Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
The science fair venue of the Kerala State Schools Sasthrolsavam 2015-16 at St. Aloysius High School here de facto turned out to be a mine of innovative designs from the minds of students reflecting their concern for the environment. Recycling of plastic waste and energy from waste received much focus. …
Centre Allocates Rs 96.5 Crore To Kejriwal Govt For First Phase Of Swachh Delhi Abhiyan Keeping their differences aside, the BJP-ruled Centre and municipal corporations and the AAP-led Delhi government came together for the first time on Sunday with the joint initiative of cleaning up the capital. Launching the Swachh …
The National Green Tribunal today warned the authorities of the Okhla waste-to-energy plant of shutting it down if it did not urgently instal equipment to segregate solid waste and continued to burn them, causing pollution. It also directed the Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee to inspect …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association & Ors. Vs. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 18/11/2015 regarding waste-to-energy plant in Okhla, Delhi. Tribunal noted that the plant is not working effectively which ultimately leads to discharge of pollutant higher …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Subhashri Bio Energies Private Limited Vs Government of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 18/11/2015 regarding poultry farms in and around the District of Namakkal which generate huge quantity of waste of about 2500 MT of poultry …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Irfan Ahmad & Ors. Vs. Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora & Ors. dated 16/11/2015 regarding municipal solid waste management at Jammu and Katra and passage upward to Bhawan and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi. The NGT directed the authorities to present …
The government’s Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) cell has okayed a Rs.295-crore solid waste treatment plant in Brahmapuram. The cell has given in-principle approval for the financial and technical proposals submitted by one of the companies that participated in the tender process. The Hindu has learnt from senior officials close to the development …
Safely obtained biogas from human waste could generate electricity to power all of the households in in Indonesia, Brazil, and Ethiopia combined, if researchers can harness the correct innovative technologies. That's according to a new report from UN University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health, which estimates that biogas …
Karnataka state government signed an MoU on Monday with Netherlands' government for a waste to energy technology which will be utilised to dispose Bengaluru filth. With an investment of Rs 470 crore, the waste to energy project will be utilised to dispose 600 metric tonnes of garbage generated in the …
Waste problem is a problem of finding solutions - approaches and technologies - that can match our pockets and our regulatory and governance abilities India has a huge waste problem - from untreated sewage that is defiling rivers and waterbodies to growing quantities of chemical waste that is seeping into …
Biogas from human waste has the potential to generate electricity for millions of homes while improving health and protecting the environment, a United Nations University institute said on Tuesday. The biogas potentially available from all the human waste in the world would be the equivalent of up to $9.5 billion …
Pulled up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the messy solid waste management in the capital, the fund-starved Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has zeroed in on the Rs 42 crore “waste to green energy” project at Bariyal out of the three proposals it has received from private players to …
National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone bench, has cleared Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC's) municipal solid waste (MSW) to electricity project, thereby paving the way for its execution. NMC had earlier appointed Hanjer, which failed to execute it properly. On directives of NGT, it then appointed Essel Infrastructure, whose rates were …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of State Environment Protection Council Vs .Kannur Municipality & Others dated 14/10/2015 regarding setting up of a waste processing and disposal facility and other requisites for the management of solid wastes, as contemplated under the Municipal Solid Wastes …
The Delhi Division of Northern Railway is going to set up a first of its kind 'Bio-waste processing plant' at Kishanganj Railway Colony. The proposed bio-waste plant will turn biodegradable waste generated in the colony into compost and even electricity. The plant is expected to process about 1,000 Kg. of …
The State Government is taking up measures to address the perennial problem of garbage disposal by setting up 11 waste-to-energy generation plants in collaboration with private companies under Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode across the State. Tenders have already been called and they will finalised by October 10 to identify companies that …
To submit report on Swachh Bharat mission to PM in 10 days The Niti Ayog’s Chief Ministers sub-group of Swachh Bharat Mission has focussed its attention on efficient management of solid and liquid wastes that were posing a major health hazard to people. The sub-group which met under the chairmanship …
Solid waste management has become a burning issue in Jalandhar. As the existing dump is full to the brim and the proposed waste management plant is facing opposition from the locals, waste is being burnt openly at the roadsides. The mass movement initiated by nine villages against the setting up …
An environment friendly battery made from waste material, that can work continuously for 72 hours with no electricity required for its charging, has been developed by a private educational institute here. The 'Fly Ash Battery' developed by Amity University is a novel ash and activated carbon based battery comprising of …
Will process 3 lakh tonnes of garbage at the dumping yard The State government will set up a waste-to-energy garbage disposal unit at Bingipura to dispose nearly three lakh tonnes of accumulated garbage dumped at the landfill site over the years. Speaking to reporters in the City on Wednesday, Transport …
