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 …
नई दिल्ली।। तमाम कोशिशों के बावजूद यमुना में गंदगी कम नहीं हो रही। न उसमें गिरने वाली सीवर लाइनें रहम कर रही हैं और न आस्था के अंधे उसे खुली हवा में सांस लेने दे रहे हैं। लेकिन अब ऐसा करना आपकी जेब पर बहुत भारी पड़ सकता है। इस …
Birgunj Sub-metropolitan City, the Asian Development Bank and Municipal Development Fund today signed a memorandum of understanding for a Rs 3.25-billion project for the construction of sewage system and management of garbage in the sub-metropolis. The deal was signed under middle urban integrated environmental reform project for the long-term solution …
The Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) had prepared the CSP with support from GIZ-ASEM (German International Cooperation), Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society (CDD), Bangalore and CEPT University, Ahmedabad, in 2011. The plan is driven by the vision of 100% sanitation as per NUSP guidelines, envisaging that by 2020, the city would …
Colva panchayat plans to implement a unique garbage management proposal which they hope will be a model for other villages to follow. Colva panch Calvert Gonsalves explained that the project involves the use of compacting machines. Gonsalves said that in this method the panchayat will take all the waste in …
All eyes are focussed on the visit of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to the city on Tuesday, as Navelim villagers are looking forward to a solution to their garbage woes after Margao Municipal Council refused to accept waste from the village. On the eve of Parrikar’s visit, the Fisheries Minister …
The state government has constituted a high-powered committee to review implementation of the Guwahati solid waste management project, which appears grounded at present. That the project, being implemented in public-private partnership (PPP) mode, is currently in doldrums is clearly indicated by the heaps of stinking garbage that have become a …
Committee will comprise industries and vendors In order to reduce the burden on landfill sites, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will constitute a panel of industries and vendors to sort out ‘best out of waste’ from the garbage heaps in the City. The decision to set up a committee was …
ONE MORE ATTEMPT: Citizens Not Part Of Pilot Project Yet; ITC Adopts 12 Wards, Provides Accessories Bangalore: It’s back to the basics of garbage management. BBMP wants waste segregated at home, to reduce recyclable waste sent to landfills. But the onus is not yet on the citizen. Beginning Tuesday, the …
It is widely documented that marine debris is detrimental to the marine ecological environment. While there are various sources of marine debris, that generated by ships constitutes a significant proportion. Annex V of MARPOL 73/78 is to regulate the discharge of garbage from ships; in particular, it prohibits all kinds …
Surat’s sporadic expansion between the 80’s and the 90’s resulted in a major service gap in the field of solid waste management (SWM). It resulted in one of the major epidemic in the form of Plague in the year 1994, which was probably the worst in the country in decades. …
Raps Chief For Not Reading Court Judgment Bangalore: “Garbage in the corporation (BBMP) has to be removed first. Segregate them (officials) and if necessary, throw them out.” This was the stern message from the high court to M Lakshminarayana, commissioner of BBMP. A special division bench headed by Justice N …
City doctors have reported a spurt in dengue and malaria cases this month and attribute it to the fluctuating temperature and the intermittent rains. Civic health officials said on Thursday that the number of cases has shot up in June and asked people to take necessary precautions and ensure there …
A Spanish resort town with sprawling golf courses and tree-lined beaches has added another green site to its attractions: the world's first plant to convert sewage into clean energy. The facility in Chiclana de la Frontera on the southwest tip of Spain uses wastewater and sunlight to produce algae-based biofuel …
AHMEDABAD: After spending lakhs over cleaning the Sabarmati river bed in recent months, insensitive citizens continue to throw garbage into it in the name of religious paraphernalia. Plastic bags today can be seen strewn all over the river. This, even while special containers are being provided on every bridge for …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to implement compulsory segregation of waste in a phased manner. To start with, segregation will be made compulsory in 31 wards in core areas of the City from July 1. Addressing a gathering at the Karnataka High Court, BBMP Commissioner M Lakshminarayana …
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) is now distributing 200,000 garbage collecting bags among residents in the city to implement the collection of 'separated garbage only' program from June 1, Municipal Commissioner Badrani Jayawardena told the Sunday Observer. She said the CMC started distributing polythene sacks on May 15 in Kirulapone …
Residents and social activists have urged candidates contesting in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation civic polls, to be held on June 19, to clean the Bharalu river. They want the elected representatives to work together, cutting across party lines, and help clean the polluted river. A study conducted by the Central …
Residents have dubbed Thane as a “garbage city” since it generates nearly 92,000 kg of plastic trash daily and there is little scope proper disposal. The city’s population has crossed the 20-lakh mark. Rising economic prosperity and rapid urbanization have inadvertently resulted in huge piles of plastic waste. A major …
BBMP to soon float tenders for constructing 500 toilets The acute shortage of public toilets in the City has cast a doom on the pedestrian subways as people have turned them into urinals. The pedestrian subways in the City are in a pathetic condition with people urinating and spitting there. …
Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui assured the members of Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) of early removal of garbage, currently left unattended in the tannery zone of Korangi Industrial Area (KIA). He was talking to the delegation jointly led by Vice President Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries Gulzar Feroz and …
