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 …
Marine Fauna Dying, Offenders Never Held Some 25 years back, Gomti had a thriving ecosystem which gave the river its special character. “The river was full of fishes, crabs, prawns and turtles with water birds and small birds feeding on its fauna and nesting on trees on its banks. But …
Coconut husks are used for preparing vermin compost R. Renuka Devi, R. Dhanalakshmi and G. Rajesh rush with whatever containers they could place their hands on to the cattle that urinates. They collect the urine to take it to a storage container that is half full. Mr. Rajesh says that …
Bangalore: “Let’s change Bangalore from a city of air conditioners to an air-conditioned city.” To convey this message to citizens, cricketer Javagal Srinath has joined Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Robin Uthappa in spearheading Green Wicket, a campaign to make students more conscious about waste segregation, water conservation, saving energy …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued directions to three municipal councils for treating waste by violating Environment Protection Act leading to pollution in the vicinities. The directions were issued to Mormugao Municipal council, Mapusa Municipal Council and Sanquelim Municipal Council, have been issued under section 5 of …
The Defence Research and Development Organisation's new eco-friendly residential complex at Timarpur, Delhi, has the anaerobic biodigestor technology, that aims to conserve nature. The biodigestor technology turns human waste into biogas and odourless compost. It was developed by the research team of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) several …
Hazardous Emissions From Mixed Solid Waste Prompts Panel To Seek Countrywide Ban The parliamentary standing committee on urban development has recommended waste incinerator plants be shut in residential areas across the country. In its 27th report, the committee severely criticized the location and use of “mixed solid waste” for such …
Trichy corporation aims to generate both electricity and cooking gas from the garbage generated in the city. The scheme will be implemented in Srirangam constituency represented by chief minister J Jayalalithaa. A bio-digester plant will be built near Amma Unavagam in Srirangam at an outlay of Rs 90 lakh. The …
A group of Paris restaurants is turning food scraps into biogas and compost ahead of a new law that will force thousands of French food outlets to recycle their organic waste. Some 80 restaurants, caterers and hotels, including gourmet food company Fauchon and Michelin-starred Taillevent, signed up for a pilot …
The Kochi corporation is planning to implement the Zero Waste Project in west Kochi. The project will cover flats, hotels and restaurants in the area. The project is similar to the eco–friendly garbage management system being implemented by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) in the …
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City plans to install separate bins for organic and inorganic waste at the busiest sections of the city within the current fiscal. The civic body, about two years ago, had placed about 500 trash bins of 240 litres capacity each along the major sections of the city. …
NGT Panel Sets Pollution Limits, Guidelines For Cutting Waste, Water Reuse New Delhi: Only 300 restaurants and hotels in Delhi have taken clearance from Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), while thousands of others may be operating without its consent, violating the norms under water and air acts along with other …
Here’s good news for resident gods of major shrines in the Kathmandu Valley and their devotees. The Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre plans to manage waste produced from famous temples, which number in dozens, in the valley that is home to 2.6 million people. Tonnes of garbage, including organic …
This is the continuation of Biogas Power (Off-grid) Programme during 2013-14 and the remaining period of 12th Five Year Plan. Biogas technology provides an alternative source of energy mainly from organic wastes. It is produced when bacteria degrade organic matter in the absence of air. Biogas contains around 55-65% of …
Resolutions on reducing weight and kicking the drinking habit are common, but Chennaiites, going by a report by the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WTERT), would do well to resolve reducing generation of garbage. Data compiled by the WTERT shows the city generates about 0.71kg of garbage per capita everyday …
Even as the city's administration is struggling to bail out citizens from garbage woes, Nimhans has come up with novel ways to stand out in solid waste management. Nimhans is probably the first hospital in the city to go completely zero waste. On Wednesday, it inaugurated its organic waste converter …
The joint meeting of Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) and Curti-Khandepar Panchayat on Tuesday seems to have reached a consensus over PMC’s garbage treatment facility at Kerye-Khandepar. The meeting was convened by Ponda Deputy Collector Johnson Fernandes to sort out the ongoing tussle between PMC and Curti-Khandepar Panchayat over PMC’s garbage …
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to launch a pilot project for a biogas plant in the Kathmandu Valley. “A pilot project will be set up that will produce biogas and compost fertiliser worth three metric tonnes every day,” said Rabin Man Shrestha, chief of the Environment Management Division at …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has begun inspections at all three and five-starred hotels across the State to verify the functioning of composting stations, organic waste compositor (OWC) and vermi compositor, which are prime criteria to decide the granting of Consent to Operate under Water and Air Acts. …
Plant To Solve Filth Issues Of About A Third Of City In First Phase Lucknow:The cleanliness plans of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) got a further boost when last week it got the possession of a patch of land from irrigation department near Para on the bypass between Hardoi Road and …
The Government of Korea has agreed to provide financial assistance of Rs.7.5 billion (US$ 60 million) to establish a Vocational Training Centre and a solid waste disposal facility having considered their relative importance and expected long term benefits, the Finance Ministry said. The Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) of the …
