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 …
The residents of Mandur remained indoors as ban orders under Section 144 of the CrPC remained in force for the fourth consecutive day in the village in the wake of protests against dumping of garbage at the landfill site. Amid tight security, nearly 200 truckloads of garbage from the City …
Even as much is being said and done by the State Government to keep ancient shrines and heritage sites clean, these claims fall flat when it comes to Odisha’s most popular shrine - the Puri Jagannath Temple. Pilgrims to the shrine are greeted by garbage, notwithstanding the regular cleanliness drive …
The 75-crore solid waste management plant coming up at Jhiri, near Ratu, under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) is expected to become operational by March-end. Officials of A2Z Waste Management Private Limited — the partner agency of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) that is constructing the plant — said …
More than 100 vehicles stranded; residents continue protest Stiff resistance by the residents of Mandur against dumping garbage in the landfill there has forced more than 100 trucks to be stationed near the Hoskote Circle. On Tuesday too, there was no sign of the villagers relenting. The villagers’ protest had …
Chennai Corporations plans to introduce specially-designed bags; move follows study by civic body The Chennai Corporation has planned to replace garbage bins with specially-designed bags to facilitate better collection of refuse in the city. The new system is intended to prevent ragpickers from spoiling the area around a garbage bin, …
The Gurgaon District Administration on Monday started a pilot project for collecting household garbage from villages and posh areas of the city which would be carefully segregated to extract recyclable materials. The waste management endeavour will be taken up in rural and posh areas under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) for …
The Vilappilsala people's forum on Monday contended that the environmental study ordered by the Kerala High Court at Vilappisala treatment plant is unwarranted as the functioning of the waste plant there has been statutorily prohibited. The Samara Samithi (forum of protesters) put forward this contention in an affidavit filed in …
The holy waters of Beas river have gradually become a dustbin, sewerage and even a corpse-yard for the residents as well as visitors in Kullu. It's blue water, with white rapids, looks so beautiful from a distance, but the reality remains quite different. Be it hotels, restaurants, houses or even …
The Karnataka High Court has made waste-segregation at source mandatory. Will this rid the city of its garbage woes, asks Imran Khan IN THE past four months, Bengaluru, the ‘garden city’, has turned into a ‘garbage city’ as the BJP-led state government and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP, the …
Today, there are at least three basic facts about the waste that we see all around us in Indian cities and towns. One, gone are the days when garbage was considered a “waste” in terms of the huge spending that local bodies had to make to collect and dispose it …
Volunteers of the Theeram Nature Conservation Society, engaged in protecting the endangered Olive Ridley turtles reaching the nesting site on the Kolavipalam-Kotta beach in Kozhikode district for years, have reported grave threat to the turtles due to the large quantities of garbage dumped in the sea by fishing boats. Society …
A traders’ group of Dergaon town in the adjoining Golaghat district has launched a campaign to keep the town clean and has started the same by procuring dustbins from a company at an affordable price to be placed before a shop. The Dergaon Chamber of Commerce also has plans to …
Collector V.N. Jithendran, who is also the Executive Magistrate, has ordered the immediate removal and safe disposal of the waste accumulated on the banks of the Pampa in the downstream reaches of Arattu-kadavu at Pampa in the foothills of Sabarimala on Sunday. Responding to The Hindu report on Sunday exposing …
The Mangalore City Corporation has decided to give a new year gift to the residents by collecting the garbage from their doorsteps. The door-to-door collection of the garbage will be extended to all the 60 wards before the new year, Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar said. Now, the …
PONDA: Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho has stated that he has initiated steps to set up garbage treatment plant similar to that of Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) in Dabolim constituency. Godinho was speaking during his visit to the newly installed organic waste converter at PMC. Godinho was also accompanied by Chicalim …
Ecosystem is affected by uneducated, unplanned and ineffective waste management. The cycle of garbage generation and recycling is effective to make the cities environment more pollution free, clean, green and habitable for healthy living. In an effort to understand the dynamics of waste management and scope in Delhi & NCR …
The BMC has appointed a technical advisory committee of experts to tackle solid waste management problems in the city. It will have its first meeting in early December. The panel includes the zonal director-general of National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Mumbai office, officials from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, …
The stench of putrefying garbage may become all pervasive if the Palike has its ‘unique way’ for garbage segregation. The civic agency is considering setting up waste segregation points beneath the flyovers across the City. At a review meeting held on Monday, Mayor D Venkateshmurthy said the Palike officials should …
Cattle rearers allegedly threaten gangmen from collecting waste While the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) is boasting about managing the waste effectively in the city, there are several areas where the civic body and elected representatives have turned a blind-eye towards the issue. One such spot, where garbage has been left …
‘Present contractors shall carry dry and wet wastes separately’ The High Court on Thursday set a deadline of two weeks for the Karnataka government and BBMP to submit a status report on steps taken to tackle the garbage menace in Bangalore. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by city-based …
