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 …
“Students, gather plastic waste and get rewarded,” says the Corporation. And the reward would include grace marks, notebooks and other study materials. The Corporation’s novel programme is the latest addition to the “Say No to Plastic Waste” campaign which is being carried out as part of the year-long ‘Suchitwa Varsham’ …
KOCHI: Having identified that a ‘waste to energy’ plant will solve the garbage disposal-related issues in the city, the Kochi Corporation is mooting the idea of setting up such a facility at Brahmapuram. It will be designed to treat plastic waste to generate crude oil. A team consisting of the …
New options for processing degradable and plastic waste are being considered for Kochi. The civic administrators of Kochi, who are touring Pune and Delhi for familiarising themselves with the innovative techniques of management of municipal solid waste, have extended invitations to two groups to demonstrate their methods in the city. …
The damaged internal roads and waterlogging inside the solid waste treatment plant are hampering the clearing of accumulated waste and fertiliser at Brahmapuram Municipal Solid Waste Treatment plant of the Kochi Corporation. Water from the nearby water body is reaching the floor of the plant and soaking the waste. A …
Residents oppose use of garbage as filler material for platform With the proposal for using garbage as filler material for platform construction at the Kochu Veli railway station also hitting the roadblock, the State government is now bringing the focus back on source-level waste treatment projects. The government is now …
KOCHI: To prevent the illegal dumping of waste in public places, the Corporation will soon launch a special health squad. The squad will be divided into four units consisting of officials from the health department of the Corporation. Announcing the plan to set up the units at the launch of …
Concerned about the serious threat posed by huge toxic material left in Union Carbide’s Bhopal plant after the 1984 gas tragedy, the Supreme Court on Thursday summoned top officials of the Union and MP government to suggest measures for its early disposal. A bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. …
The operator will be selected through a global tender. The Suchitwa Mission of the Kerala government has initiated procedures for setting up a new solid waste treatment plant capable of processing 500 tonnes of material per day at Brahmapuram here. The mission, with the assistance of ICICI Kinfra Limited, a …
MARADU: The Municipality here launched the second phase called ‘Plastic Waste-free Maradu’ under its ‘Clean City’ drive on Tuesday. The attempts are to free the municipality area from the plastic waste. As part of the initiative, the Municipality workers will collect the plastic wastes from the houses as well as …
Sewage contaminates sprawling Perungalathur Lake Unchecked encroachments and pollution are taking a severe toll on many lakes in the southern suburbs of Chennai, and the Perungalathur ‘periya eri' (big lake) is no exception. Originally spread over 150 acres, the lake's expanse is now less than 100 acres, due to unchecked …
These rules E-waste have been notified with primary objective to channelize the E-waste generated in the country for environmentally sound recycling which is largely controlled by the un-organized sector who are adopting crude practices that results into higher pollution and less recovery, thereby causing wastages of precious resources and damage …
Government should stick to assurance: local body The State government's efforts to resolve the issue surrounding the Vilappilsala solid- waste treatment plant got further hampered on Thursday after the Vilappil panchayat decided to stick to its stand that clay and machinery will not be allowed into the plant until an …
MARGAO: After his memorable victory, newly-elected MMC Chairperson Arthur D’Silva said he would accord top most priority to streamline the city traffic and set up multi storey parking facility with the help of the government. He told newsmen after assuming office, that he would take along with him the people …
All houses to be brought under waste management network The first of the source-level waste processing schemes, declared in the annual budget of the State for 2012-13, will come up in Pala municipality. Speaking at the meeting called to discuss the issue at Pala on Tusday, Finance Minister K.M. Mani …
MARGAO: The waste treatment plant will now be finally commissioned at the Sonsodo garbage dumping site in July. Fomento Green CEO Sridhar Kamat said that work on the proposed waste treatment plant at Sonsodo has got underway and the same is expected to be complete in all respects by July. …
The United Democratic Front-led district panchayat has passed a surplus budget of Rs.50.06 crore on Thursday, which the four-member opposition Left Democratic Front dispelled as a dream budget cut off from reality. In her second straight budget, vice-president Bindu George envisaged an income of Rs.920.17 crore against an expenditure of …
Thrikkakara municipality has passed a surplus budget of Rs.12.09 crore for the 2012-13 fiscal here on Thursday. The budget presented by vice-chairperson Shereena Shukoor envisages an income of Rs.87.79 crore against an expense of Rs.71.20 crore. The budget earmarks Rs.1 crore to buy land for solid waste treatment in the …
Finance Minister K.M. Mani has proposed a two pronged approach to address the state’s worsening waste management crisis with an allocation of Rs 100 crore each for source level waste treatment plants and centralised high tech waste management plants in the state annual budget for 2012-13. It has been proposed …
In a bid to boost solid-waste management at source, the City Corporation has offered a one per cent concession in property tax for households that install solid-waste treatment plants. Addressing a news conference after the presentation of the 2012-13 budget of the Corporation on Monday, Mayor K. Chandrika said that …
In what may turn out to be a boon for developing countries, scientists claim to have created a device which can generate electricity from waste water. A team at Pennsylvania State University in the US says the technology would simultaneously treat the water and the process could be used to …
