Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Passengers travelling in long-distance trains will soon get respite from the stench of toilets with the railways set to replace them with “odourless” bio-toilets. With a view to provide more hygienic conditions, the railways is firming up a green initiative to manufacture 2,500 bio-toilets in the upcoming fiscal. Unlike traditional …
Muttambalam area selected for the pilot project. The Kottayam municipality has launched a waste management system that involves door-to-door collection of garbage. Muttambalam (or Ward No. 18), a residential area in Kanjikuzhy, has been selected for the pilot project of the programme. The programme got under way on Thursday with …
BHUBANESWAR: Inviting flak for the highly priced bio-degradable polythene bags that Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation intends to introduce in place of polythene, the authorities have decided to reduce the price to increase market acceptance. BMC conducted a meeting where businessmen, hoteliers, shop owners and vendors were invited to discuss the pro …
The quality of potable water is going down constantly due to biological contamination from human waste and effluent from industries and agricultural inputs, reveals a PCRWR report. The Pakistan Council for Research of Water Resources (PCRWR) report says that pipelines close to sewerage were also one of the reasons for …
City residents seem to have reconciled themselves to the fact that the garbage generated in the household is their own responsibility. The city Corporation is also now promoting home-based garbage processing. The small amounts of waste generated in households can be easily processed within the compound. Many options are now …
Nepal is looking to scale up its flagship household biogas programme, which has made forays into other developing countries in Asia and Africa. Initiated in 1992 with support from the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), Nepal has installed over 240,000 household biogas plants with a thermal energy capacity of 444 megawatts …
To ensure hygienic railway tracks, the rail coach factory (RCF) in Kapurthala is set to roll out five long-route trains fitted with bio-digestive toilets. The new system will not only avoid manual scavenging of human waste from rail tracks but also be hygienic, as the waste will be converted into …
Municipality plans to improve garbage collection Residents attribute poor garbage mechanism of the local bodies as the primary causative of increase in the stray dog menace in Namakkal. Last year 17,848 persons have been administered with anti rabies vaccine in this district due to increase in the stray dog menace. …
The present yard poses a threat to residents of Nagercoil Municipality It is high time the district administration explored ways to ensure safe and scientific disposal of garbage collected from the Nagercoil municipal limit and other extension areas either in the existing compost yard at Valampurai Vilai, situated in the …
KOCHI: The attempt of the Kochi Corporation to set up a bio-gas plants for decentralised treatment of biodegradable waste has failed to yield results despite spending Rs 61.61 lakh. This was owing to the lack of proper monitoring and timely remedial action. This was stated in the Comptroller and Auditor …
Reopening the waste treatment plant at Villappilsala at the earliest, entrusting its running to competent agencies, and rescheduling door-to-door waste collection to the evenings. These are some of the proposals in a 10-point agenda chalked out by the State unit of the WWF- India to resolve the issue of solid …
CHENNAI: A group from IIT-Madras is working towards developing a completely indigenous bio-degradable sanitary napkin, to curb the pollution caused by the burning of regular ‘pads’ that are used today. According to S Gopalakrishnan, project consultant of the Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) attached to the IC&SR; in IIT-M, “These …
Munderikkadavu and surrounding areas in the district have to be protected with the involvement of local bodies to develop it into a bird sanctuary, a report prepared by birders on the proposal for conserving the area as a bird sanctuary said. The findings and the recommendations of the report came …
Finally, lakhs of families living in the colonies around Jawaharnagar dumping yard can hope to breathe fresh air as Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL) will start trial runs on segregation, composting and scientific disposal of garbage from January 18. For the first time, the process of segregating the waste into …
There is an institutional gap in rural areas, and thus it is difficult to implement the green rating for integrated habitat assessment (Griha) scheme in those areas, said Nobel prize laureate Rajendra Pachauri, who is also director of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri). He was talking to media persons …
PUNE: The ban on the use of plastic carrybags of a certain quality by governments and civic bodies across the country is an opportunity for the development of biodegradable plastic. Such material can be made into bags for the same purpose, of carrying goods. ""The use of biodegradable plastic could …
Burning of plastic waste on waysides and public spaces has become a common sight in the city which is reeling under a severe garbage disposal crisis. With the Vilappilsala solid waste treatment plant remaining closed for over a fortnight, many city residents are now resorting to burning accumulated waste, including …
Good news for poultry farm and abattoir owners. Disposal of huge quantities of chicken feathers will soon no longer be an arduous task, thanks to a new micro-organism that can disintegrate the protein in them in just about 30 hours. Chicken feathers usually take five to seven years to disintegrate …
Developed for troops serving on glaciers high in the Himalayas, the non-flushing “bio-digester” toilet made by India’s top defence research body is now being offered to companies and poorer states. It is one of 200 technologies produced by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) identified as for-sale via the …
KOCHI: It is high time that the city launched a decentralised waste management system, Union Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies K V Thomas said here on Friday. The minister was speaking after inaugurating the Suchitwa Varsham 2011-12 programme of Kochi Corporation. The year-long programme will aim at …
