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 …
DIBRUGARH: The Dibrugarh will soon have Rs 16 crore worth of waste management plant at Jokai area, 8 km away from Dibrugarh town. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) sponsored project would be constructed on acquired two hundred bighas of land and are expected to be completed, if everything goes well, …
Starting October 1, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike hopes, Bangalore residents will start segregating waste at their doorstep. The initiative comes after weeks of garbage rotting both on the city streets and landfills around it, and followed a nudge from the Karnataka High Court. The move to codify the policy on …
Solvency requirement reduced to Rs 25 lakh a package The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has incorporated new provisions in the garbage contracts to ensure accountability and allow participation of more class-I contractors in the tender process. Addressing reporters here on Monday, Palike Commissioner Rajneesh Goel said the new conditions …
Arrangement to last for a year in 12 zones, pending privatisation of operations Temporary arrangements for transportation of debris and garbage in yet-to-be-privatised zones are likely to be in place this week. The Chennai Corporation Council is likely to permit a private player to cart garbage and debris in 12 …
JAIPUR: The civic body, after facing strong criticism for delaying the door-to-door garbage collection scheme, is now finally set to launch it. The contracted A to Z firm will start door-to-door garbage collection from Wednesday in the city. While talking to media, Jaipur Municipal Corporation's (JMC) chief executive officer (CEO), …
Interests of politicians, real estate and big business turn Bangalore into a dump yard The IT hub has been in crisis mode for over three weeks, as all three major landfills, that for years took in Bangalore's trash of 5,000 million tonnes a day, suddenly refused to do so, allegedly …
Bhubaneswar: With the Centre assuring chief minister Naveen Patnaik to upgrade the city airport into an international airport, the Odisha government today issued direction to the civic and airport authorities to ensure that there was no bird menace in the aerodrome area. It has been decided to make airport buildings …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will be issuing a fresh circular for the solid waste management (SWM) of bulk waste generators on September 21. According to BBMP officials, the new circular is going to ensure that bulk waste generators like marriage halls, hotels and other such commercial properties will …
It affects smooth movement of traffic too Heaps of garbage piled up on Meyyanur Road, in front of New Bus Stand, for the last 20 days raises questions about the Salem City’s Municipal Corporation’s claims about maintaining sanitation properly. The garbage, mostly stale non-vegetarian food, waste from eateries, rotten fruits, …
HC directions come on MP Navjot Sidhu’s plea on sanitation Chandigarh: It may be the end of “the dirty picture” for Amritsar residents. Just over 10 days after Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu raised a dust over the issue of garbage accumulating in the holy city, the Punjab and Haryana …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has taken up solid waste management (SWM) on a war footing, will make segregation of garbage at source a simple process for citizens. As per a new policy, the Palike will clear dry waste only on Sundays. “We will remove foul-smelling kitchen waste …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed the Amritsar municipal commissioner to take effective steps within six weeks to ensure garbage dumped on city roads is collected by the civic body. While directing the commissioner Dharam Pal to make arrangements for door-to-door collection of garbage within a fortnight, …
‘Creating awareness, training pourakarmikas will ensure success The City’s Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) are happy that BBMP has finally issued a notice making garbage segregation at source mandatory. But they feel it is necessary to prepare the people for the move by educating them. Many are game for segregating the …
Residents and companies have been testing a pilot project to reduce the amount of garbage produced in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, as the city tries to tackle its garbage crisis. The new system requires local residents to pay extra if they dump more garbage, but to pay less …
Asia’s second largest brackish water lagoon, the Pulicat lake, is turning into a garbage dump with residents, fisherfolk, shopkeepers and visitors using the water body to discard wastes. On Saturday, a large group of volunteers, including school and college students, cleaned the lake and collected 1.5 tonnes of wastes. The …
GUWAHATI, Sept 14 – A fresh survey of the Greater Guwahati areas should be undertaken and a drainage master plan or a detailed project report should be prepared, basing on the ground realities like the existing and proposed land use patterns, present topography etc to save the city from the …
The tourist village of Colva is grappling with the problem of garbage collection and disposal. It’s one of the few coastal villages still facing a ban on multi-dwelling units since the last three years for want of waste disposal mechanism. Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) report filed in the …
Segregation of garbage at source into dry waste, wet waste and plastic waste will be made mandatory across Bangalore from October 1. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Wednesday issued a notification to this effect, and warned that residents who do not implement this rule will be penalised. Responding …
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Harijan Mazdoor Union alleged that Ramky has failed to solve the garbage problem of Guwahati city. Talking to reporters here today, Union’s general secretary Dinonath Basphor said Ramky had violated the agreements of the contract signed by Ramky with the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC). “The Ramky …
Manufacturing units and other industries may have to pay penalties if they don’t manage solid waste generated by them at source. The government plans to introduce legislation that will mandate manufacturers to segregate waste at source, said Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar. Kumar made the announcement on Tuesday, while …
