Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Set to change: A view of the garbage dump at Kodungaiyur, where a waste processing facility is to be set up. Chennai: The Chennai Corporation will float fresh tenders for an integrated solid waste processing plant at Kodungaiyur, Mayor M. Subramanian said on Wednesday. A resolution related to the waste …
Basavaraj Itnaal For a city that boasts of IT hegemony in the country, Bangalore has a dismal record of garbage management. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP), whose obligatory function is to collect, transport and dispose of the municipal solid waste (MSW), is apparently caught up in the politics of …
Bangalore, DHNS: The BBMP spends a whopping Rs 90 crore per year on door-to-door collection of garbage. More than 500 trucks are deployed by BBMP and its contractors, to collect and transport about 3000 tonnes of garbage every day. But the Palike does not have the facility to dispose even …
By Basavaraj Itnaal, DH News Service, Bangalore: The IT capital is the only city in the country that employs qualified doctors, some of them specialists, to manage garbage. Apparently, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) is yet to wake up to the fact that there is a discipline in engineering called …
District Magistrate Mandeep K Bhandari in exercise of powers vested upon him under section 144 Cr. PC has ordered that no person/persons/party shall dump and throw any kind of Mulba/garbage/carcasses/construction refuse etc around Air force compound wall, Civil Airport wall, Panjthirthi to Sidhra bridge, circular road to DC office and …
The Environment Ministry said that of 1,730 kilogrammes of garbage collected in Anuradhapura during the Poson season, the major components were plastic and polythene. It was the highest garbage collection even though fewer pilgrims participated, Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. There were also 104 kilogrammes of polythene and plastic collected …
Hyderabad, July 21: Top companies such as Maytas Infra, Coromandal Fertilisers, Ramky Enviro Engineers, Delhi-based Jindal Water Infrastructure, and Bengaluru's Terra Fima Biotechnologies are vying to grab a project for segregation of garbage in Hyderabad. Several other firms from Noida, Navi Mumbai, Surat, New Delhi and Chennai are also in …
Ramna Park, the green oasis, the lung of the Dhaka city has survived one hundred years amidst the concrete jungle. Though the park is a source of pleasure to the city dwellers with all its natural assets, no one bothered of celebrating the centenary of the park except for two …
By Guilherme Almeida Collecting garbage on a door-to-door basis in the Commercial Capital is likely to be a costly affair for the cash-starved Margao Municipal Council. As if the nightmares over Sonsodo weren't enough, the Civic body may have to pool all their resources in view of recent high court …
For small-town India to become big, it will have to boast that it doesn't want to be another Shanghai. Small-town India is about to explode. But the question is if these cities will be able to manage this growth or will they implode from within
Hundreds of pounds of garbage has washed onto Lake Michigan shores in recent days, leading to an investigation by the Coast Guard and the temporary closing of a public beach. Trash was strewn along a 10-mile stretch in Mason and Manistee Counties in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. Piles up to …
By Basavaraj Itnaal, DH News Service, Bangalore: To cut costs while increasing service delivery, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in its new garbage contracts has authorised contractors to collect service charges from hotels, choultries and other major commercial establishments. Though the terms of the existing contracts require the contractors …
