The dumping of garbage barely 500 metres from the Dabolim Airport has posed a serious threat to planes at the Dabolim airport, with three cases of planes being hit by birds in January alone. Despite laws prohibiting garbage sites in close proximity to the airport, garbage and waste from houses …
Another four modern garbage stations at an estimated cost of Rs 8 crore are being planned for the city in Zones 2, 4, 5 and 7, and they will be completed within next six months. These projects will be executed with the funds allotted by the Central Government through its …
The Central Environment Authority (CEA) is to take the initiative to solve the garbage problem completely by the year 2012 by providing necessary assistance to local authorities countrywide. CEA Chairman Udaya Gammampila said they will achieve their objective through the implementation of its
Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam yesterday said the number of Chikungunya cases may double with the onset of the rainy season in the city as shortage of staff has badly crippled day-to-day functions of his department. There are many reported cases in Bambalapitiya where a …
As a five-member committee of the city government meets on Monday to finalize the ratio of the proposed tax on garbage collection, Karachiites are likely to be taxed ignorant of the fact that they are already paying for the service.Senior council members and official sources privy to the proposal said …
Three trucks were stopped by locals of Loutolim after they were caught red-handed while dumping industrial waste at Devoti in Loutolim village on Thursday noon. The Maina Curtorim police later seized the three vehicles and arrested the drivers, besides the owner of the trucks under Section 34 of the Indian …
Panjim based businessman and the Chairman and Managing Director of Alcon Enterprises, Anil Counto today said that his two acre land at Tonca which facilitated dumping of the City Corporation's solid waste was never used to settle political scores but is presently in a mess and cannot be used any …
Plans by the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) to set up a garbage disposal site has received a major setback, with the Cunchelim Communidade strongly opposing moves to acquire 32,050 sq mtrs of their land for the proposed project. "We have already written a letter to the North Goa collector, conveying …
Door-to-door collection of waste from hotels, besides residential houses came to an abrupt halt in the Commercial Capital in the last two days for want of labourers. With the incumbent Chief Officer, N D Agrawal shunted out of office and the Employees Union threatening to strike work if daily wage-workers …
With the High Court directing the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) to stop dumping the city's garbage at its present disposal site at Tonca, there is now nowhere for the city's rubbish to go. Unless an alternative site is found immediately, filth will gather on Panjim's streets within …
The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) is all set to commission its bio-reactor solid waste treatment plant on March 8 which it hopes will temporarily handle the on-going garbage disposal crises in the capital city. According to the CCP, the in-vessel anaerobic technology can scientifically cater to at …
Try looking for an overflowing garbage bin on the service roads in Satellite area or in the new west zone. Only a few are left in the sprawling 200 sq km zone. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been working to rid the city of garbage bins. They have been fairly …
BANKURA: The district town woke up to a different scene today as it witnessed state school education minister, Mr Partha De, knocking door-to-door to help extend a scientific mode of garbage collection. The minister distributed pots to be used for segregation of solid waste at source at his own constituency …
Over the past few months, the Chennai Corporation has given permission to four municipalities in the Chennai Metropolitan Area to dump garbage in Perungudi. The site currently receives a few thousand tonnes of garbage and 200 tonnes of debris every day from the Chennai Corporation alone. Pallavaram, Madipakkam, Kottivakkam and …
The Dhaka City Corporation has taken up an intensified plan to improve collection of solid waste through the monitoring of primary-level waste collection by community-based and non-governmental organisations. Officials at the corporation said the daily garbage was still not dumped in the right place from where the DCC carried the …
The Guntur Municipal Corporation leaves no stone unturned to ensure the city's all-round growth. THE Municipal Corporation of Guntur dreams big for the residents of the city, which has a more than 200-year-old history. It has achieved many firsts in its relatively brief existence of less than 20 years. The …
The Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) has decided to set up the much-desired solid waste management plant. The civic body said that the project would be set up on Gurgaon-Palli road within eight months. The construction work is expected to start in March. The MCF will provide Rs 26 crore …
Acting CCP mayor apologises for inconvenience As Panjim enjoyed a breath of fresh air today after four days of garbage stench, acting mayor of the City of Corporation of Panjim, Yaten Parekh today apologised to the citizens of the city for the inconvenience caused owing to the workers' stir. Parekh …
Goyche Niz Mogi has demanded action against the mayor CCP Tony Rodrigues and deputy mayor Yatin Parekh for allowing the city to stink for four days. It was the duty of the mayor and the councilors to ensure that the city is kept clean and that garbage is disposed off …
Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar, who is also the Panjim MLA, today said that the garbage problem caused in the capital city due to the strike called by the Corporation of City of Panaji workers, would be settled by tomorrow. Parrikar claimed that he met the CCP Mayor Tony …
