Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
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 …
Around 40 residents from the Chembur area resorted to a hunger strike on Monday to protest against the frequent fire and smoke at the Deonar dumping ground. Residents, including some doctors, claimed that the daily fire in the dumping ground has resulted in respiratory diseases like bronchitis and asthma among …
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 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 …
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 …
To avoid being turned into a dumping ground for e-waste, the Nigerian government has decided to slap duties on old computers imported for spare parts. Much of the unwanted material is dumped. It is toxic waste. The decision was made at the federal executive council's meeting in Abuja. At present, …
THE management of huge and growing quantities of electronic waste may emerge as one of the more important environmental problems of developing countries in the near future. It is a sight that is increasingly only too common in urban India, and now even in some more prosperous rural areas of …
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 …
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 Satpura Thermal Power Station is situated at Sarni, District Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The study deals with the assessment of the impact of thermal power plant activities on water quality of nearby area, industrial wastes has serious consequences from the point of view of pollution of streams and rivers in …
The study is to analyse the solid waste disposal system and suggest suitable modification in the present solid waste management practice in city and find out the gap and deficiencies and suggest the remedial measure in the form of solid waste management plan to have safe and clean environment in …
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 absence of a system for registration and regulation of hospitals and clinics run in the private sector has hindered the city district government's efforts to properly manage hospital waste. A source in the municipal services department of the CDGK said that about nine months ago, an exercise was launched …
Unreclaimed mine tailings sites are a worldwide problem, with thousands of unvegetated, exposed tailings piles presenting a source of contamination for nearby communities. Tailings disposal sites in arid and semiarid environments are especially subject to eolian dispersion and water erosion. Phytostabilization, the use of plants for in situ stabilization of …
