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 …
To prevent serious injury from being caused to environment and humans, national green tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday banned burning of plastics, tyres, wires or any such materials in the scrap market of Mayapuri here. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also directed that no one in the …
The technology is used for laying “all-weather roads” From October 4, 2002, when the first ‘plastic road’ was laid on Lenin Street, Kovilpatti in Tuticorin district, the technology of using waste plastic with stone for laying roads has come a long way. Developed by the Department of Chemistry of Thiagarajar …
PANJIM: The Goa Government has tabled the Goa Cess on Products and Substances Causing Pollution (Green Cess) Bill, 2013 to levy cess till 2 per cent of the sale value on products and substances causing pollution. The bill defines these products as: “those which upon their handling, consumption, utilization, combustion, …
With an attempt to bring more people who use polythene bags under the ambit of challan, the state government has brought in an amendment to the garbage control Act. According to the finance commissioner and principal secretary of the urban local bodies department, P Raghvendra Rao, the Vidhan Sabha passed …
PANJIM: Around 2,000 cases have been booked for using or selling plastic bags below 40 microns thickness, since April 8, 2013. Also fines of Rs 2.48 lakh have been imposed on the violators, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha said in a written reply to Goa Assembly Wednesday. She said that government …
Plastic waste generation is no longer a problem confined to metro cities. Even tier two cities like Indore and Bhopal are generating mounds of plastic in industrial, residential and even slum areas. This is a rather common sight in Indore. As a result, the city has achieved the distinction of …
It was announced in Corporation Budget The Coimbatore Corporation Council on Monday accorded approval for the waste-to-energy project. At the urgent meeting, the Council decided to implement the project, which will use 500 metric tonnes waste a day to generate power. The Council approving of the project comes days after …
In a serious violation of environment and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, massive tracts of land along the eco-senstive Juhu beach have now turned into a dumpyard and the civic administration seems to have turned a blind eye to the problem. Despite repeated resident complaints for the past 10 months, …
BHUBANESWAR: In a move that may cheer up poor rag-pickers in the state capital, the state government has asked the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to set up plastic waste collection centres at different locations and pay incentives to rag-pickers for collection and deposit of waste at those proposed centres. State …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed a petition by the All India Plastic Industries Association (AIPIA) on Friday that challenged the ban on plastic bags and their manufacturing in the capital. After an oral direction by the Delhi high court in December 2012, Delhi government had suspended prosecution under its …
The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) and Canara Plastic Manufacturers and Traders Association have come together for an environmental cause. Fostering this uneasy truce - given that they have legally engaged each other in the high court - is the Plastic Waste Management and Handling Rules, 2011, which puts the onus …
Ministry of Climate Change on Thursday announced to ban the use of traditional polythene bags in Islamabad Capital Territory and introduce biodegradable and hygienic bags for commercial and domestic use. “Use of existing polythene bags will be stopped from April 1. This will fulfill a longstanding demand of environmentalists and …
Dumping to invite prosecution; all plastic waste to be cleared The Forest Department is initiating strong measures to get rid of plastic waste left behind by visitors to forest areas. The measures include prosecuting those found dumping plastic and other waste in forests and wildlife sanctuaries. Chief of the Forest …
In a bid to control pollution in Sankhu’s Shalinadi, a campaign has been launched to limit the excessive use of polythene bags during the month-long Swasthani festival, which begun on Saturday. Under the campaign, a joint initiative of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), the Nepal Scouts, Force Nepal and other …
PANJIM: Though tons of newspaper reams have been dedicated to the issue, agitated gram sabha discussions have rocked villages and various initiatives have been thrashed by the government, the satisfactory garbage management has eluded Goa over the past few decades with the latest initiative too having bleak prospects, in terms …
The use of the banned polythene shopping bags has increased in the Thakurgaon district posing serious threats to the environment. In all district shops and markets of Ruhia, Kalibari, Market, Bhulee, Shibganj, Pirganj, Ranisonkoil, Kalmegh, Kathaldangi, Jaborhat, Lohagara, Shibganj, Madarganj, Salandar, Jaduranibazar, katihar, Baliadangi, Horipurbazar shopkeepers frequently use these bags …
Civic Body Has To Identify Sites, Inform Centre Bangalore: Here’s a fresh blow to the BBMP. The municipal body might soon have to face flak from the Centre. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is all set to amend its existing rules to make it mandatory for all municipal …
Rajkot: Close to seven lakh people who undertook the fiveday annual Parikrama around Mount Girnar in November left the Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary littered with nearly 23,000 kg of plastic waste. This is an alarming fourfold increase in the quantity of plastic waste strewn in the sanctuary compared to 2011. The …
The Himachal Pradesh High Court (HC) has banned the packing of food items in non-biodegradable material from April 1. The HC passed the order on a public interest litigation. Passing the directions, the HC observed, “A balance has to be struck between the economy, the need to provide essential items …
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to ban sale of ‘junk food’ in non bio-degradable packs from April 1 but exempted essential items like edible oil and milk from the ban. A Division Bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjay Karool directed that the list of …
