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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bhausaheb S/o Bhimaji Kulat & Others Vs The State of Maharashtra & Others dated 04/12/2013 on the issue of necessary authorisation for proper collection and Management of Municipal Solid Waste by Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/9-2013(THC)(WZ)%20(OA)_4Dec2013.pdf
Residents of Vellalore wearing oxygen masks carrying Nebulizer equipments came to the district collectorate here to give a fresh petition seeking the shifting of city corporation's garbage dump yard from their locality. The residents also carried a banner citing that all government representatives in the district ranging from elected legislators …
In a twist to the proposed Calangute garbage treatment plant issue, residents of Saligao, under the banner of 'Saligao garbage struggle' (SGS), on Monday said that unless the government fulfils their five demands, they will shortly file a contempt petition in the high court, asking the government to implement the …
The bio-medical waste at Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta (SSPG) divisional hospital is not being disposed off properly. The contract with the private company which was collecting the bio-medical waste has been terminated and it has not been renewed so far. According to superintendent in chief, Dr VK Srivastava, hospital administration …
It seems that Pune is inching towards goal of a plastic-free city. Following suit of its neighbouring Lonavla Municipal Council (LMC), the Talegaon Dabhade Municipal Council (TMC) has initiated plastic ban in the area. Plastic ban earned rich dividends as the hill station managed to avert major flooding due to …
The twin cities will soon say goodbye to mounds of garbage and sport squeaky-clean look within six weeks if the civic administration's plan comes through. The Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has launched an initiative that involves cleaning up the whole city on Fridays. The cities with 10 lakh people spread …
The Una Municipal Committee (MC) is dumping solid waste on the Swan river banks in violations of pollution norms. However, a solid waste management plant, constructed at a cost of Rs 60 lakh, has failed to function ever since it was built about 10 years ago. MC officials said the …
Conservation of the lakes can significantly enhance the much wanted and rapidly declining underground water availability in and around the growing city of Coimbatore. This was one of the major ecological functions of the lakes possibly conceived by the far-sighted Tamil kings in the past. 800 years old wetland which …
Male City Council on Wednesday warned that the waste issues in the capital could re-surface over the difficulties faced in managing and disposal of waste. Council member Ibrahim Shujau said, although the waste is being loaded directly to a vessel, the process is extremely costly. In that regard, Shujau said …
The joint meeting of Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) and Curti-Khandepar Panchayat on Tuesday seems to have reached a consensus over PMC’s garbage treatment facility at Kerye-Khandepar. The meeting was convened by Ponda Deputy Collector Johnson Fernandes to sort out the ongoing tussle between PMC and Curti-Khandepar Panchayat over PMC’s garbage …
People residing in the narrow and dingy lanes of Garhi Sarai, Dondipur and Sabzi Mandi are complaining about poor sanitary conditions existing in the localities for the past couple of months. In spite of several complaints, no action has been taken to clear up garbage strewn in different parts of …
A Bengali scientist has made a path-breaking discovery that has the potential to free the city from the plastic "noose". Devjani Banerjee, who was born in the city but migrated to Gujarat when she was a toddler, has identified three species of bacteria that can degenerate plastics in days. Laboratory …
Solid waste management in the city shows no signs of improvement. A2Z, the solid waste management firm, is currently on its second stint here despite a fallout with Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) almost two years ago. Once again, the agency has failed to start work within the stipulated time frame. …
In middle-class environmentalism, there is no appetite for changing lifestyles to minimise waste and pollution. In the past 10 years, India's environmental movement has undergone a rebirth. It was first born in the 1970s, when the industrialised world was seeing the impact of growth on its environment. In that decade, …
Chandigarh, November 24: Ending the controversy over allotment of land for disposal of waste in Patiala, the gram panchayat of Dudhar village has handed over 20 acres of land to the Patiala Municipal Corporation. Of the total eight clusters, barring Pathankot, work has already been allotted for the Ferozepur, Jalandhar …
Bhimduttanagar municipality has gone stinking and dirty after no management of solid wastes piled up in thoroughfares here. The market has worn a deserted look for no proper disposal of solid wastes scattered everywhere. Though the municipality has deputed human resource for the management of waste here, the pile-up of …
Under scanner of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Odisha Government has notified an eight-member panel, headed by Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra, which will examine the environmental issues affecting pilgrim town Puri. The panel will shortly visit Puri and suggest strategies that need to be adopted for controlling the alarming …
The dead are being denied a decent farewell and a clean resting place as sewage and effluents from nearby houses and dyeing units seep into a cemetery run by the town panchayat at Metupatti in Chinnalapatti. Locals have another reason to be livid as the civic body has started to …
The condition of solid waste management in the city is not showing any sign of improvement. A2Z, the solid waste management firm on its second stint in the city after a fallout with the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) almost two years back, is failing once again to take over the …
Villagers from Curti-Khandepar, Ponda, have threatened to intensify agitation to demand immediate stoppage of garbage treatment facility being developed by Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) at Kerye-Khandepar. The decision was taken during a meeting at Kerye late Tuesday evening which was attended by Panchas Anand Zalmi and Supriya Gaude. About 100 …
