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 …
After Bio-medical waste, it's now chemical waste that is threatening the city. A truck carrying huge quantity of chemical waste from a beverage plant was intercepted on Monday. It was the Mandur villagers who stopped a vehicle around 9 pm on Monday night and alerted the BBMP officials about efforts …
The civic body is trying to identify place for more transfer stations for proper municipal solid waste management under JNNURM project. While the city needs to have four transfer stations, presently, only one transfer station is in operation, said health in-charge of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) Munnalal Yadav. He further …
Hyderabad: The city could be heading for a major health crisis if current conditions in the city continue the way they are, say experts. Such an event could very well happen if the municipal authorities do not pull up their socks to improve sanitation and urgently clean up the city. …
Ecologist says sustained campaign to create awareness essential The proposed ban and boycott on plastic carry bags in the city can be a good idea, but requires proper groundwork and a sustained campaign to ensure its success, feels ecologist S. Faizi. Reacting to the concept mooted by political parties, proposing …
The fire at the Sada garbage dump in Vasco and the subsequent smoke rising from the site has inconvenienced residents of the area. Environment minister Alina Saldanha has said she will receive a report from the Goa state pollution control board on Monday based on the inspection conducted by the …
Jaipur:Not only the opposition but the administration too has picked holes in city’s sanitation work. Taking a strong exception to the muck and dirt scattered during the chief minister’s programme at the Scouts & Guides headquarters located at Ram Niwas Bagh here on Monday, the district collector shoots a letter …
Refuse piles up by roadsides as government and Corporation slug it out On December 20, 2011, when the last truckloads of garbage from the capital city rolled into the solid waste treatment plant at Vilappilsala, not many in the city thought that the next day would be any different. Harsh …
Irate residents to meet CM over ‘illegal dumping’ Roiled by garbage trucks being allowed inside the Mandur landfill site despite protests, members of the Mandur grama panchayat on Tuesday said they would meet Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar shortly to discuss the matter. Lamenting the pathetic state of their village, the …
The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit the status report on illegal dumping of debris and waste in Subramanyapura Lake in Uttarahalli of Bangalore South. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) on the garbage crisis in the City on December 13, the …
A huge tract of land in Masjid Moth Phase-I, originally intended to be used as a park, has become a dump yard of sorts, much to the chagrin of residents of the adjacent DDA colony. They say this place has had several fires in the past, the latest one in …
PONDA: Environment Minister Alina Saldanha has urged people to act responsibly to solve the growing garbage problem in the State. She was addressing a function at the Goa Vidhyaprasarak Mandal’s (GVM) plastic-free campaign at Ponda on Thursday. As part of the drive, students from the GVM’s schools were asked to …
At a time when the civic administration has been drawing flak for its poor garbage disposal, it will now take up the additional task of clearing garbage from colonies owned by public agencies such as MMRDA and MHADA. At present, BMC is responsible for managing solid waste from all private …
The Himachal Pradesh High Court (HC) has stressed that keeping tourist places neat and clean is the joint duty of municipal bodies and the public. It has told the state government to consider the imposition of higher penalties for violation of civic laws. Passing the order, a division Bench comprising …
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the state government to comply with the ban as ordered by the court earlier in relation to a PIL pertaining to Ganga pollution in which the court had asked the authorities to ban polythene bags of certain specification from being …
The East Municipal Corporation had decided to enlist the help of an NGO for its door-to-door garbage collection project. This was approved in the Standing Committee meeting on Thursday. The corporation will tie up with Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group for its cleanliness drive. The corporation is taking up …
The High Court on Thursday issued directions to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to take stringent action against bulk garbage generators, who fail to dispose of garbage along established guidelines. Hearing a set of petitions related to garbage problems in the City, the Division Bench headed by Justice N …
East Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to start a pilot project of door-todoor garbage collection. CHINTAN Environment Research and Action Group, a Delhibased NGO, will be roped in for the project. It will initially be given three wards. “The NGO has to set up a material recovery facility. If its …
The green bench of Himachal Pradesh high court has ordered imposition of up to Rs.200 as fine for first-time offenders littering public spaces and asked the government to consider imposing a higher penalty. The court, in a recent judgment, also ordered that for subsequent offences, week-long community service could be …
The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has intensified its efforts to dissipate the message over garbage disposal across the city. Besides initiating projects to convert waste into energy by adopting new technologies by tying up with a couple of industries and institutions, it has now taken up an intensive campaign to …
PANJIM: Peeved at the lack of visible results on the garbage management front, the Indo German Friendship Society questioned chairman of Goa State Pollution Board Jose Manuel Noronha on the issue of garbage strewn about the place and stated that burning of garbage along roadsides was occurring due to failure …
