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 …
Members of the Saligao gram sabha on Sunday expressed apprehensions over the proposed garbage treatment plant on the hill, the widening of the road and the proposed roundabout at Aula and the proliferation of gaddas in the village fields. But the village panchayat body did not seem to have much …
Corpn To Rope In Vendors, Residents For Initiative Almost everyone complains about the city's beaches being dirty but few do anything to solve the problem. But the corporation, residents, food vendors and NGOs will now come together to reclaim our beaches. As a first step, the corporation will build two …
PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued a notice to the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) for failing to tackle and maintain the garbage dumping site at Assagao plateau, leading to environmental pollution in the area. The notice has been issued for non-compliance of the Municipal Solid Waste (Management …
Pollution in the once clean and green Doon has become a cause for concern when it comes to public health. According to the Chief Medical Officer Dr Gurpal Singh, accumulation of garbage, improper sewage system, use of pesticides and other chemicals to increase agricultural yield affects humans adversely. Accumulation of …
The villagers of Nawimana protested demanding the immediate closure of the Yakduwawatta compost processing plant and prevented the Matara Pradeshiya Sabha from bringing garbage to the premises on May 20. The compost plant which handled three tractor loads of garbage at the inception five years ago, was understaffed as eight …
VARANASI: Even if all the Banarasis start to act according to the call given by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Narendra Modi, there is little chance that the holy city can get a cleaner look in near future. The reason is the failure of ambitious solid waste management (SWM) project that …
The latest report of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee has calculated that on an average a mountaineer left behind 65 kg of burnable trash in the Everest region in 2013. In 2012, trash per Everest climber was 48.5 kg. “Up to 25.6 metric tonnes of burnable waste and 2,241 non-burnable …
The Lahan Municipality has started construction of a dumping site for the proper management of the solid waste generated in the town. The dumping site is being constructed close to the Khuttikhola stream at Lahan Municipality-4 at a cost of Rs 5.2 million, Mahendra Khanyahang, Executive Officer of the Lahan …
The main canal flowing through the district town has virtually turned into a dumping station for huge garbage disposed of by the townspeople, much to the degradation of the watercourse earlier 'beautified and protected' with concrete slopes on the both banks. "While constructing a bridge over the canal recently, we …
“As we increase our efforts to clean Malé, the amount of garbage dumped on to the street is also increasing,” said Mayor Mohamed Shihab. The purpose of cleaning Malé’s streets and providing public dustbins – for which 260 people are now employed – is not to collect household waste, but …
May-end has been set as the deadline for finishing the task of desilting drains and clearing construction debris. DMRC told to clear all its sites of construction debris Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung has ordered “criminal proceedings” against anyone dumping ‘malba’ (concrete waste) at unauthorised sites within the city. In the absence …
Officials express doubt if the project will ever come up Efforts by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to scientifically dispose of the accumulated waste at the landfill in Mandur seem to have come to nought. Though the civic body has floated a tender to clear the waste, officials doubt if …
Lending an helping hand to make the city garbage free, Persistent Foundation joined hands with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and NGO Janwani to provide for funds and manpower to spread awareness about the ambitious 'Zero Garbage Ward' project. The project that was launched on pilot basis in 2011 starting from …
NAGPUR: With a view to prevent throwing of garbage in Nag river, especially near Reshimbagh Chowk by lawns and marriage halls, Mayor Anil Sole on Thursday asked the civic administration to install CCTV cameras to catch the culprits polluting the city's signature river. Sole was inspecting the river on the …
With the onset of summer, surge in cases of diarrhea has raised concern of authorities in the state capital. Within five days there were more than 100 cases reported of people suffering from diarrhoea after consuming contaminated water. Talking to TOI, medical superintendent of Sarojninagar community health center Dr A …
The daily hassle of checking whether garbage from your locality has been lifted or not may soon end with Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) distributing GPS (global positioning system)-enabled handsets to its sanitary inspectors tracking their daily movement across localities. A GPS tracking unit is a device that helps determine precise …
BANGALORE: Triggering yet another garbage crisis, residents of Mandur stopped over 200 garbage trucks on Tuesday near the landfill at Mandur, off Old Madras Road, in East Bangalore. They were protesting against the BBMP's tardy implementation of welfare schemes, including supply of clean drinking water, promised to them. The villagers …
Controversial means to dispose of garbage by setting it ablaze at the garbage treatment plant in Dumane-Canacona has angered locals and tourists in the area. Canacona Municipal Council (CMC) Chairperson Mahadev Dessai has flatly denied that CMC workers were setting the garbage on fire, but added that “unscrupulous elements” were …
A huge demonstration against a planned waste incinerator in one of eastern China’s biggest cities turned violent on Saturday with protesters overturning and setting fire to police cars, leaving at least 10 demonstrators and 29 police officers injured, according to Xinhua, the official state-run news agency. The authorities in the …
Chinese experts have defended the construction of a huge waste incinerator in the scenic eastern city of Hangzhou, state media said on Friday, despite weeks of protests by residents who fear the project will add to pollution. Choking smog blankets many Chinese cities, and environmental degradation, the cost of the …
