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 …
Following a fire that erupted at the Vendipalayam yard The civic body on Thursday devised a plan for better solid waste management at Vendipalayam by involving a Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) expert. Of the daily generation of close to 300 tonnes of garbage in the city limits, 250 tonnes …
KOCHI: City's apartment complexes have joined hands to implement various effective waste management systems. While some apartment associations turned to organic farming by using bio-degradable waste generated from individual dwelling units, others have come up with innovative ideas like using hollow tiles for paving the ground or substituting CFLs with …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Sangli Zilla Sudhar Samiti Vs. The Commissiner, Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad Mun. Corpon & Ors dated 04/03/2015 regarding segregation of bio-degradable municipal waste by Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad Municipal Corporation (SMKMC).
A Division Bench of the Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyothi Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar on Monday issued directions to the Governments of Telangana and A.P. to work towards a clean civic life. The Bench while dealing with a writ petition filed by Vishaka Society for …
Puliyur town panchayat has made a sound beginning in solid waste management by generating revenue from the waste collected from the public. Though several other panchayats have already forayed into the process of making manure from waste, Puliyur town panchayat has gone a step ahead by incorporating four other methods …
Human encroachment and pollution due to overflowing sewage has emerged a major reason for degradation of wetlands in and around major cities of state. In absence of clear policy guidelines for conservation, wetlands are shrinking rapidly causing immense loss to bio-diversity. Madhya Pradesh is home to around 407 wetlands, larger …
After the startling revelation about a Haldwani reserve forest area being used as a dumping ground came to the fore, the forest department and the Haldwani-Kathgodam Municipal Corporation have collaborated to deal with the problem. While the municipal corporation has started clearing garbage from the area, the forest department is …
Environmental hazards of synthetic surfactants (Chemical agents that reduce surface tension that are used in detergents, cosmetics etc) cause increased interest on bio surfactants, said Ashok Pandey, scientist from National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, CSIR. Presenting a paper on microbial surfactant at the second international conference on Bio …
NTPC Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station has launched a scheme for converting biodegradable waste into manure and distribution at Deepanjalinagar Township near Parawada for raising plants. After unfurling the tricolour at the Republic Day parade, NTPC Group General Manager A.K. Samanta said they had earmarked Rs.7 crore for various schemes …
Environ, a city-based NGO working in the field of waste management, has launched an innovative garbage disposal system for the city’s households. The Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) has also evinced interest in promoting the new technology which is simple and cost-effective. Environ president Dr Amarjyoti Kashyap said that the …
The Shyampur range of the Haridwar forest division, which should ideally be conserved, has turned into a dumping ground. Garbage from the entire Haridwar town is dumped here. Shockingly, this has been going on since the past two decades and nobody has paid attention towards it. Despite the fact that …
Deplored for being the biggest open toilet with tracks littered with human and municipal waste, the Indian Railways will now identify in three months areas vulnerable to dumping of waste, plastic and open defecation and ensure that FIR is lodged in all such cases. Having come under severe criticism by …
Haze is not uncommon in this city, particularly in winter. But, this year's smog is worsened by the burning of industrial and bio-degradable wastes from fields, which environmentalists say have been causing large-scale air pollution. In fact, smog has affected the visibility on NH-24 also. At times, the green activists …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 14/10/2014 regarding shifting of bio-degradable Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated on account of ‘Pooja Vidhis’ at the site of Trimbakeshwar pilgrimage places to Nashik Municipal …
To save Lake City from plastic waste, the administration has imposed a complete ban on storage and use of disposable plastic cups, plates and glasses and warned that those violating it could face a fine or punishment. Imposing the restrictions, collector Ashutosh Pednekar issued instructions to the municipal corporation, pollution …
To be implemented in four wards on a pilot basis The Tiruchirappali Corporation has introduced a new initiative to segregate and collect the non-biodegradable waste at source and send it for recycling. Though it plans to extend the initiative to all 65 wards in the city, it will be implemented …
Plastic waste collected in gunny bags and piles of other refuses could be seen stacked in many parts of the city roads. Heaps of non-degradable waste, including plastic, is piling up in many parts of the city even as the city corporation is awaiting assistance from the State government for …
The Pollution Control Board in the district has sent samples of water in the Cauvery and Bhavani rivers following immersion of Lord Ganesha idols earlier this week in connection with the Chathurthi celebrations, to the National Green Tribunal. The over 200 idols that were immersed into the two rivers were …
Unfortunately, this is the ugly truth of the Himalayas. The heap, which includes biodegradable plastic, can be found just four kilometres from Shimla in the reserved forest of Lalpani. And this is not an isolated pocket either. The amount of plastic and other bio-degradable waste in the Himalayas is growing …
Littering, Failure to Segregate Garbage Will Now Invite Fine The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has finally woken up to the garbage problem of the city as it drafted the public health and sanitation bylaws-2014 for better segregation and disposal of waste. If the PMC has its way, throwing trash from …
