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 …
Fire that broke out at the compost yard of the municipality at Sekkadi Jebamalaipuram near Srinivasapuram here on Sunday night brings into focus the need for improving solid waste management in the town. Every day, about 110 tonnes of garbage are dumped at the compost yard. But they are not …
Authorisation for 10 local bodies had expired nearly a year ago The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is about to take legal action against the 10 local bodies in the district, including Kochi Corporation, for their failure to renew their authorisation under the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) …
102 tonnes of garbage generated in Srirangam, Tiruvanaikovil Garbage removal is a daunting task for Tiruchi Corporation, especially with regard to the temple town of Srirangam. Despite being one of the biggest pilgrim centres in the country and the constituency of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa with the earnest attempt of the …
Launching green toilets very close to country's missile test-firing facility, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said there is no use blasting Agni missiles if the sanitation problem is not solved. Ramesh, who recently said he spends 18 hours on toilets daily, stressed that one of the biggest challenges …
District panchayat president M.T. Thomas on Monday said that a major focus of his development agenda is setting up of waste treatment plants especially in the towns where waste disposal has become a major problem. Talking to The Hindu , Mr. Thomas said that waste disposal has created a major …
With piles of waste mounting in Alappuzha town, the municipality has decided to act tough by imposing a fine on those found throwing waste in public places. Waste dumps have been mounting in the town for the last few days following suspension of transportation of waste to the waste processing …
Biomedical waste disposal in the SCB Medical College and Hospital has almost come to a standstill over the last week due to the breakdown in the incinerator since the hailstorm of May 28. The chimney of the incineration unit in the biomedical waste disposal facility was blown away in the …
New options for processing degradable and plastic waste are being considered for Kochi. The civic administrators of Kochi, who are touring Pune and Delhi for familiarising themselves with the innovative techniques of management of municipal solid waste, have extended invitations to two groups to demonstrate their methods in the city. …
The UK consumes an astonishing 165 million cups of tea every day, but most of the teabags that go to making the nation's favourite hot drink still end up unnecessarily in landfill. Now manufacturing giant Unilever has teamed up with two Essex councils, Brentwood and Chelmsford, together with Wrap the …
The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and the Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Chennai, to enquire into and send a report about the alleged dumping of bio waste on the main road at Tiruvallur. In his order on …
KOCHI: Expressing concern over the increasing incidents of fish deaths in the Periyar River, environmentalists brushed aside the claims made by Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) that the fish had died due to oxygen starvation. “It is common for the levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) in the water to …
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) here has developed a compact digester for treating biomass wastes at origin. NIITST is a constituent laboratory under the Council of Science and Industrial Research (CSIR). The digester doesn't cause environmental pollution but recovers biogas. It also converts biomass wastes to compost …
A city based engineering major has inked an agreement with a Denmark-based firm and the Defence Research Development Establishment (DRDE) to develop ‘green toilets’ for railways to keep trains, platforms and tracks clean and free from filth and corrosion. “Under the railways ambitious green toilet scheme, two types of toilets …
In a first of its kind, bio-toilets are making their way into train coaches. Following an innovation by the Railways in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), a revolutionary design of bio-toilets are being installed in trains. The new toilet has a collection tank provided with anaerobic …
The Shillong bench of Gauhati High Court has given another month’s time to the Meghalaya government to file an affidavit explaining the steps initiated to check air, water and waste pollution in the state. On Friday, a division bench of Justice T. Vaiphei and Justice S.R. Sen passed an order …
KOCHI: In an effort to encourage Kochiites to treat biodegradable waste at the source itself, Kochi Corporation and Yashoram Charitable Trust have launched an ‘Organic Garbage Degradation and Organic Farming’ drive in the city on Thursday. The drive involves utilisation of degraded organic garbage as manure for fruiting plants and …
All houses to be brought under waste management network The first of the source-level waste processing schemes, declared in the annual budget of the State for 2012-13, will come up in Pala municipality. Speaking at the meeting called to discuss the issue at Pala on Tusday, Finance Minister K.M. Mani …
BHUBANESWAR: As the anti-polythene consciousness has begun to take root with cities like Cuttack and Bhubaneswar prohibiting use of such hazardous items, an environment friendly bio-polymer alternative is now at hand. The HaritaNTI Ltd, an international bio-plastics producer, has joined hands with cty-based Zillion Resources Pvt Ltd to launch 100 …
Use of plastic bags for several years has made it an inseparable part of one's life. To shun it, there is need for a strong will and concern for environment, said S. Shanthakumar, Revenue Divisional Officer, Coimbatore on Thursday. He was speaking at the inauguration of a workshop on ‘Ill-effects …
Samara Samithi firm on demand for decentralised treatment A meeting convened by the District Collector on Monday to discuss ways to clear the accumulated garbage in the city could not find any effective solution. The meeting was called to reach a consensus with the agitating Lalur Malineekarana Viruddha Samara Samithi. …
