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 …
Warning of serious action if the administration remained lackadaisical in resolving the city’s garbage disposal problem, the Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahangara Palike (BBMP) to file a report in three days on the situation. The court, in its order, also said …
South China's metropolis Guangzhou will begin a pilot garbage sorting program in September, the Economic Information reported Tuesday. The trial will offer a one-month grace period before imposing fines on people who do not follow the regulation on domestic waste sorting management of the city, according to the Guangzhou City …
The garbage crisis, which the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) claimed to have mitigated in the last 24 hours, is likely to worsen with residents of Mandur deciding on a blockade on Monday. Agitated by the amount of garbage being dumped at the landfill off Bangalore-Hoskote Road near Begur Cross, …
The City’s failure to adhere to the norm on garbage segregation at source may soon force the State government and BBMP to make it mandatory. The Palike is keen on such a step and is in the process of verifying whether the Supreme Court’s recent remark on the subject is …
A group of non-government organisations on Thursday blamed the Palike’s failure to segregate waste at source as the reason for garbage menace in the City. Members of Environment Support Group (ESG), the Citizens' Action Forum (CAF), Solid Waste Management Round Table and SAAHAS, Dalit Sangharsha Samithi and Hasiru Dala at …
Unattended rubbish heaps invite insects, rodents and stray animals. They do not, however, have any direct implication on people’s health, experts say. But if flies from garbage dumps bite someone, there are chances of him/her developing ‘insect bite allergy’, Dr Maya Philip, dermatologist, Mallya Hospital, said. There is no known …
The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the state government to take steps for a complete ban of plastic and sale of materials which are not biodegradable at Sabarimala Sannidhanam. “All beverages in plastic bottles, including aerated, and snacks in plastic covers should be banned,” the court said. The court …
Using the garbage of Dhaka city, the government for the first time is going to generate 50 megawatt of electricity to add to the national grid. KM Mozammel Hoq, additional secretary of the local government division of LGRD and Cooperatives ministry, said they had sought opinions of different ministries concerned …
New Delhi: After years of efforts to save Yamuna from getting choked by pollution, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) about the steps it had taken to reduce pollution in the river. With each of the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi branches shifting blame …
Herders of the Tibetan ethnic group are leading the charge in protecting grasslands and biodiversity in their communities, thanks to support from the government and environmental groups. In Tsochi village, Qinghai province, families have given up parts of their grazing land and removed fencing to create better habitats for wild …
Stench, mosquitoes, insects and snakes part of civic nightmare A choked drainage canal running through scores of residential areas is all that is needed to make life difficult for residents. It is one such drainage that has brought trouble for residents of Pachal panchayat as the dirty water stands still …
Railway track and stations will be cleaner in the days to come, with the railways deciding to install bio-toilets in all coaches in a phased manner. It, however, cautioned that the success of the project would depend upon the cooperation and discipline of passengers. The decision comes close on the …
MARGAO: Cavelossim gram sabha on Sunday witnessed a debate on the question of waste management system with agitated members demanding to know whether the starred hotels have put such a system in place for disposal of their waste. The gram sabha adopted a resolution asking the panchayat to immediately write …
The entire city turned a virtual garbage dumpyard on Wednesday, after 16,000 BBMP pourakarmikas struck work, refusing to pick up nearly 3,000 tonnes of garbage. Bangaloreans might have to bear the stench of uncleared garbage for a few more days, as the sanitation workers are on an “indefinite” strike against …
Vellore Collector Ajay Yadav on Wednesday laid the foundation for the Rs.45-lakh `Electricity Generation from Bio-Wastes’ project in Arcot Municipality, which he said was a pilot project for municipalities throughout Tamil Nadu, aimed at keeping the towns totally garbage-free. Mr. Yadav sought the cooperation of the public in the successful …
The much-awaited solid waste management project in Jamshedpur was set rolling on Wednesday with the signing of a concession agreement between Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration (JUA) and Gurgaon-based SPML (formerly Subhash Projects and Marketing Limited). The agreement was signed by JUA nodal officer R.N. Dwivedi and SPML director Deepak Shetty in …
The office of the Adityapur Municipal Council on Tuesday. Adityapur Municipal Council (AMC), which looks after civic and other allied services in the industrial hub in Seraikela-Kharsawan district, has roped in utility company Jusco to take charge of cleanliness in its command areas. Though the cleaning job by Jusco in …
Road near Sakthan Nagar turns into a dumping yard Though the Thrissur Corporation managed to enter into a contract with a private agency for garbage disposal, the city’s sanitation condition has not improved a bit. The Salem-based company, which removed two loads of waste for one day has not turned …
The Bombay high court on Monday suggested the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) to shift the thermal coal depot, which has resulted in large-scale destruction of mangroves in the Sewri mudflats due to slippage from the depot. The division bench of chief justice Mohit Shah and justice NM Jamdar said, “Why …
Rawalpindi administration on Monday entered into yet another agreement aimed at managing the solid waste in the city allowing United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) to collect, dispose and recycle it in the populous city. UN-HABITAT in collaboration with Akhtar Hameed Khan Memorial Trust (AHKMT) would launch its pilot project …
