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 …
It has been almost ten years since the garbage treatment plant at Vilappilsala became operational, which proved a boon to the residents of the capital city. The new garbage plant helped to chase away that indocile attitude of the city folks, who had until then relied on techniques like secretly …
The City Corporation has sought the intervention of the State Government to solve the crisis which has developed after the Vilappil panchayat decided to shut down the Vilappilsala waste treatment plant on Tuesday. Mayor K Chandrika said that she has written to the LSG Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty to resolve …
BHUBANESWAR: Bhubaneswar is all set to have better sanitation by March 2011. At present, the City fares poorly in the sanitation index due to open defecation, low accessibility of urban poor to toilet, lack of toilet facilities for floating population and solid waste treatment. The civic body has prepared a …
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation is planning to set up a new solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram. As per the initial plan, the new plant will be set up on a raised land adjacent to the existing plant which is in a dilapidated condition. A team lead by Mayor Tony …
Solid waste management is one of the major environmental burdens particularly in megacities of many developed and developing Asian countries. An alarming rate of solid waste generation trends can be seen parallel to urbanization, industrialization and economic development. This environmental burden continues to be a major pressing issue threatening the …
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of leachate recirculation on stabilisation of municipal solid wastes. The study was carried out by using two lab scale landfill bioreactors containing approximately 10 kg of waste each, in order to follow waste degradation over 16 weeks of time period. …
This report is intended to assist those who influence public and private sector investments in solid waste collection systems in developing countries. It seeks to address decision-makers, solid waste management engineers, consultants who are engaged in the planning and provision of solid waste management systems, manufacturers (as well as potential …
Having failed in several attempts in the past to identify suitable land for waste treatment in Santa Cruz village, the panchayat authorities saw a slim glimmer of hope as Calapur Comunidade attorney Mariano Araujo offered to provide Comunidade land for the purpose, provided the other committee members also accept the …
Whereas, the draft rules, namely the e-waste ( (Management and Handling) Rules 2010 was published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests vide number S.O.1125 (E), dated 14th May, 2010 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary of the same date inviting objection and suggestion from …
KOCHI: The hardships faced by the public due to the leakage of biogas plant at the Ernakulam Market continued on Wednesday as the civic body failed to take any adequate measures to remove the decayed waste that gushed into the market pond. Though the Corporation officials promised that they will …
All appears quite in the Margao Municipal Council on the signing of the Concession Agreement with Fomento for the setting up of the waste treatment plant at Sonsodo. While it
Studies on the removal of mercury (II) - EDTA complex by adsorption on coal and coal flyash blends have been carried out at 30 degree C. The effect of various parameters on the extent of removal of Hg2+-EDTA complex has been determined.
Councillor Chander Mukhi Sharma has moved a complaint against the garbage processing plant at Dadumajra to UT Adviser Pradip Mehra. The complaint talks of various issues including the plant not being fully functional as well as the ill-effects on the health of residents. The complaint states that the garbage processing …
After being the financial capital, Mumbai has earned the dubious distinction of being the electronic waste capital of India. The city generates about 11,017 tonnes of e-waste every year. Also, among the states, Maharashtra is on top with a staggering 20,270 tonnes of annual e-waste. Keeping the threat in mind, …
KOCHI: The preparation of the draft plan for the second phase of development of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant has been completed. According to the plan, the civic body will construct a unit to produce crude oil from plastic waste and a substation to generate electricity from the waste …
The Technical Guidance Manual of Common Hazardous Waste Treatrnent Storage and Disposal Facilities sector describes types of EIA, process and pollution control technologies, operational aspects of EIA wiih model TOR of that sector, and waste minimization techniques, monitoring of environmental quality, post clearance monitoring protocol, related regulations, and procedure of …
S C Mehra, a retired Air commodore from the Indian Air Force, misses his friends in South Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar locality. One and a half years ago, he and his wife moved out of their house in Sukhdev Vihar when they could no longer stand the pollution from a bio-medical …
ROURKELA: Rourkela city is sitting on garbage, literally. Public sanitation has gone for a toss in the absence of a solid-waste treatment plant. Lack of space has been the major impediment in this direction, but not any more. The Rourkela municipality and Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) have agreed to set …
Srinagar, July 4 For saving the ecosystem en route the Amaranth cave shrine during the ongoing yatra, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) has introduced a new technology to dispose of solid waste. A large number of pilgrims from different parts of the country willl visit the cave shrine located at …
