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 …
Jaipur: The district administration has renewed its drive against plastic carry bags on a war footing after the city reported a large number of bovine deaths due to consumption of synthetic bags. The campaign was launched last Monday to seize plastic bags from different parts of the city. An appeal …
Navi Mumbai: The civic body has revived its drive against shopkeepers using thin plastic bags and collected Rs 100,000 as fines till date. It has also confiscated 200kg of plastic bags. After recovering Rs 40,000 as fine from shopkeepers found using plastic bags of less than 50 microns in Vashi …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to save cows from plastic has brought into focus the long pending demand of many concerned citizens, animal rights activists and NGOs who have long been fighting for complete ban on use of plastic carry bags and the open garbage disposal system. They had also …
An all women group from Kharghar has started making bags from old sarees and selling it to local hawkers and distributors. An all women group from Kharghar — Yuvashakti — has started making bags from old sarees and selling it to local hawkers and distributors. With this, the group aims …
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi lambasted those who created nuisance in the garb of "gau raksha", TOI did a reality check on the condition of cows in the capital. During a visit to Sadar Bazar, mounds of garbage on either side of the road assailed one's senses. However, …
School students here have started a campaign.They collect plastic and polythene from their dustbins at home, bring them to school and then sell the stuff to scrap buyers. They started this campaign to make the city plastic-free. Dr Susan Raaj, director, Sagar Mitra Project, thinks that when three `Hs' would …
Thiruvananthapuram : Suchitwa mission is introducing green protocol at Aruvikkara sree bhagavathy temple as part of Karkida vavu bali. The project is jointly implemented by Aruvikkara panchayat, temple organising committee and Suchitwa mission. As per the green protocol, devotees will be asked to restrain from using plastic. Over the years, …
Raipur: With ban on polybags proving to be ineffective, the revenue department and town and country planning department of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) carried out a mega drive on Saturday to crack the whip on offenders. The team confiscated 30 kilogram of banned polythene bags from 50 shops located on …
Thiruvananthapuram: The city corporation has decided to introduce green protocol during 'karkidaka vavu'. The decision was made during a review meeting convened by mayor V K Prashanth here on Tuesday. The health wing of the city corporation has been directed to clean temple premises of Thiruvallom Parashurama temple before and …
A total of 9,000 cases have been booked and 39,000 kilograms of plastic has been seized in Bengaluru ever since the ban on plastic came into effect four months ago. Furnishing details about the crackdown on plastic, forest and environment minister B Ramanath Rai said a penalty of Rs 52 …
The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation seized about 450 kg of plastic carry bags from various shops in the city limits. The carry bags were seized as part of the Corporation’s drive to make the capital city ‘plastic free’, an effort of the ‘Ente Nagaram Sundara Nagaram’ project. The civic body decided to …
BAREILLY: In a bid to discourage locals from using polythene, the administration is mulling to reward localities which become plastic-free zones. Authorities are also in the midst of clamping down on outlets that continue to use polybags. They are conducting fortnightly raids for the next three months. The first sweep …
The ban imposed by the City Corporation on use of plastic carrybags below 50 microns will come into force on Friday. Mayor V. P Prasanth said the civic body will start imposing fine and seek action against outlets using carrybags below 50 microns. “However, for the first 15 days, it …
Koraput: The Koraput district administration has decided to ban the use of water pouches and polythene carry bags of thickness less than 40 microns during the car festival in the town. Thousands of people, including tribals from neighbouring villages, throng Koraput during the annual festival. They often dispose empty water …
Governor NN Vohra, Chairman, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), has appealed to pilgrims and all stakeholders of the Amarnath yatra to maintain cleanliness and sanitation in the entire area, from the base camps onwards, to preserve the natural environment. The Governor has particularly requested the stakeholders not to use polythene …
The district administration will launch a drive to check the use of polythene bags and plastic around Har-ki-Pauri and Ganga ghats in Haridwar as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is getting stern over the issue. The drive has been undertaken occasionally in the past from the mela zone of Har-ki-Pauri …
An overwhelming majority of Indians surveyed feel that civic bodies across the country have been ineffective in reducing the use of polythene bags in the first two years of the Swachh Bharat initiative in spite of the central government and the National Green Tribunal banning their use. As many as …
Mumbai: The state government will collect waste plastic from school children, besides NGOs and housing societies, to mix with bitumen for road construction, public works department (PWD) officials said on Wednesday. This, they said, will help eliminate waste plastic, which is destroying the environment. Contractors will pay 8 paisa per …
If everything goes as per the plans then the city will soon have a way to recycle thermocol waste generated. The plan, being chalked out by the administration, will ensure nearly one tonne of thermocol is recycled daily to be molded into ingots that can be used for making CD …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: THE Corporation faces a daunting challenge at managing plastic waste after a recent High Court directive banned burning of solid waste and plastic in public places. While it is a welcome relief for the general public who had been suffering from toxic fumes, the local bodies will find it …
