. The Committee …
