THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has withdrawn from the Rs 200-crore wasteto- energy project at Okhla in south Delhi. The bank had promised about Rs 10 crore to the plant under the Asia Pacific Carbon Fund. ADB has not specified any reason for withdrawing from the project. Residents of Sukhdev …
NAGPUR'S year-old dream of becoming garbage bin free is nowhere close to realisation. Under the bin-free city project, launched by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), 530 of the city's 700 garbage bins have been removed till now. But they have been replaced by open dumps. NMC started the drive in …
Besides directing the State Government to remove all encroachments on the Pallikaranai marshlands, the Madras High Court has directed the Chennai Corporation not to permit the four municipalities
The Quepem Municipal Council (QMC) finally lifted the garbage from Quepem town late Wednesday evening and dumped it at an undisclosed location. It is not known whether QMC's decision to remove the garbage was prompted by threats from opposition councillors to dump garbage outside the council building on Thursday or …
The Cunchelim Action Committee (CAC) has voiced dismay over Mapusa MLA Francis D'Souza's indifferent attitude to their struggle against the proposed garbage disposal site in Cunchelim. The views were expressed when residents of Cunchelim met at the football ground on Sunday, to take stock of plans to acquire 32050 sq …
Expressing his dismay over the opposition to garbage disposal sites across the State, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat said a time would come when Goans would have to dispose off their daily garbage within their compounds and verandahs. He favoured that mega housing projects consisting of 25 or more flats should …
The Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) came under heavy fire from the High Court on Monday over sanitation and garbage litter in the city. Commenting on CCP inaction, the Court directed the Chief Secretary to convene a meeting on April 1 and decide exactly what will be done …
Government plans to dump dry waste from Sonsodo to the KTC bus stand for land filling came in for strong opposition from the BJP, even as the Margao Municipal Council floated a tender of Rs 17 lakh for transportation of the waste. BJP's Fatorda MLA, Damu Naik on Sunday warned …
Plans by the Urban Development Ministry and KTC to dump Sonsodo's dry waste at the KTC bus stand evoked strong criticism from the Goa Congress Mahila Congress chief Monica Dias. Taking note of a news item appearing in the Herald, Dias said she would never allow land filling of the …
The Government has sanctioned a grant of Rs 35 lakh to Bicholim Muncipal Council (BMC), to purchase space for the disposal of garbage at Lakherim in Bordem-Bicholim. Speaking to reporters, BMC Mayor Satish Gaonkar stated that the garbage disposal site selected by BMC belongs to Bordem Comunidade. "The Bordem Comunidade …
Protesting against the Quepem Municipal Council's (QMC) failure to lift garbage, Opposition Councillors on Thursday served an eight-day ultimatum, threatening to dump the same in front of the municipality building. Councillors Rahul Pereira, Cathy Fernandes, Nana Gaonkar and Antoneitta Simoes led the villagers in the morcha which started from Quepem …
Amid furor in the House over plans to set up waste treatment plant at Bainguinim, the Government today decided to appoint a House committee, which will identify a site for disposal of garbage collected from the municipal limits of Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP). Replying to Calling Attention Motion …
Japan will urge people to carry their own chopsticks instead of using disposables and to shop with their own bags instead of using plastic ones in a bid to more than halve the garbage it produces. The Cabinet approved a set of plans Tuesday to promote a recycling society, said …
Garbage mountains are to be a thing of the past with guidelines to be issued shortly for collection of all garbage before 6 a.m. from road sides and street corners. The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry is set to issue guidelines giving effect to this decision to all local authorities. …
Environment Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka urged local government authorities who are responsible for collecting solid waste to clean garbage on road sides by 6 a.m. starting from April 1. Ceremonially inaugurating the first ever National Solid Waste Management Programme
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday launched the National Solid Waste Management programme Pilisaru which is envisaged to propagate the vision of making Sri Lanka a country free of solid waste by 2012. Launching the biggest programme of its kind with an allocation of Rs.600 million, the President emphasised that the country's …
The Cunchelim Action Committee (CAC), residents of Cunchelim, Ward I of the Mapuca Municipal Council (MMC), have reiterated their opposition to plans by the MMC to acquire land for the proposed garbage disposal site in their area. Incidentally, the Cunchelim Communidade has also opposed the move to acquire its land …
VARIOUS NGOs like S.A.R.F. (Smoke Affected Residents Forum), Rotary Club of Mumbai, Ghatkopar, Pestom Sagar Citizens' Forum, Go Green, Chembur Residents Forum, Petrol Dealers' Association, Rotaract Club of Mumbai Ghatkopar, Shanti Sudha Park Residents Association are staging a protest near Chedda Nagar flyover on Monday, March 24 at 9.30 AM. …
The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry has introduced a national policy on solid waste management. Minister of Environment Champika Ranawaka said several problems have arisen due to improper solid waste management. It will be solved within three years at a cost of Rs. 65 billion. The project titled 'Pilisaru' is …
The largest waste management project of Sri Lanka , encompassing all its Local Governments and Provincial councils, will be inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today. The Treasury has released Rs.600 million for the project. The Government of Korea has pledged Rs. 400 million as aid for …
