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 …
Vrindavan: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained Vrindavan municipal body and the other civic departments from burning garbage and domestic waste in the holy town. Giving interim orders before vacation on a petition filed by river activist Madhumangal Shukla, the green tribunal has directed the authorities and the Mathura-Vrindavan …
CALANGUTE: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has appealed to NGOs to not hinder the work on the solid waste management plant being constructed atop the Calangute plateau. Briefing mediapersons at the site on Wednesday morning, he said the Saligao civic and consumer forum along with the Goa Foundation have filed a …
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) will table a compliance report to the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) western zone on Thursday. The report will detail the progress of measures undertaken to address solid waste management concerns. While hearing the Top quarry case last month, the NGT approved the civic body's demand …
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) on Tuesday formed a four-member committee to oversee the implementation of the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) orders banning the burning of waste in open areas of the city. The committee will, however, implement the orders only in those areas of Ghaziabad that are yet to …
The garbage collection points will be constructed in localities around these so that the drains and eventually the Yamuna are spared further pollution. In an attempt to alleviate the growing pollution of Yamuna, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation plans to construct garbage collection points in areas near the drains leading …
MANMADE: The 40-foot deep Bellandur lake has silt deposit up to 35 feet, according to local residents. The frothing and burning Bellandur Lake is a result of multiple problems such as rampant water pollution, large-scale encroachment of land adjoining the water body and negligence of the administration in maintaining the …
KOCHI: As canal cleaning work is in progress, workers found huge chunk of polythene bags with garbage thrown in the canal. It is mostly plastic waste, sanitary napkins and diapers. This is mainly because Kochi corporation has failed to set up an effective system to collect and dispose non-biodegradable waste …
Sri Lanka police on Sunday (24) used water cannons to disperse a group of people protesting the presence of a massive garbage dump in their neighborhood in a suburb of Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. Residents in the Meethotamulla area of Kolonnawa held a protest in front of the dump site, …
The decision was taken in the pre-monsoon meetings addressed by Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently started a process to map areas, and it has shown a steady rise in incidents of vector-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria in the past three years. The mapping …
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) plans to decompose organic waste to generate biogas at the unused dome of the old sewage treatment plant (STP) in Kasba Bawda. Following the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) directive of decentralizing solid waste processing, the KMC will set up the biogas facility in association with …
Sirsa, May 20: City residents are peeved at the poor upkeep of the major water channel that feeds several waterworks of the town for supplying drinking water. The water channel has become a dumping place for garbage, they claimed. Nagrik Parishad, an organisation of prominent residents of the city, has …
The Chief Ministers’ committee tasked with the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission said today that generating energy from waste was an important aspect of getting rid of garbage. The sub-group of Chief Ministers on the Swachh Bharat Mission, which met here today under the chairmanship of Andhra Pradesh Chief …
In gross violation of the Pollution Control Board (PCB) guidelines, the Municipal Corporation (MC) authorities here were caught burning garbage at its illegal garbage collection centre inside the Burlton Park area today. Though there is a separate garbage collection centre outside the main boundary wall of Burlton Park, due to …
The NGT also asked the department to provide composting pits to deposit leaves and said the manure produced should be used by it. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the “official gardener” of BJP MP Jagdambika Pal to appear before it for allegedly burning leaves on the premises …
Canada and the Philippines are reportedly close to a solution to the vexed issue of hazardous waste containers shipped to Philippines. There are about 50 container vans of household trash illegally shipped to the Philippines from Canada in 2013 with no solution in sight regarding its disposal. According to Canadian …
To take forward Rajarhat New Town as a smart city, the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) is planning to set up the country's first underground solid waste collection network in the township. Hidco chairman cum managing director Debashis Sen said that a discussion took place on the plan with a …
PUNE: Persistent Foundation in association with NGO Janwani and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) formally launched the 'Zero Garbage Project' in Prabhag no. 11' (Gokhale Nagar-Angalwadi) recently. Partnering with PMC, Janwani has been implementing the 'Zero Garbage Project' in 20 Prabhags of the city since 2010. Under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), …
The state government has prepared an action plan for improvement of sanitation and hygiene during Nabakalebara in Puri. On May 11, the housing and urban development (H&UD;) department sent the 22-page action plan to Puri district officials, including collector for implementation. Cleanliness around Jagannath Temple, on Grand Road and beach …
Lone firm aspiring for the project fails to impress authorities with its technical know-how The MC had proposed to set up solid waste management plant at Rs 109 crore and designated Bhagtanwala dumpyard as a site for the same. There was only one Mumbai-based firm Ess Ell Infrastructure in the …
Poor waste management has been a major problem to human existence and it affects both rural and urban areas. Various methods of waste disposal exist and this study assessed the waste management practices among residents of Owerri Municipal, Imo state, Nigeria. It was a descriptive cross sectional study in which …
