Margao: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has disclosed plans to convene a joint meeting with the concerned parties to review the status of the waste treatment plant at Sonsodo.
Bangalore, Improper disposal of solid waste, both by the public and Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is causing direct contamination of groundwater, according to Dr M A Farooqui, scientist, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). Delivering a lecture on 'Ground water management in Bangalore Metropolitan region' at the Geological Society of …
Distillation, reverse osmosis can help purify water Water samples were found with undesirable levels of nitrate in Bangalore rural areas. Borewells in Bangalore Urban and Rural areas have shown the presence of high levels of nitrate, total hardness, pH and fluoride content, according to a recent study conducted by the …
Hoteliers enlist their rates MARGAO, The deadlock between the Margao Municipal Council and the South Goa Hotel Owners Association over the implementation of door-to-door garbage collection continues over the question of collection fees. The rates quoted by Margao Municipal Council are not acceptable to hotel owners, who have enlisted their …
SIVASAGAR, Disposal of urban waste such as municipal waste, biomedical waste, industrial waste, e-waste etc has become a big problem in India. Increasing production, consumption and improper disposal of waste have become the main source of pollution in air, soil and water. Moreover, garbage accumulation is resulting in the serious …
Three days time given to traders against using them COIMBATORE: Beginning May 12, the Corporation will ban plastics in the city. The civic body has given three days time starting Monday to plastics manufacturers, traders, users and a few others to stop using plastics that are less than 41 micron. …
PANJIM, The Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) in a special meeting on Friday passed a resolution to construct Municipal Solid Waste Management facility and sanitary land fill site at Taleigao. It also approved to construct compound wall and bio-fencing on a plot of land surveyed as 268/1(P), 273/2 …
Treatment plant proposal awaiting government nod Kudumbasree units to revive, garbage collection, Ward-level awareness, meetings planned KANNUR: The Kannur municipality has taken steps to resume garbage disposal, Municipal Chairperson M.C. Sreeja said at a press conference here on Tuesday. Garbage disposal was affected following protests by residents near the civic …
Five-feet long, two-feet wide and about three feet in height, the biogas machine designed and developed by the Bangalore-based Scalene Cybernetics Limited looks a trifle unwieldy for the kitchen in an average flat. The machine, though, has the potential of revolutionising the fuel use in urban households by ridding them …
Several areas across the city faced water shortage on Monday after two major water treatment plants were closed following the detection of a high quantity of ammonia in the Yamuna. A Delhi Jal Board official said the Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants had to be closed at 2 pm …
Non-vegetarian waste, vegetable leftovers and kitchen garbage are all set to become productive. The Delhi government is roping in the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for three pilot projects under which animal carcass waste matter from the Ghazipur abattoir, canteen waste from the Delhi Secretariat and vegetable leftovers from Azadpur …
Vaporising household waste to create clean energy could solve two of humanity's biggest environmental problems at once. But is "gasification" as green as it sounds?
Units with a capacity of 1, 2, 5 and 10 tonnes per day would be ideal for the urban local bodies in the country. These units can also be made to work in the rural areas for handling agro-waste. Thiruvananthapuram: The
Over 1 lakh people residing in and around Vasco could face a major epidemic, with the main PWD water pipeline heavily corroded and submerged in sewage water at Zari-Zuarinagar in Sancoale. More alarming is the fact that despite the issue being brought to the notice of various authorities, nothing much …
SANTOSH K. KIRO Clean-up act Ranchi, March 12: Kitchen waste will soon become valuable. The civic body in the state capital would set up a plant at Bero, some 35km from here, to convert the waste generated from households into compost
Our Correspondent . Rajshahi Participants in a seminar on Monday stressed the need for utilising huge quantity of household wastes produced in the Rajshahi city everyday. Household wastes can be turned in assets such as gas and fertiliser by properly utilising them, they told the seminar held at Nagar Bhaban …
Work is yet to begin, even though government has given nod Though the State Government has reportedly agreed in principle to allocate adequate funds to desilt and concretise the Tirunelveli, Kodagan, Arugankulam and Palayam irrigation channels, all passing through the corporation limits to provide succour to thousands of people, the …
Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the most neglected aspects of India's environment and the recent Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 have made it mandatory for the administrative authority of any area to undertake responsibility for all activities relating to municipal solid waste management (MSWM). A …
