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 …
RANCHI: Taking a cue from Pune Municipal Corporation, deputy mayor of Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Sanjiv Vijayvargiya has come up with a new plan to deal with the longstanding issue of garbage disposal in the city. If the idea gets implemented a common mini-garbage disposal plant will be set up in …
Mounds of plastic in bags, litter lying in a corner nearby and storm water drains clogged with refuse. The popular tourist spot in the city with the right ambience for recreation had become an eye sore. But on Sunday afternoon at 1pm, regular passersby may have been shocked to see …
The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has started work to implement the Clean Murree Project under a mega development programme, a project launched after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took serious notice of cleanliness issues at one of the most famous tourist destinations of the country. Under a strategy, the project …
Taleigao panchayat should consider segregation of garbage at source by starting door-to-door waste collection in the village and then link up with the government's dry waste scheme for its disposal, say some residents. Reacting to St Cruz MLA Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate's criticism that the government has not done anything to …
The completion of the municipal solid waste project will only be finished post-monsoon as the construction of the much-needed landfill site at Sonsoddo has been suspended for the last five months. If the work on the sanitary landfill site had been allowed to resume, the citizens of Margao would finally …
After a delay of more than six years, the Sundargarh district administration finally paved the way to set up the solid waste treatment processing plant of Rourkela Municipality at Tarkera. The spadework for the plant has begun by the Municipality authorities. Facing the increasing threat of environmental hazards and whipping …
Korali block most sensitive; poor hygiene, open drains culprits Lack of cleanliness around the Yamuna seems to be making certain areas in the city and the district malaria sensitive. Korali block, which consists of over five villages, is one of them. Nine out of the total 10 positive cases of …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), the Delhi government and three civic bodies to explain within four weeks the steps taken to address the acute waste disposal crisis in Delhi. The three municipal corporations along with the MoEF and the Delhi …
Like most village panchayats in Goa, the garbage problem is a huge issue for Taleigao panchayat as well and there is no immediate solution in sight. While garbage generated in Taleigao has increased vis-a-vis new residential complexes that have sprung up in the last few years and more are under …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Ministry of Environment, Delhi Government, and three corporations for not taking action even as the hazardous garbage is dumped regularly at landfill sites in the city. Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report on the threat of landfills …
In a world first, British Airways is planning to use garbage to power its flights in an ambitious project which aims to convert municipal waste into 50,000 metric tonnes of jet fuel per year. The project will attempt to convert trash into a drop-in fuel for air-planes by 2017. While …
Coming to the rescue of mangroves and surrounding wetlands in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court has directed the state government and Cidco to stop dumping debris on wetlands. The HC has also asked them to initiate civil and criminal action against people who were responsible for damaging the …
The civic administration on Tuesday assured corporators that the work of diverting the nullahs flowing directly into the Rankala Lake will start next week. The sewage discharge has polluted the water body and led to rampant growth of algae. The assurance was made during a meeting of the Kolhapur Municipal …
Rainforest Protectors of Sri Lanka (RPSL-RainforestProtectors.org) successfully completed a trash cleanup project at Yagirala Rainforest on Saturday April 26, 2014 to celebrate Earth Day which fell on April 22. Yagirala is a 2,000 hectare Rainforest situated in Kalutara district and is home to a Buddhist forest monastery perched on a …
Despite numerous rules to curb the use of plastic bags, large-scale consumption of the commodity continues unabated in Gautam Budh Nagar district and adjoining areas of Ghaziabad. UP government had enforced the Plastic and other Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Regulation of Use and Disposal) Ordinance in 2000 which prohibited the use of …
Directs SMC to file reply, indicate area earmarked for disposal of carcasses Taking note of carcasses of animals scattered all over the Achin garbage dumping site, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to file a response in this regard by next hearing. Observing …
A report by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India says that Pune is one of the major e-waste generator cities in India. With no proper disposing and recycling system in place, the hazardous waste is posing a risk to the health of citizens as well as environment. …
The Rawalpindi Solid Waste Management Company (RSWMC) has hired the services of 150 employees of the Lahore Solid Waste Management Company (LSWMC), and paid Rs13 million to maintain cleanliness in Murree tehsil. The provincial government has asked the city district government of Rawalpindi (CDGR) to make arrangements for the cleanliness …
The theme for Earth Day 2014 is 'Green Cities'. To focus on this, Earth Day Network-India has produced an e-Book that compiles accounts of ways that organisations around India have helped to green their cities. The e-Book 'Pathways to Green Cities: Innovative Ideas from Urban India' has accounts shared by …
The Swan river, which originates in Marwari village of Una district and travels 65 km before entering Ropar district of Punjab, is teeming with all kinds of garbage, including the banned plastic polybags. The river, referred to as Sombhadra in the ancient Indian scriptures, along with its 73 tributaries in …
