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 …
TEN Chinese ministries have jointly issued guidelines on green consumption, the latest move to boost green and sustainable development in a country battling to rein in pollution and waste. The document, issued yesterday by 10 ministries including the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance, aims to …
At a time when the country's richest civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is struggling to find more space for dumping the garbage, a small municipal council in neighbouring Thane district is experimenting with organic way to tackle the problem. Vice president of Kulgaon-Badlapur municipal council Shridhar Patil told reporters …
The Mozambican government announced on Thursday that it has collected eight tons of plastic bags with a thickness of less than 30 micrometres all over the country in its latest campaign to ban their usage. The Ministry of Health says that plastic bags pose a danger for people's health. The …
They came together to discuss ways to safeguard drying waterbodies Environmentalists from across the State came together to discuss ways to safeguard depleting waterbodies, at Chennai Press Club on Wednesday. The discussion was a culmination of their month-long cycle rally to spread awareness of the campaign. “We want the higher …
The solid waste management plant has not yet become operational as after the completion of its building, it still awaits clearance from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB). Recently, a PPCB team visited the site of the plant and found many irregularities. They asked the officials of the company to …
Bareilly: Following the previous order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had asked Bareilly Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) to earmark the site for disposal of municipal solid waste in consultation with officials of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), the municipal authorities on Wednesday submitted …
GURGAON: The Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) for national capital region has taken exception to the "lack of seriousness of government agencies of Haryana in checking pollution". The EPCA said in a letter to the Haryana government that it was unhappy with the approach of Huda and the …
Hundreds of sanitation workers staged a massive demonstration in Patparganj area of east Delhi on Wednesday morning. Holding posters and placards, the agitating safai karamcharis denounced the Delhi government and the corporations for heir failure to solve the present crisis. Protesters blocked roads, causing jams in east Delhi.“We will keep …
Lebanon's government is so dysfunctional, Beirut stinks. And now it's getting dangerous. Six months ago, the authorities shut the main landfill site for garbage from the capital, without providing an alternative. Since then, rubbish collection has halted and festering trash has piled up in the city streets, causing what researchers …
A plan to “scientifically” cap all the garbage in one portion of the 127-hectare wide dumpyard has been under consideration for several years now. After fighting a fire that swept through the biggest dumping facility in the city for nearly five days, the administration on Tuesday fast-tracked efforts to scientifically …
Sanitation workers meet L-G, throw garbage at Delhi Tourism Minister’s residence; teachers join protest; hospitals attend to emergency cases only he strike by workers of the municipal corporations hit basic services for the sixth consecutive day on Monday, as garbage was not picked up, hospitals did not operate OPDs and …
Pune: Wagholi, a growing residential area on the fringes of the city, is battling an urban problem-- garbage accumulation, no system to dispose it of and people setting the collected mounds on fire. The open burning is sending thick, black smoke into the air and choking the elderly and children. …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued prosecution notices to the executive engineer and plant engineer for the Deonar dumping ground, even as residents living in its vicinity staged protests seeking its immediate closure. Dilip Khedkar, regional officer, MPCB, said the notices have been issued under the …
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday, waste management was becoming a serious issue. “Managing waste from cities is a big problem. We are creating mountains of garbage, but we are not managing them scientifically,” he said. At an even in Pune, Mr Fadnavis said the State creates 20 thousand …
As the Municipal Corporations’ sanitation workers continued with their strike on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came out in support of the protesting safai karamcharis. Mr. Kejriwal, who is in Bengaluru for his treatment, tweeted: “I support (the) demand of protesting MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) employees that they …
The Silchar Municipal Board (SMB) which has the responsibility to dispose of the garbage and refuses meets with noncooperation from the civilians for its irresponsible attitude. It is true the Board presses into services its mechanized vehicles to clean the dustbins meant for disposal of garbage, but its sincere effort …
Kendrapada: Bilasini Nath, 50, a housewife from Dashipur village in Kendrapada district, has been making beautiful baskets, pen stands, cellphone stands, flowers, animals and other items using waste materials for the past two years. She collects used polythene, plastic covers for food packets, cigarette cases and other waste materials and …
The court was hearing a PIL to “ensure” release of funds to the corporations so that the salaries of the workers could be paid. Two separate benches of the Delhi High Court pulled up the Delhi government and the municipal agencies Wednesday for the lack of proper sanitation work and …
The Shimla MC has been asked to submit a report by February 4. WITH CHANDIGARH receiving an additional 90 tonnes of garbage from Shimla, Solan and Baddi, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Delhi Wednesday sought a status report from the Shimla Municipal Corporation asking when their garbage plant would …
