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 …
Tall claims of the government of improved infrastructure in the city fell flat today when an inch of snow and light rainfall resulted in flooding of all the major roads in the Srinagar city. The worst scenario in the city was at Jehangir Chowk, Iqbal Park, Magarmal Bagh, Saraibala, Wazir …
What do world class German cities like Munich and Berlin have in common with Tambaram? Garbage. Well, more specifically garbage bins. The special grade municipality, which generates an upwards of 100 metric tonnes of garbage every day, is all set to get world class dustbins – technology for which has …
PUNE: The civic administration confiscated 300kg plastic carrybags in a four day drive carried out between March 3 and March 7. The Vishrambaugwada ward office took action in the city areas including Shurkrawar peth, Rasta peth, Bhavani Peth and nearby areas. The bags, which had thickness of less than 50 …
Environmentalists in Sri Lanka warn of severe environmental degradation in the island's main catchment area of Sri Pada mountain. They say that the pilgrims who visit the sacred mountain are damaging the environment in the sensitive ecosystem from which the country's four major rivers, Mahaweli, Kalu, Kalani and Walawe start …
Spots like Swapna Nagiri, which is often used as a popular fair ground and a public event venue, can be seen with piles of decomposed garbage dredged out from the bottom of the canal A Rs. 2.41-crore Water Resources Department project to clean up the Canoly Canal is turning out …
Civic Body Contacts Authorities In Indonesia, Thailand, Japan The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued an expression of interest on Wednesday to rope in international players for a solution to the city’s garbage problem. “Many countries are using modern technologies to deal with garbage. The civic administration plans to use …
Govt authorities fail to check dumping of filth on roads Though the District Magistrate last week banned throwing of garbage on roads, heaps of garbage still lay unattended on city roads, emanating foul smell. Residents of Magarmal Bagh said stinking smell emanating from the garbage had made it very difficult …
Litterbugs, beware: Nepal is making new rules to persuade trekkers to clean up after themselves on Mount Everest, in the hopes of clearing the tons of rubbish now clogging the world’s highest peak. Starting this spring, Nepali officials at Everest base camp will check that each climber descends the mountain …
Everest climbers will each be made to carry at least 8kg (18lb) of rubbish back with them on the way down, under new rules to eradicate a growing garbage problem on the world’s highest peak. Nepalese officials said the new rules were part of a package of measures that will …
The Mysore City Corporation is aiming big. It wants to segregate waste at source for effective solid waste management. The idea is to achieve hundred percent of segregation of waste at the source so that biodegradable waste is processed separately and converted into manure while the plastic waste can be …
With city's only solid waste disposal ground at Dhapa becoming overburdened, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has found a plot at Rajarhat New Town for setting up its second one which will also generate energy. The KMC has selected an area of about 20 acres in Action Area III of …
Heavy penalty for dumping malba and garbage in open drains and by the roadside in the city could soon become a reality. The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday asked the civic agencies “why in addition to a meagre fine provided under the Municipal Corporation Act in this regard, the Tribunal …
Heavy penalty for dumping malba and garbage in open drains and by the roadside in the city could soon become a reality. The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday asked the civic agencies “why in addition to a meagre fine provided under the Municipal Corporation Act in this regard, the Tribunal …
The city will get two more solid waste management plants for better disposal of the garbage generated daily at the tourist hub while the plans to shift the existing plant to the outskirts has been dropped. As of now, of the 402 tonnes garbage generated daily, 200 tonnes is processed …
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is set to launch a European Union- supported energy project within a week. On Friday, the KMC and the EU had signed a Euro 3.06 lakh agreement for the pilot project, according to KMC officials. The civic body will contribute Euro 74,000 for the project. Rabin …
The civic administration will take another day to clear the city’s garbage. On Tuesday, a total of 1,500 metric tonnes of garbage was collected from across the city and sent to Urali Devachi. The waste is being dumped at a landfill site, which will then be covered in the ongoing …
Trichy corporation aims to generate both electricity and cooking gas from the garbage generated in the city. The scheme will be implemented in Srirangam constituency represented by chief minister J Jayalalithaa. A bio-digester plant will be built near Amma Unavagam in Srirangam at an outlay of Rs 90 lakh. The …
Rajkot: One spark is enough to engulf almost half of Saurashtra’s commercial capital in flames. This is no exaggeration. Reason: Barely a few meters away from Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC) LPG bottling plant on the city’s outskirts, 300 metric tonnes of solid waste is being dumped daily by Rajkot Municipal …
The City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) has turned a blind eye to heaps of garbage on the city roads and streets and in residential as well as commercial areas. Overflowing garbage bins are a common sight all over the city, particularly in the areas adjoining the capital city. Piles of …
Dadeldhura and its district headquarters Baghkhor are reeling under waste management problems due to apathy of the concerned authorities. “Though rapid urbanisation and population growth have worsened the problem over the years, Amardadhi Municipality does not seem to care,” said Govind Khadayat, chairperson of Dadeldhura Hoteliers’ Association. Bimal Khadayat, a …
