Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
1.65 lakh tonnes of garbage piled up at Compost Corporation The Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC), with just one sorting (segregation) machine at Singasandra near Hosur Road, is struggling hard to handle 1.65 lakh tonnes of “historical” waste — garbage that has piled up over the years. The sorting machine …
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) does not have single scientifically approved landfill site considering that it generates 60 per cent of solid waste in municipal bodies across State, as per Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) statistics. KSPCB distributed these statistics on pamphlets to citizens at BBMP sponsored — Wake …
Many companies have evinced interest in setting up garbage processing units The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner Siddaiah was woken up to the garbage mess that’s left the city scarred along with some of its outskirts. He asserted that there would be no more landfills around Bangalore for dumping …
BHOPAL: Officials of the state have pleaded ignorance about reports that Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had deemed Pithampur incineration facility as suitable for trial burning of the toxic wastes lying at the Union Carbide Bhopal plant. Pithampur is among 21 TSDF sites, being evaluated for incineration of some 350 …
GSPCB claims of not receiving any proposal PORVORIM: Barely two days after Environment Minister Alina Saldanha laid the foundation stone for the proposed garbage treatment plant at Penha da Franca, the project has already run into rough weather with some residents of Krantinagar opposing the project in an open space …
PANJIM: Pressure is mounting on the ruling council of the Corporation of the City of Panjim to expedite work on the Bainguinim garbage disposal plant with corporators alleging that garbage is being dumped at Campal, a charge which was disputed by the commissioner. The work order to build a compound …
The plant, to come up in about two acres, would be replicated in three other areas in the city, with the capacity of each plant to be decided later. The State government, on Monday, made clear its intentions to go ahead with setting up modern decentralised garbage treatment plants in …
The proposed solid waste treatment plant will adopt incineration method The proposed solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram capable of processing 500 tonnes of waste material daily will adopt the waste-to-energy technology model based on the incineration method. Work on the Rs. 350 crore plant is expected to begin soon. …
As many as 16 companies will participate in a meeting on Friday to discuss the tender conditions and suggest changes to make the proposal for solid waste management factories workable. The Chennai Corporation at the pre-bid meeting will focus on ensuring that the technology in the solid waste management plants …
New Delhi: Residents of Sukhdev Vihar in south-Delhi notched up a big victory on Tuesday after Delhi high court ordered shifting of a bio-medical waste treatment plant situated 30m from the colony. Seeing merit in the plea of the residents that proximity of the plant posed a health hazard, a …
Kochi has unique problems in setting up a sewage system A permanent solution to the problem of treating and disposing sewage eludes Kochi. The civic administration and planners are exploring various methods to set up a sewage disposal system that can address the city’s present and future needs. One among …
As part of its Green City mission for the year 2013, the Corporation is planning to relaunch its plan to impose a ban on plastic below 50 microns. Though the civic body had launched a similar initiative last year following the High court order, it failed to implement the plan …
Plasma pyrolysis is one of the technologies which could be opted for disposal of plastic waste. In Plasma pyrolysis, high temperature is produced using plasma torch in oxygen starved environment to destroy plastic waste efficiently and in an eco-friendly manner. To find out its performance, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) …
The fire at the Sada garbage dump in Vasco and the subsequent smoke rising from the site has inconvenienced residents of the area. Environment minister Alina Saldanha has said she will receive a report from the Goa state pollution control board on Monday based on the inspection conducted by the …
Refuse piles up by roadsides as government and Corporation slug it out On December 20, 2011, when the last truckloads of garbage from the capital city rolled into the solid waste treatment plant at Vilappilsala, not many in the city thought that the next day would be any different. Harsh …
Margao Municipal Council’s solid waste management plant finally stands commissioned at Sonsodo. Open dumping of waste is now a thing of the past. But, the civic body has a long way to go in tackling tons of waste generated in the commercial capital, reports Guilherme Almeida After a bitter experience …
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, on Monday, directed the State government and the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation to give it a list of the issues relating to the Vilappilsala waste treatment plant which could be gone into by the expert committee proposed by it. The Bench of Chief Justice …
PONDA: Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho has stated that he has initiated steps to set up garbage treatment plant similar to that of Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) in Dabolim constituency. Godinho was speaking during his visit to the newly installed organic waste converter at PMC. Godinho was also accompanied by Chicalim …
VASCO: Spelling out her priorities for the port town, newly elected Mormugao Municipal Council Chairperson Fiola Rego said she wants to get the solid waste management plant functioning at Headland-Sada to minimise garbage accumulated in Vasco. “The MMC, through the intervention of Vasco MLA and KTC Chairman Carlos Almeida, has …
Punyam Poonkavanom, Orumudikkettu to keep forest environs serene The devotees, staff on duty, and every person visiting Sabarimala is bound to keep the hillock clean and protect the serene forest environs of the sacred grove, says P. Vijayan, City Police Commissioner of Thrissur, who has been posted as the Police …
