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 …
Lashing out at the State government, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), garbage contractors and elected representatives interfering in waste disposal process, the High Court on Wednesday asked what action the government has taken to solve the garbage problem in the City and said that the court will monitor the situation …
No garbage truck from Bangalore will enter Mandur after December 1. This decision was announced on Tuesday after a meeting at Vikasa Soudha chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Representatives of the village came out of the meeting holding a copy of the government’s schedule to taper the dumping. Bangalore District …
The Environmental Protection Ministry will be investing NIS 183 million in the regulation of waste in the Arab and Beduin sectors, under the framework of a new environmental-social justice strategy launched on Tuesday. As part of the annual Knesset Environment Day – held two weeks after World Environment Day – …
The trucks start rolling in before sunrise. Dozens of them, each tipping out tonnes of food waste, grass cuttings and foliage. A month from now this organic waste will leave here in the form of rich compost, as fine as sand. Here, in Vacaville, an hour by road north of …
Under pressure to avoid a garbage pile up crisis, the state government on Monday agreed to give a written undertaking to Mandur residents that dumping of waste in the landfills near the village would end in the next five months. Speaking to reporters in the City after a review meeting …
NGALORE: Continuing their agitation against the dumping of waste in their backyard, Mandur villagers launched an indefinite hunger strike on Sunday. They are firm on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visiting the village before agreeing to an extension to dump waste at the landfill. “I have not seen such a dastardly act …
We have managed to convince the villagers, says commissioner The decision of Mandur residents to give another chance to the government has brought a temporary solution to the mounting problem of garbage disposal. Residents of Mandur have agreed to “co-operate” with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike on dumping the City’s …
Area stinks as municipal authorities have not lifted garbage for the past three months In the absence of sweepers at Jugiana village, the residents are going through a torturous phase. Thanks to the apathy of the Municipal authorities, the village is in a bad condition for the past three months …
As garbage dumped along the road near Maruti Temple in Davorlim has not been cleared for the last two years, the pile of garbage has now blocked access to St Anne's kindergarten school and surrounding areas. It has made it impossible for students on foot, two-wheelers, four-wheelers and school buses …
NAVI MUMBAI: Nerul police registered an FIR against officials from solid waste disposal department and contractors for ferrying garbage in open trucks on Wednesday. This is the first time that an FIR has been lodged against any civic body for violating the solid waste disposal rules. BJP lodged a complaint …
As the debate over how the City should dispose of its waste rages and residents of Mandur village protest against dumping of trash in their neighbourhood, it is important to note that almost 55-60 per cent of all waste generated is by homes, when compared with markets, restaurants, commercial premises, …
Mandur villagers are restive. With the ban orders in force and BBMP garbage trucks continuing to dump garbage in their midst, they have decided to go on a satyagraha from Friday . Some 80 villagers met freedom fighter HS Doreswamy here on Wednesday and decided to undertake a fast unto …
Unchecked littering has cost us our rivers and this is particularly true about Sabarmati which today has more garbage than water downstream in the city. Religious paraphernalia thrown from bridges, agricultural waste, pesticides and fertilizers from monsoon run-offs, parts of riverbank turned into illegal garbage dumps and illegal discharge of …
Even as the existing sanitary landfill sites in the city are overflowing with garbage, the Congress has decided to protest the proposal of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to establish a sanitary landfill site at the Maidan Garhi village in South Delhi. Questioning the proposed location for garbage dumping, the …
Nearly 25 lakh tonnes of garbage have accumulated in Mandur landfill. Bangalore is not alone in facing garbage disposal problems. Mumbai and Delhi too face the disposal crisis. If Bangalore can’t dispose off 4,000 odd tonnes of waste generated every day, Mumbai and Delhi can’t treat the 7,500 tonnes and …
Chief says SMC has switched to mechanised garbage collection Even as the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has procured a fleet of hi-tech machinery for waste management, the corporation is short of 1,600 workers that is affecting garbage collection. “According to the norms, there should have been 4,500 sanitary workers against …
Hyderabad: If the GHMC’s boast of developing the city into a world-class one is to come true, it must start at the bottom, with better management of garbage and provisions of adequate garbage bins across the twin cities. Currently, for the 625 sq km area of the municipal corporation, there …
The government approved on Sunday an additional budget of NIS 42 million for environmental improvements in Beduin communities, to supplement the existing NIS 40m. budget already allocated for this purpose in July. Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz requested the funds in order to advanced waste treatment systems for the Beduin …
Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s campaign focused on community cleaning has gathered over 100 tonnes of waste in three days. With the success, KMC has planned to run the campaign every 15 days. The campaign saw a huge public participation, especially on Wednesday which coincided with Siti Nakha, a Newari tradition of …
More than 300 primary school students and soldiers cleared up trash around the Lhalu Wetland Conservation area in Lhasa, the Tibet autonomous region, on June 5 to mark the 43rd World Environment Day. The wetland area, the largest near a city in China, is vital in keeping Lhasa in its …
