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 …
according to a survey on urban garbage sponsored by the Assam Science Technology and Environment Council ( astec ), Guwahati generates about 184 tonnes of municipal waste everyday. This could be a conservative estimate as the survey does not take into account the 120 hand carts that service the bylanes. …
chungli , an industrial city of 300,000 people in Taoyan county, about 60 km from capital Taipei, is witnessing a poli-tical war over garbage. : great wall of trash' has been rising up in the city ever since the local authorities stopped collecting garbage bags from dumps in street corners …
Bangkok has long been overwhelmed by the inevitable by-product of modern economic growth - waste. But now investors are swarming in to set up and operate what could be one of Southeast Asia's largest waste disposal programmes. After the Bangkok Municipal Authority invited tenders to set up and operate a …
Alarmed over the negative impact of tourism in Goa, several citizens' groups have called for a cap on visitors arriving in the country's smallest state where the annual tourist arrivals is about to outstrip the local population. Nine voluntary groups - representing women's organisations, conservationists, fisherfolk, environmentalists and others - …
TO COMBAT the menace of increasing garbage, the residents of Vasant Kunj in New Delhi decided to approach a cop. That is exactly what Sukhbir Tanwar is, a former policeperson who turns garbage into manure. "I want Delhi to be green," says the former sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police …
Garbage floating in the oceans could pose a threat to marine life. One such site is a remote group of islands in the Indian ocean, 1,500 km southwest of Jakarta, Indonesia, where the population of green turtles inhabiting the shores is endangered. Thousands of rubber flip-flops are being washed onto …
in the sub-Saharan African nation of Nigeria, the phenomenon of garbage-fed fishes is one of recent occurrence. Prior to this, almost all that the fishes consumed were products of nature's bountifulness, from the deep seas, natural ponds and countless streams, and rivers that criss-cross the nation. Nobody really deemed it …
An expedition was launched recently in a bid to clean up the mess atop Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. Fifteen Nepali climbers set out with empty sacks to collect 1,500 kg of garbage in 50 days from the peak, which is now known as the highest junk yard on …
A CLEANER and healthier world may not be a distant dream if we, as its citizens, learn to use its resources to the maximum. For achieving this, conserving energy through means like recycling waste and bio-degradable matter would make all the difference. The department of microbiology under the School of …
SINCE July last year, the municipal garbage dump at Gladokvarn, outside Stockholm, has been yielding gas at the rate of 22,000 in per day from gas wells up to 20 in deep. The gas is carried via a 13 km-long pipeline to a 5 mw heating plant which, in turn, …
With garbage piling mountain-high in Nepal, countries like Russia are now taking up the cause of cleaning up the awe-inspiring Mount Everest. Oleg Fedorov, a Russian ecologist believes that it is possible to return to the mountain its pristine glory, with three years of dedicated effort. The Russian Mountaineering Federation …
For the Delhi government, it is a case of do or die. It has been asked by the division bench of justice Kuldip Singh and Justice Saghir Ahmed to either keep the city clean or else forsake the seat of power. The order was the outcome of a petition filed …
The Nepalese government has finally made up its mind about what it wants to do with the capital's garbage. It has declared Okharpauwa in Nuwakot district as the final disposal site for the muck. This area will ultimately be developed into a permanent landfill site. The government has also urged …
IT is the end of March. Sudhamoy Chakladar, the aged Kisan Sabha leader from Khardah, stands drenched in golden sunlight, contemplating the lush green fields sprouting rice saplings... for the unthinkable 2nd time this year. "It is a dream for the peasants. We've 6ever had this in the last 50 …
EVERY epoch has its own pet causes. Ours in India is environment and liberalisation. Unfortunately, the two are often at war with each other and in the event of any real confrontation it is environment that loses out. Is it because people do not really care for the environment or …
Bacteria that feast on garbage may provide an environmentally benign way to dispose household waste, say British engineers who are testing a new anaerobic digester -- that does not require air -- for treating dustbin waste. The bacteria, which are anaerobic, break down the organic portion of household waste and …
MOST burgeoning cities are cursed with piles of rotting garbage and endless hours without electricity. But now, Western-Paques (India) Limited, a subsidiary of the Rs 1,000 crore Western India group, is offering a solution to both the problems, rather using one to address the other. The company has developed a …
EVEN New Delhi's misty winter cannot obscure the city's muck. Mounds of garbage appear at almost every twist and turn of Delhi's sidelanes because the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) antiquated trucks and wayward workforce cannot cope. Concerned at the deteriorating situation, some neighbourhoods in south Delhi have picked up …
"A R Ammon's poem Garbage is a long ode to trash. It is also an autobiographical meditation and a reflection on humanity, which, according to the poet, is a form of garbage too." New York Times (December 12, 1994)
