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 …
Eight months after the State government issued orders prohibiting the use of many kinds of plastic, including bags to protect environment, banned plastic material continue to rule the normal life, at least in Dakshina Kannada and Mangaluru. Except retail chains such as Big Bazaar, More, Spar, and some others, every …
KOCHI: At a time when the ‘Swachh bharat abhiyan’ programme is busy igniting minds about keeping one’s locality clean, the Nithya Sahaya Matha Church, Cheranalloor, had long since taken up the initiative to dispose off plastic waste in effective ways. In what appears to be a collective mission undertaken by …
The Kochi Corporation is clamping down on the plastic bags below 50 microns in shops. Soon, one will have to bring one's own bag to carry one's groceries or pay for every bag. The Corporation is also mulling over a proposal to fix a ` 10 price for every bag, …
COIMBATORE: In a move to promote more retail establishments to take up the 'say no to plastic bags' campaign, the Coimbatore Corporation on Thursday recognised shopkeepers and businessmen who use cloth and paper bags to pack their goods. This was one of the attempts to spread word about the need …
MADURAI: The four important streets around the Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple will be made plastic free soon and an awareness campaign to stress the same was started near the temple on Friday. Corporation commissioner, Sandeep Nanduri, launched the campaign in which school students participated. Collector K Veera Raghava Rao, who …
Muhamma grama panchayat to implement scheme through schools in November Muhamma grama panchayat in Alappuzha is all set to launch a novel project to make environment-friendly cloth bags in a bid to discard plastic carrybags. The panchayat is planning to collect old clothes from people and return bags made out …
New Delhi: Delhi government's environment minister Imran Hussain on Wednesday reviewed preparations of various land owning agencies against burning of garbage, dry leaves, plastic. He also assessed the dust control measures at various construction sites to check air pollution. The meeting was attended by senior officials of the environment and …
TRICHY: Whenever this 23-year-old youth said he would give anything to save the environment, nobody ever thought he would sacrifice his life for the cause. That's what K Jawahar did when he jumped into a canal in Thanjavur on Monday. The cause of his suicide came to light only after …
MoS Culture and Tourism Mahesh Sharma said the ministry has sanctioned Rs 350 crore to construct protected boundaries and disabled-friendly access at all ASI monuments In a step towards ensuring cleanliness of tourist spots, the Tourism Ministry has declared all ASI-protected monuments and archaeological sites as ‘polythene-free zones’. Addressing a …
The brand owners of the units manufacturing gutka, tobacco and pan masala shall have the overall responsibility for implementation of these directions. Cracking down on 20 top gutka and pan masala companies for non-compliance of Supreme Court orders and Plastic Waste Management Rules, (PWM) 2016, the environment ministry has issued …
UJJAIN: Ujjain municipal corporation (UMC) on Tuesday banned the sale of Chinese crackers and toys during Kartik Fair that sees footfall of over 4 lakh people in span of 25 days. The decision was taken at the general council meeting of the civic body. During the meeting, the members decided …
Gurgaon: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has issued notices to manufacturing units of polythene carry bags to increase the thickness of these bags and adhere with other provisions of the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) rules or face closure. The notice makes it mandatory for all polythene manufacturing units …
JAMSHEDPUR: Nearly two lakh students from over 100 schools took an oath on Tuesday to not use polythene in their day to day life. The oath taking programme, organized by the district administration as part of preparations for No Polythene day on October 2, witnessed an overwhelming response with students …
MADURAI: The Madurai Sri Meenakshi Amman temple is going green, with plastic bags banned on its premises with immediate effect. However, people are sceptical as plastic ban has not been successful in Madurai so far. Saying no to plastics is one of the important aspects of the Swatchh Bharath mission. …
MADURAI: Plastic bags have been banned at the Madurai Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple as part of the authorities' efforts to go green. Officers from the district administration, joint commissioner of the temple N Natarajan and members of the shop owners association met on Tuesday and decided to act against the …
"The governor during the meeting had suggested that the eco-friendly move would help drive home the message of cutting down on the use of plastic as far as government employees is concerned."The governor during the meeting had suggested that the eco-friendly move would help drive home the message of... MHOW: …
After initial enthusiasm in enforcing the ban on the use of plastic bags, the Municipal Corporation seems to have forgotten its orders issued in April this year. While a few shopkeepers were issued challans for using polythene during the first few days of the ban, almost every shopkeeper can be …
TRICHY: By taking door-to-door campaigns and sensitizing devotees visiting temples, a voluntary organisation in Trichy has been creating awareness across the city to shun plastic bags and instead go for cloth bags. Members of Thaneer recently distributed cloth bags to every household of Thendral Nagar in the city. In return, …
In a significant green push before demitting office, Wayanad district collector Keshvendra Kumar imposed a complete ban on use and sale of plastic carry bags, disposable plastic, thermocol plates and plastic serving glasses in the district from October 2 onwards. The order issued by the collector said that apart from …
The Delhi government's environment department issued a draft notification on Tuesday proposing a ban on the production, sale and use of nylon, plastic or any other manja coated with sharp materials like powdered glass or metal. This variety of manja has come to be known as 'Chinese manja' in the …
