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 electricity generated at the Rochem garbage processing plant in Hadapsar will now be available for commercial use. From September, the plant is expected to generate around 1 MW electricity every day, out of which around 700 KW will be used to run the plant and the surplus of around …
MUSCAT — Oman Wastewater Services (Haya Water) yesterday signed contracts for the third and fourth packages of wastewater network project in the Wilayat of Al Amerat (A3, A4). Those RO 38 million contracts included establishment of networks for water treatment in the northern and eastern areas of the wilayat. Mohsen …
In a move to dispose of the city's waste in an environment-friendly manner, Noida Authority will deploy magnetic thermal waste disposal machines at two points in the city on a pilot basis within 10 days. The machines, which are propelled by Japanese technology, reduce solid waste to ash without using …
BHOPAL: One fifth of hospitals and healthcare facilities operating in state capital are neither properly disposing of bio-medical waste nor are running with valid authorization. Bio-medical waste from these centres are dumped into Upper Lake either through public sewer lines or in the form of municipal solid waste. However, MP …
Priol MLA and cooperation minister Pandurang 'Deepak' Dhavalikar has suggested that a three-metric-tonne waste treatment plant at Kundaim industrial estate be installed for the benefit of three villages. Dhavalikar was responding to a special gramsabha of Tivrem-Orgao on the issue of garbage disposal at Marcela on Sunday. Dhavalikar noted that …
The recent protests by Mandur residents over dumping of garbage in their village highlighted how the BBMP failed to keep its promise of setting up garbage processing units at various locations in the City and its outskirts. The BBMP, along with the Bruhat Bangalore Hotels’ Association (BBHA) and the Pune-based …
BANGALORE: What interest has the Chief Minister shown in the past one year on the garbage crisis? He has blamed the previous government in the city for the problem, but what has he done to solve it? asked the High Court Special Bench constituted to hear a bunch of public …
PANAJI: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said the state government will take necessary steps to make Goa garbage free by December 19, 2015. The state government has already decided to establish two high tech garbage treatment plants in North and South Goa. The government has also started engaging panchayats, …
The status of waste management in the state is extremely poor and municipal corporations are not being serious about this issue. To ensure that civic bodies in the state adhere to the 2015 deadline set by the Bombay High Court to set up functional solid waste treatment and processing facilities, …
Nearly 25 lakh tonnes of garbage have accumulated in Mandur landfill. Bangalore is not alone in facing garbage disposal problems. Mumbai and Delhi too face the disposal crisis. If Bangalore can’t dispose off 4,000 odd tonnes of waste generated every day, Mumbai and Delhi can’t treat the 7,500 tonnes and …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered closure of Bareilly Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) plant for operating without environmental clearances. The principal bench of NGT headed by its chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said it was clear that Bareilly MSWM had not obtained the requisite consent and authorisation from the …
Mararikulam MLA T.M. Thomas Isaac has called for adopting a scientific approach to resolve the issue of waste menace in Alappuzha town and adjoining areas. At a press conference, Dr. Isaac said waste management efforts being undertaken by the Alappuzha Municipality were in the process of attaining the intended results. …
With just days left for the onset of monsoon, the district is staring at the prospects of an outbreak of waterborne diseases as the authorities are yet to put in place an effective mechanism to manage heaps of garbage dumped in public places. The busy locations in the district such …
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will sign an agreement with a Mumbai-based company on Thursday to set up a solid waste treatment plant at the designated regional waste dumping site at Bhuasuni here. Official sources said the agreement will be signed three years after the project was mooted in …
City generates about 450 metric tonnes of waste daily The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), assisted by some non-government organisations and citizens’ groups, now plans to rope in the hundreds of waste-collectors in the city to encourage waste segregation at source as part of its plan to de-centralise waste management. …
Sewerage network is present in a very limited part of Jammu city and the rest of the city predominately depends on individual toilets and onsite septic tanks, resulting in sewage outflow into open drains leading to unhygienic conditions in localities. This was stated by the Union Ministry of Urban Development …
Members of the Saligao gram sabha on Sunday expressed apprehensions over the proposed garbage treatment plant on the hill, the widening of the road and the proposed roundabout at Aula and the proliferation of gaddas in the village fields. But the village panchayat body did not seem to have much …
Fuel can be used for cooking, in vehicles Clean Kerala Company Limited (CKCL), an organisation formed under the State Local Self Government Department, is planning to engage the services of agencies for production of natural gas from municipal solid waste. The gas is to be bottled as compressed natural gas …
l Call for special gram sabha on June 1 OLD GOA: Stating that they will oppose tooth and nail any moves to declare the land for Bainguinim waste plant as an industrial zone, the villagers of Old Goa have resolved to up the ante against the project in the coming …
Lending an helping hand to make the city garbage free, Persistent Foundation joined hands with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and NGO Janwani to provide for funds and manpower to spread awareness about the ambitious 'Zero Garbage Ward' project. The project that was launched on pilot basis in 2011 starting from …
