Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Bhopal Municipal Corporation Vs Subhash C Pandey & Others dated 07/04/2025. The affidavit of compliance was filed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation regarding implementation of the suggestions of the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). The SC granted time to the …
NEW DELHI: The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has filed an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal, pleading that DDA be directed to immediately hand over land at Sonia Vihar and Ghonda Gujran Khadar for landfilling. However, both locations fall under zone ‘O’ or the Yamuna river zone category. IIT-Delhi had …
The urban voter in Bengaluru was once voiceless, with no say or sway in the poll outcome—blame it on the vote bank’s negligible size and political apathy. But, post the 2008 delimitation of constituencies, when nearby villages and semi-urban areas were merged with the core area and the city scaled …
GURUGRAM: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) finalised and submitted the much-awaited report on the Bandhwari waste-to-energy plant to the office of the additional deputy commissioner on Wednesday. The report was prepared after a public hearing took place at Bandhwari village on March 21. The report will soon be …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Commissioner Aurangabad Municipal Corporation Vs Vijay Laxmanrao Dak & Others dated 28/03/2018 regarding solid waste management in the city of Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Supreme Court directs the Committee which had been constituted pursuant to the directions of the High Court …
“We are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire. But, it was a minor fire, and people need not worry. Our teams have managed to get the fire under control,” said Chief Fire Officer Prabhat Rahangdale. As temperatures continued to stay well above normal in Mumbai, a fire broke …
Seychelles is to invest in an industrial crusher to help lower the volume of waste being put in the landfill by up to 40 percent as the island nation continues to seek ways to overcome its waste problem. The $500,000 investment will deal only with organic waste entering the landfill …
Tons of extremely hazardous biomedical waste (BMW) generated by households goes directly to landfills in Bengaluru. There are no clear rules mandating the segregation of BMW from either wet or dry waste, and the civic agencies tasked with regulating this have no real data. Infected adult diapers, used syringes and …
The Ghazipur landfill site on Monday witnessed a major fire incident spreading to the neighbouring area. An official of Delhi Fire Service said that the fire broke out between 12pm and 1pm after locals reported the incident. The fire tenders had to be driven up to the waste mound to …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry Vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others dated 15/03/2018 regarding constructions in the city of Mumbai. Supreme Court lifts the ban on construction in Mumbai imposed by the Bombay High Court with a …
Around the landfill sites: A groundtruthing of solid waste management law across landfill sites in coastal areas of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, highlights a community-led groundtruthing exercise in relation to the operation of municipal solid waste processing units and landfills along coastal Uttara Kannada in Karnataka. Through the process of …
With the east corporation trying to reduce the pollution footprint of the city’s only functional slaughterhouse, the Ghazipur landfill site and its surrounding areas are likely to get respite from one of the most polluting forms of waste. The Ghazipur slaughterhouse, which processes over 5,000 livestocks in a four-hour batch, …
Margao: When the state-of-the-art solid waste management plant at Sonsoddo managed by Fomento Green became operational in December 2012, it was believed that the ordeal of the residents of the vicinity, who had borne the stench and stink emanating from the rotting garbage for years, would come to an end. …
Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), the flagship unit of the public sector steel giant SAIL, has taken number of steps in recent years in exploring green technologies and adopting green practices, and the latest of such endeavour is the initiation of the project for Construction of Secured Landfill, a press release …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/02/2018 regarding steps to deal with garbage in Delhi. In the affidavit filed by South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) it is stated that the SDMC has initiated action …
A wide range of people from all over Bangalore, representing a range of organisations and communities from within the city, peri-urban areas and villages affected by waste disposal, were present when Justice N. Kumar (Retd.), Former Judge of the High Court of Karnataka, released: “Bangalore’s Toxic Legacy Intensifies: Status of …
BHOPAL: Smoke billowed from the burning garbage at the Bhanpur dumping grounds in the state capital, affecting colonies some as far as three kilometres away, on Tuesday. Fire in the garbage dumping ground was reportedly doused a day earlier. The intense smoke affected road and railway traffic all through the …
Quepem: A businessman facing action for raising a commercial structure on the banks of Kushavati river in violation of coastal regulation zone (CRZ) rules, has erected another commercial structure in the same plot. In 2011, a part of the plot was reclaimed and, recently, the entire plot, right up to …
NAGPUR: Concerned over lax implementation of solid waste management by many states, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will be reviewing steps taken by the authorities to comply with environmental norms. CPCB, a statutory organization under the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC;), is convening a meeting of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 18/01/2018 regarding relocation of the Bandhwari Solid Waste Plant and landfill site away from the forest and Aravali Hill area in time bound manner. The Court's attention has been …
Thiruvananthapuram: The capital city, already burdened with disposal of municipal solid waste, generates 1,864.98 tonnes of hazardous waste a year. The inventory of hazardous waste (HW) prepared by State Pollution Control Board shows that 1,032.34 tonnes of hazardous waste are disposed through landfill method while 832.64 tonnes are given to …
