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 …
Corporation, government still unsure about waste disposal The civic authorities are bound to have a tough time dealing with the waste generated by the hordes of devotees that will arrive in the city for the Attukal pongala festival, in the backdrop of the ongoing agitation against the Vilappilsala solid waste …
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to immediately consider granting the contract to Bayern Mercantile, a Germany-based company, for setting up a waste treatment plant on the 10 acres at Brahmapuram near Kochi. The Bench comprising Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair and Justice …
The Cabinet on Wednesday asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to prepare a detailed project report for disposing solid waste from Thrissur as part of construction of bunds for the Kole fields in the district. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the media after the Cabinet meeting that this would be …
Import of truck-mounted incinerators planned The State government proposes to import truck-mounted emergency incinerators to tackle the solid waste management problems in cities. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal in this regard and entrusted the purchase with the State Small Industries Development Corporation. Each of the machines will cost …
Residents resort to dumping of waste in open spaces Sustainable disposal of residential and municipal waste appears a distant dream for the district. Residents of the city and neighbouring municipalities are at a loss as to what may be done with heaps of garbage springing up even along thoroughfares despite …
The inevitability of finding new dumping sites for garbage generated in the capital city was thrust to the fore on Monday when the collective will of the people of Vilappil panchayat sent back two garbage-laden trucks taken there by the city Corporation. At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Oommen …
Operating agency to pull out of waste management project The city Corporation has more to worry than the people's agitation and legal tangle in the operation of the beleaguered Vilappilsala solid waste treatment plant. With the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) deciding to back out from the technical support …
Minister for Co-operation C. N. Balakrishnan has said that decentralisation of waste management was the only lasting solution for the garbage menace faced by the city. Addressing the annual convention of the District Residents' Apex Council, Thrissur, at the Kerala Sahitya Akademi hall here on Sunday, he said people should …
The State Government has given the nod for installing garbage processing units based on modern technology in all the districts of the state. Local bodies will have to provide the necessary land and the full expenditure of installation of units will be borne by the State Government. Briefing mediapersons on …
Reopening the waste treatment plant at Villappilsala at the earliest, entrusting its running to competent agencies, and rescheduling door-to-door waste collection to the evenings. These are some of the proposals in a 10-point agenda chalked out by the State unit of the WWF- India to resolve the issue of solid …
LUCKNOW: Even after five years of its sanctioning by the Centre under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme, the much-awaited municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment plant in Lucknow remains a non-starter. There is no concrete affirmation as when the city will be free of garbage that gets …
Source-level treatment of waste to be promoted Committing itself to continuing with the practice of treatment of garbage at source in the capital city, the government on Tuesday made out a case for a small quantity of garbage to be taken to the garbage treatment plant at Vilappilsala for treatment. …
Dharna held in front of Chandy's house Deputy Mayor G. Happykumar led a protest march and dharna in front of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's residence here on Sunday in protest against the garbage disposal crisis in the city. The dharna and march, taken out from Vazhuthacaud Sugathan Memorial Hall, were …
Corporation cites environmental, topographical reasons A team of Corporation and Suchitwa Mission officials visited a government site near Palode here on Thursday as part of conducting a feasibility study for setting up a temporary garbage-treatment facility there. According to sources, setting up of a temporary plant to process waste using …
Says she is unable to take decision on waste-disposal crisis The closure of the Vilappilsala solid-waste treatment plant is an act of ‘democratic violation' on the part of the Vilappil panchayat, Mayor K. Chandrika has said. She was speaking after inaugurating a seminar on source-level waste management organised by the …
To meet every two days and give advice to Corporation The Urban Affairs Department has constituted a core committee, to be convened by Principal Secretary James Varghese, to monitor the garbage disposal crisis caused by the agitation against the Corporation's solid-waste treatment plant at Vilappilsala. This was decided at a …
KOCHI: The Mulavukad Island is all set to have a waste disposal system. The Goshree Island Development Authority (GIDA) is planning to construct a model solid waste treatment plant in Mulavukad. If found to be effective, similar plants will be set up in other islands under the jurisdiction of the …
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation’s delay in taking a final decision on handing over the land to the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) for setting up a storage centre is hindering the launch of the e-waste management project. The project will become a reality only if the …
Measures will be initiated to banplastic carry bags within a year Minister for Rural Development K.C. Joseph said here on Friday that scientific waste treatment plants would be installed in corporations and major municipalities by October. He was speaking after inaugurating a seminar on ‘Secure food - adulteration and diseases …
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation will soon serve notices on the residential complexes that do not have waste treatment units. The decision, according to the authorities, will help Kochi attain the status of the first city in the country to have waste treatment units installed in all apartment blocks. “We will …
