Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
A file picture of a worker spraying chemicals over a garbage heap at the Kannahalli waste processing plant. Villages around the two garbage-processing units at Seegehalli and Kannahalli on the northern outskirts of Bengaluru are again on the boil, as residents want the facilities to be shut down immediately. They …
The Shimla MC has been asked to submit a report by February 4. WITH CHANDIGARH receiving an additional 90 tonnes of garbage from Shimla, Solan and Baddi, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Delhi Wednesday sought a status report from the Shimla Municipal Corporation asking when their garbage plant would …
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has proposed to acquire huge tract of land exclusively for dumping and processing city's garbage. Replying to the debate on the issue in the assembly on Monday, Bengaluru Development minister K J George agreed to a suggestion from speaker Kagodu Thimmappa who directed the minister to …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has decided to take legal action against two municipal committees (MCs) for allegedly failing to prevent sewage water from flowing into rivers and has directed two other civic bodies to stop all other work and focus on building sewage treatment plants immediately. The pollution …
Sixteen interested companies attended pre-bid meeting on Thursday for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) project to build an electronic waste processing plant at Bhiwandi. The MMRDA also extended the last date for the submission of bids by a month, from the earlier December 28 deadline, on the request of …
The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the anaerobic digestion and composting process for disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) on economical aspects. Economic evaluation includes 3 major costs: (i) capital cost, (ii) operation and maintenance cost and (iii) reinvestment cost.
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the state government has chalked out a programme for scientific disposal of solid waste, for which the state has been divided into eight zones. Talking to mediapersons after a Sangat Darshan in Jalalabad, the deputy chief minister said private companies would …
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation is planning to set up a new solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram. As per the initial plan, the new plant will be set up on a raised land adjacent to the existing plant which is in a dilapidated condition. A team lead by Mayor Tony …
Pune Pvt player will choose a site from 5 shortlisted ones The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is all set to invite tenders for the electronic waste (e-waste) processing plant within the metropolitan region. The authority has shortlisted five sites for the processing unit at either Taloja or Vasai. …
The Margao Municipal Council on Friday called for a Request for Proposal (RFP) from professionals and consultancy firms in the field of solid waste project management to monitor the work of installation of waste processing and disposal facility at Sonsoddo. The RFP also says the consultant should monitor the construction …
The Compost Will Be Used For Gardening Sharad Vyas | TNN Mumbai: Agricultural markets of Navi Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra that produce tonnes of rubbish daily, are looking to tackle their waste problems at source rather than depend on local municipal bodies. Nearly 33 agriculture market produce committee …
Pune power from waste z Final report likely in a week Capping the garbage at Uruli Devachi and Phursungi depot and generating energy from methane produced is expected to take a couple of years, but the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited ( IL&FS; ) has already submitted a draft …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has shortlisted 10 sites, including one near Govandi in the city, to set up an electronic waste processing unit. The plant, to be set up on public-private partnership, will have a comprehensive process to collect, transport and recover precious metals from e-waste and its …
CHENNAI: The State Environmental Appraisal Committee has recommended conditional environmental clearance to the Chennai Corporation's proposal to set up a solid waste processing facility at the Perungudi garbage dump yard, according to sources in the civic body. The Corporation has also applied to Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for pollution …
Pune Even though no concrete solution has been found by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) as far as the garbage depot at the Phursungi and Uruli Devachi is concerned, the civic administration is in the process of completing the work of two wet garbage processing units in Hadapsar. These two …
Of the 125-acre Pallikaranai marshland Heated arguments mark a public hearing in Velachery on Tuesday. CHENNAI: The Integrated Solid Waste Processing plant proposed by the Chennai Corporation at the Perungudi dump yard will occupy 30 acres of the 125-acre Pallikaranai marshland. The remaining area will be converted into green spaces, …
Public hearing on Perungudi Municipal Solid Waste Processing Plant IT was a disaster -the public hearing on Tuesday organised by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on the Chennai Corporation's proposed Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Processing Plant at the Perungudi dumpyard. Politicians and their henchmen hijacked the meeting and the …
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) despite having 80 acres of garbage depot at Moshi has been permitted to have another 57 acres of land for waste processing and management by the state government. The PCMC will be implementing new waste disposal project on this 57 acres of land. When the …
