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 …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the draft “Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2015” to enable the prescribed authorities to implement the rules more effectively, thereby, reducing the bio- medical waste generation and also for its proper treatment and disposal and to ensure environmentally sound …
Solid and liquid waste management are becoming issues of great concern in rural India. The changes in consumption patterns including that of people living in rural areas have an impact on the quantity and kind of wastes generated. It is estimated that rural people in India are generating liquid waste …
Workers of private company ‘dump’ waste by the roadside causing chaos While the entire administration is busy with the visit of Bathinda MP and Badal bahu, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, city residents are struggling to get rid of the foul smell emanating from garbage at numerous places in the city. Workers …
NAGPUR: The Orange City — one of the cities selected to be developed as a smart city — has many shortcomings. Sample this: City is supplied 640 million litres per day (MLD) water supply but generates only 345 MLD of sewage. Only 40% of the city has underground sewage network …
As Delhi grapples with its own waste and looks for efficient disposal, Supreme Court Judge Ranjan Gogoi on Sunday said by 2025, India would be generating 300 metric tonnes of waste. Rejecting landfills as an environmental hazard, he called for better waste management techniques. Justice Gogoi said 85 million dollars …
Breaking the three-month-old deadlock between villagers of Uruli Devachi and Phursungi and the civic body in Pune, they have agreed to allow dumping of 500 tonne garbage in the vicinity of the villages. The villagers had prevented entry of garbage vehicles from January 1. The breakthrough to allow 500 tonne …
Having received stick from the National Green Tribunal a few days ago over lack of proper facilities to treat and dispose of solid waste in municipal areas in Telangana, the state government proposes to equip urban local bodies with an efficient and sustainable waste management system for safe collection, treatment …
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) commitee has consented to revive Solid Waste Treatment Plant (SWTP) at Patvi. The project is expected to be revived by next month. Deputy Commissioner (DC) MS Brar today said he had put forth a case in favour of the SWTP’s revival before the EIA committee. …
The state-level environment impact assessment authority of the Ministry of Environment and Forests has recommended its expert appraisal committee to grant environmental clearance to the Municipal Council, Ferozepur, for establishing an integrated municipal solid waste management facility at plant at Bir Chahal village in the Faridkot district. The recommendation was …
The Diamond City is set to have its own plastic treatment plant to dispose of over 200 metric tons of daily plastic waste. This comes at a time when the city already boasts of a tertiary plant that treats 40 million litres of water per day(MLD). The plant is part …
Even as the Municipal Corporation is all set to float tenders for the setting up of the Solid Waste Management Plant at Bhagtanwala tomorrow, the Amritsar-based Pollution Control Committee is gearing up to move the National Green Tribunal, opposing the move on the ground that the dumpyard site violates the …
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said that a plan has been prepared to set up solid waste management plants across the State to take forward the Swachh Haryana-Swasth Haryana Abhiyan. He announced Rs.20 crore for setting up of a plant in Jhajjar as a first initiative in …
The MCG, in collaboration with private firm IL&FS;, is finally set to establish a construction waste treatment plant in Chakkarpur. It hopes this will put an end to haphazard dumping of construction debris and associated waste in and around the city. According to MCG chief engineer R K Singhla, the …
The recently inaugurated garbage treatment plant in Palampur has failed to solve its purpose. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh inaugurated the treatment plant in November and announced that it would cater to the needs of entire Palampur and collect and treat garbage of adjoining satellite areas also. However, even after two …
Failing systems, caused by fragmented, disorganised and uncoordinated government leadership, coupled with the ineffective application of already-scarce resources, mark the state of urban sanitation in most low-and middle-income countries. The two most critical results are that it impacts very negatively on the health and wellbeing of the urban poor and …
Plan to beautify Erumakuzhi with paintings and a garden When T.M. Thomas Isaac, MLA, mooted the idea of installing the Thumboormozhi model aerobic bins at various locations in the Alappuzha town early last year as part of the launch of a clean-up drive, there was stiff opposition from the local …
NAGPUR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone bench, has reportedly issued a final warning to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) mayor and municipal commissioner to ensure treatment of all the garbage collected from the city. The tribunal has warned it would start prosecution in case of intentional non-compliance of orders. …
The Capital’s garbage problem has caught the attention of the Centre, which has ordered the municipal corporations and the Delhi Development Authority to set up waste processing units. According to sources, Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung told Delhi’s municipal commissioners on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked the authorities to …
BANGALORE: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has given conditional approval to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for setting up of a municipal solid waste (MSW) plant at Lingadheeranhalli, Banashankari 6th Stage. Speaking to Express, Senior Environment Officer-Waste Management (SEO) of the Pollution Control Board, Venkatesh Shekar, said, “The …
No disposal plan, waste being dumped in rivers, on highways The disposal of garbage has become a big problem in Baijnath and Paprola as there is no land available for dumping it in the twin towns of Palampur. Baijnath SDM Rigved Thakur said despite best efforts, no suitable land was …
