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 …
Trash-free water at the Rio Olympics is not guaranteed but sailing competitors can at least expect a “fair” tournament, a top official said Wednesday. Barely two weeks from the start of the Games, the Brazilian hosts are scrambling to reassure competitors that the bay staging the sailing and windsurfing contests …
Cites extended nightlife; owners oppose proposal According to Mayor B NManjunath Reddy the extension of nightlife would lead to more garbage being generated and thus they are contemplating increasing the cess. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is expected to take a decision on Tuesday on increasing the garbage cess …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Punjab and Haryana governments to give details of total municipal solid waste generated in Mohali and Punchkula and its mode of collection and disposal. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also sought similar details from Chandigarh's authority and asked them to …
Chennai: The corporation might make tall claims that nowhere in the city garbage is being burnt in the open, but for the past three days, smouldering dumps of rubbish have been giving residents of Mogappair West a tough time. Off the newly-laid Nolambur Main Road in ward 143, next to …
Another dengue positive patient of this season in Dehradun has come from Pathribagh in Patel Nagar. Earlier this month on July 6, first patient of dengue of this season hailed from the same area. This patient is employed in Haridwar and stays there. As per the claims of health department …
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the decision of the Jaypee group to close down the city’s only garbage processing plant at Dadu Majra. The application is likely to come up for hearing tomorrow. The MC has sought directions from the court to …
The city generated around 350 tonnes of garbage of which 250 were being processed at the garbage plant. THE CIVIC body has failed in monitoring its transportation and disposal of garbage over the years. Despite several proposals of installation of GPS in the garbage collection vehicles and a mobile application …
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan seems to be failing in the Capital as piles of garbage could be seen in the residential and commercial areas in East Delhi. People are complaining that the cleaning staff of the municipal corporation is not clearing the waste from the area.The worst affected areas in East …
About 12,000 tonnes of rubbish dumped on the edge of Lake Tai continues to pose a contamination risk to drinking water in Suzhou, but local authorities and residents still can’t agree on exactly what the garbage contains, mainland media report. In one instance, Suzhou police discovered on July 1 that …
HONG Kong’s leader yesterday blamed a huge rise in rubbish blighting the city’s beaches on refuse washed ashore after heavy rain and floods from the mainland, and pledged talks with authorities to stem the tide. Environmentalists have posted images on social media of trash covering several beaches, including plastic bottles …
Jambulingam Street, Chennai, is a local legend. The tar road in the bustling Nungambakkam area has weathered a major flood, several monsoons, recurring heat waves and a steady stream of cars, trucks and auto rickshaws without showing the usual signs of wear and tear. Built in 2002, it has not …
He would collect plastic waste that lay strewn near the platforms and bins.He would collect plastic waste that lay strewn near the platforms and bins. Trichy: Taking solid waste management to the next level, Trichy corporation on Wednesday distributed two plastic buckets to each of the 2,367 houses in the …
Organic manure to be produced from 20 locations in the city in future The Tiruchirapalli City Corporation has chosen 20 locations in different parts of the city to take up decentralised solid waste management at an estimate of Rs. 9.92 crore. In the first phase, it will be implemented in …
Ahmedabad: Several Ahmedabad apartments were casually tossing garbage in the open. Industrial units were dumping solid biodegradable waste, unmindful of the practice of converting it into vermicompost. Hundreds of schoolchildren were unaware of the importance of sanitation. Then Phani Trivedi stepped in and a green revolution of sorts bloomed among …
Heaps of excavated garbage lies on the ground; Only 20 per cent of segregation and shifting work completed; Locals fear this could cause an epidemic In what could lead to a major epidemic in the capital city, heaps of garbage are now seen piled on the parade ground at Campal. …
Visakhapatnam district has achieved the distinction of being Number One. Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam district has achieved the distinction of being Number One in the state in terms of efficient garbage disposal. Key performance indicators that enable an urban local body to be graded thus are the percentage of garbage lifted and …
At present, Delhi has four landfill sites and three of them operate beyond capacity. In a city where population increases at about 3.5 per cent per annum and the per capita waste generated rises by 1.3 per cent in the same period, devoting additional land to efficiently treat and dispose …
While neighbouring China is busy setting up the world’s largest waste to energy plant in its Shenzen province after successfully setting up 150 such plants, India just has five such plants. Bathinda is among those cities of the country where the solid waste management plant has been hanging fire ever …
Burning of plastic and garbage has become a major menace for the residents of ITI Layout in Dooravani Nagar near KR Puram. Heaps of garbage can be seen going up in flames almost daily in the area. This is despite the fact that there is a ban on plastic in …
Thousands of sanitation workers across the Capital should be pressed into service for Delhi’s campaign against pollution caused by burning of biomass, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. Mr. Javadekar was speaking at a meeting called to discuss measures to curb air pollution in Delhi and the National …
