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 …
Though generation of waste has gone up steeply in the Capital in particular and the Kathmandu Valley in general, local bodies have largely failed to dispose of waste. According to the Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre (SWMTSC), 40 per cent of waste produced in Kathmandu is not picked up …
Though the Karachi Corporation (KMC) and district Municipal Corporations (DMC) carried out operations for lifting the offal of the sacrificial animals from across the city but the lime dusting process was not thorough. Extremely foul odour was a source of utter mental torture, which needed a fast track lime dusting …
The government has full faith in the proposed garbage plant at Curchorem; however, locals have expressed fears of pollution, traffic mess, loss of farmland and question the need for such a large plant. The State government may have full faith in the proposed Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) project at …
Mumbai : The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to engage public relation (PR) firms to educate citizens on effective waste management. It has called for proposals from firms to devise strategies to spread awarenesss about garbage disposal in housing societies. Along the lines of Bhagidari scheme in Delhi, encouraging …
Chandigarh may be one of the most planned cities of the world but its way of handling garbage leaves much to be desired. The Tribune reporter Rajinder Nagarkoti finds out that the waste generated is not yet being segregated. The Municipal Corporation spends crores of rupees on the purchase of …
DIRT REIGNS: City’s Subways, Public Loos And Bus Stands Are Best Avoided, Finds TOI Survey Subways, public toilets, bus stands and roadside eateries – these record the most footfalls in the city every day. But one glance at these public places can deter you from taking the first step. While …
Absence of workers to collect waste and lack of information negate the very purpose of the project, they say In the northern parts of R.S. Puram that come under Ward 23 of the Coimbatore Corporation, Mayor S.M. Velusamy, councillors and officials launched the zero waste management project, Shunya, on October …
With the first community-based sewerage treatment plant in place, the Ugrachandi Nala VDC in Kavrepalanchok district has become a model community in achieving total sanitation. Open defecation, uncontrolled disposal of garbage and unmanaged drainage were a common view in the VDC just a few years ago. Now the scenario has …
A city based NGO has launched an online petition to protect Chennai's beaches which have virtually become a dumping yard for garbage. According to Dr K Prahalathan of Bhumi who mooted the campaign Clean up Chennai Beaches, beaches in Chennai are slowly dying because of garbage. "But the corporation is …
The fifth day of Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC) My City, Clean City campaign ended on a high note. Around 50 children from Mahdibagh colony gathered and cleaned up the plush residential area on Sunday morning. Cleanliness activities were carried out across the city too. NMC has removed over 377 tonnes …
After having remained in limbo for years, finally the much-hyped solid waste management project of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has finally moved an inch forward with the latter getting approval from the government to start it on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis. According to JMC authorities, the project was for long …
Members of a garbage committee and the Cansaulim-Arossim-Cuelim action committee, on Wednesday, traced the garbage dumping grounds of a hotel in the village during a clean-up drive after a special village gram sabha session. Items including hotel's stationery of paper files with the hotel letterheads, menu cards, toll naka coupons, …
The city municipal corporation's long-pending initiative to promote source segregation of daily household garbage to aim at zero waste management has finally been initiated in 500 households in five different streets of RS Puram. The pilot project will see corporation workers collecting wet and sanitary waste from the houses in …
On Bapu’s B’day, Youth Brigade Makes Clean Sweep Of Gandhi Road It was halla bol on the dirt monster as nearly 250 waste warriors descended on Gandhi Road on Wednesday to observe Gandhi Jayanti. They joined hands with Ahmedabad’s Youth Brigade to make the city’s 600-year-old core garbage-free. While students …
Pakistan’s largest metropolitan and the worlds third most densely populated city suffers from severe pollution due to a lack of interest by successive governments in tackling environment degradation. Without any environmental management policies, the city suffers everything, from air pollution to noise pollution; and water pollution to lack of sanitation …
The National Green Tribunal has stopped the construction of a garbage disposal enclosure in IP Extension following a petition alleging that the dumping site might cause adverse health impacts upon hundreds of students flocking the area daily. The under-construction garbage disposal site is located right opposite the regional office of …
Around 500 people, including 200 staffers from the metropolis, gathered on the banks of the Bishnumati River today to take part in the river cleaning campaign today. Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office initiated the campaign today to clean the Bishnumati River by removing solid waste and urging all not to throw …
Around 4 km stretch near Devguradia trenching ground has been highly polluted due to huge pile of municipal waste and unauthorized burning of garbage, leading to low visibility and foul odour, stated the reply filed by Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) in high court, on Wednesday. Indore bench of …
Leachate flowing with rain water contaminates Mavallipura's lifeline Good rains after two years of drought are always a welcome proposition, but not for the residents of Mavallipura as the showers have only brought miseries to them. Reason: Highly toxic leachate continue to flow from the mountains of garbage from the …
The Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) has issued guidelines for celebration of Durga Puja in an eco-friendly manner. As per the general guidelines, the idols of Goddess Durga should be made from natural materials as described in the holy scripts. Natural clay, bamboo, choir ropes, straw, etc., should be used …
