Ambala: The OYE Ambala ! Campaign, which is an abbreviation for Open Your Eyes (a collective change, a better managed city and a cleaner Ambala). It started from July 18, 2017 and will continue for the next 90 days.The Campaign will build capacity, inform, educate, and communicate the necessity of …
NASHIK: The civic administration has sent the proposal for upgrading the municipal solid waste plant to the standing committee for its approval. The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone, Pune came down heavily on the civic body for the mismanagement of the municipal solid waste and has forbidden developmental works …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the CEO of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board to furnish a report giving details of the municipal solid waste (MSW) and sewage treatment plants (STPs) installed there. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar asked the board to inform it about …
More than 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste are generated in India everyday, of which 6,000 tonnes remain uncollected and littered, the government today said. In a written response to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Dave said consumption pattern and consumer …
The compost, made out of city garbage, is targeted at not just providing carbon and primary and secondary nutrients to soil but also help in keeping the city clean. In a bid to lower the maximum retail price of city compost for farmers, the Union Cabinet cleared a policy on …
AGRA: One of the major threats to the Taj Mahal — a high level of particulate matter (PM) responsible for masking the white marble sheen - is being released into air on account of large scale burning of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the city. A joint study by the …
Taking note of its internal report which showed severe negligence on part of municipal bodies in managing solid waste, the central pollution watchdog has issued notices to civic authorities of 184 cities/towns across the country asking them to pull up their socks or face action. Besides, the environment ministry has …
The tourist town of Shimla has not been able to ensure scientific disposal of its waste, leaving the National Green Tribunal worried. Observing that the hill town generates nearly 60 to 70 metric tonnes of solid municipal waste every day, the tribunal said the garbage processing plant has been lying …
After being rapped by the National Green Tribunal for shirking its responsibility to check indiscriminate waste disposal in and around the Hindon canal, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation has issued notices to residents’ welfare associations of Mayur Vihar Phase- I, Dallu Pura Village and New Ashok Nagar, which have been …
Most cities have heaps of garbage piled around localities. Civic authorities battle old technology, petty politics The management of thousands of tonnes of solid waste generated in Punjab's cities, with its teeming millions, continues to be a challenge for the authorities. Even though the state government has taken some steps …
The National Green Tribunal today rapped Uttar Pradesh government and the civic authorities for not submitting a complete action plan on collection and disposal of municipal solid waste in Gorakhpur district of the state. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar came down heavily on the Gorakhpur municipal …
Taking note of the indiscriminate dumping of municipal waste in the temple town of Vrindavan, the National Green Tribunal today directed a Hindu seer to videograph the places where such waste was being dumped. The seer had approached the Tribunal against "illegal" and "unregulated" disposal of municipal solid waste in …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked district collector of Raisen to allot 11 acres of land in Mandideep town as soon as possible for setting up municipal solid waste (MSW) site. Also, town and country planning (T&CP;) has been asked to submit development plan of the area on July 29. …
GURGAON: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Haryana government for failing to file a status report on solid waste management, despite several directives that stretch back to 12 years, when the matter was first taken up by the Supreme Court. The principal bench of the NGT, headed …
Irked by the filth around railway tracks, the National Green Tribunal today slammed the Railways and directed it to submit a list of offenders who have refused to pay fine and dumped waste on the tracks. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar expressed displeasure at the sorry …
To cost Rs. 8.50 crore for the municipality Namakkal Municipality has proposed to implement solid waste management at a cost of Rs. 8.50 crore. A resolution was passed during a meeting held recently. Municipal Chairman R. Karikalan said that solid waste collected from households was processed at the plant located …
Gurgaon is considered the growth engine for Haryana and one of the most rapidly urbanising cities in India. This brings with it the challenges associated with urbanisation, among which are generation of large quantities of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and its disposal. The problem is further compounded with multiple civic …
GUWAHATI– The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone (EZ) Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary-cum-Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) of the State for their failure to file an affidavit on the issue of an alternative site for …
Lambasting civic bodies for not cleaning drains in the national capital, National Green Tribunal (NGT) today warned Delhi chief secretary and the senior-most civic officials of coercive action like attachment of salary if they do not comply with its order on the matter. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice …
The recent ban on dumping and burning waste in the open has had an unintended and dangerous consequence - unscientific landfill within city limits. The National Green Tribunal's order on burning of waste following set norms, too, has had no impact on the way authorities dispose municipal solid waste (MSW). …
