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 …
Recognizing the need for further research within the broader domain of internal migration in India and especially on the condition of migrant children in Kolkata, in 2013, the Institute of Social Sciences, Kolkata collaborated with the UNICEF Office for West Bengal to jointly complete the proposed project called "Children of …
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is planning to involve the private sector for door-to-door garbage collection in the city. Although private firms were collecting waste from homes and streets, it was illegal till the Waste Management Act 2011 came into force. However, private companies are still collecting waste without any agreement …
For the whole of 2013, Patnaites have been complaining about the Patna Municipal Corporation's (PMC) apathy in keeping the state capital free of garbage, potholes and craters, waterlogging, mosquitoes, encroachment and khatals. They have also been decrying the absence of street light, dustbins, public urinals etc. What is more galling …
Cost of transporting mixed garbage is high and segregating it at source could reduce cost by 30 per cent, says former KSPCB chairman H.C. Sharat Chandra There is a viewpoint that there is no need to segregate waste at source into wet and dry as technology can manage mixed garbage …
DMK members oppose the move citing earlier ‘bitter’ experience The Vellore Corporation is to privatise solid waste management- right from garbage clearance and up to segregation and generation of compost- in all its four zones. A resolution has been passed to this effect at the council meet held here on …
This “Key Indicators” document presents estimates of some key characteristics of slums such as number of slums, approximate number of households living in the slums, proportion of slums without electricity, proportion of slums without drainage facilities, proportion of slums without a garbage disposal system, proportion of slums with the majority …
Department of Census and Statistics conducts Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) once in every five years. This survey provides information on Household Income and Expenditure to measure the levels and changes in living conditions of the people. Data collected from this survey is used to observe the consumption patterns …
With the state government deciding to boost solid and liquid waste management (SLWM) in rural areas, the scheme was launched in as many as 14 village panchayats in the district on Sunday. Inaugurating the programme that is being implemented at an estimated cost of Rs12.34cr at Malumichampatty, state agriculture minister …
The Calangute comunidade has decided to file an objection to the land acquisition proceedings in connection with the proposed garbage treatment plant ( GTP) atop the Calangute hill. A unanimous resolution to this effect was adopted at an extraordinary general body meeting of shareholders at Calangute on Sunday. "It was …
Over 40 tonnes of undeclared waste plastics have been returned overseas and a total of 200 tonnes of hazardous zinc tailings innocuously disposed, according to Qingdao customs in east China's Shandong Province on Sunday. In accordance with orders by the country's General Administration of Customs, Qingdao launched "Operation Green Fence" …
“No action taken despite repeated representations” Volunteers of Palar Padhugappu Vizhippunarvu Iyakkam (Palar Protection Awareness Movement), Vellore district, residents of Kangeyanallur, members of women self-help groups, male youths and students staged a demonstration in front of the Vellore district office of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) at Gandhinagar here …
Apparently seeking to regain lost political grounds in Bihar, Congress leaders and workers undertook cleanliness drive in the state capital here today to evoke curiously of the people. The Congress workers led by the state unit chief Ashok Kumar Chaudhary took brooms in their hands and removed garbage lying on …
The recent decision of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to impose heavy penalties on citizens for throwing garbage in the open has evoked mixed reactions from AMC office-bearers and local people. While talking to TOI on Sunday, some corporators strongly objected to the move and demanded immediate roll back of …
The well water in the area around the railway platform constructed using garbage at Murukkumpuzha is unfit for direct consumption as per the Bureau of Indian Standards [BIS], says an analysis report filed by the technical committee for studying complaints about ground water contamination in and around the railway platform …
The state government will commence a nine-day state-level interactive campaign from December 13 to 21, to create awareness about the solid waste programme among the elected representatives and staff of self governing bodies in the state. Chief secretary Sanjay Srivastava will address the sarpanchas, deputy sarpanchas, panchas, secretaries, chairpersons, deputy …
At the request of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), organized a stakeholder meeting to discuss improvements that can be made to the management of municipal waste in the city of Colombo. The meeting was held at …
In a bid to save fragile ecology of tribal Kinnaur district located along China border, Kinnaur district administration has decided to launch door-to-door garbage collection scheme besides setting up a solid waste disposal plant. But before that a sensitization and awareness programme would be launched during which efforts would be …
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced measures on Tuesday to try to combat a fresh rubbish emergency in the area around the southern city of Naples where organized crime and widespread abuse have created a chronic environmental crisis. The so-called "terra dei fuochi", the "fire country" between Naples and nearby …
Garbage generated in Gonikoppa ends up on the banks of river Keere, causing irreversible damage to the environment. If the situation continues, then the river might become extinct from the scene in the near future. The disposal of waste was not a problem in Gonikoppa in the past. However, with …
Even as the city's administration is struggling to bail out citizens from garbage woes, Nimhans has come up with novel ways to stand out in solid waste management. Nimhans is probably the first hospital in the city to go completely zero waste. On Wednesday, it inaugurated its organic waste converter …
