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 …
Debajani Bag (54) of Purnachandrapur area in Baripada town is suffering from cerebral malaria. And so are five others in the area for the last one week.Poor sanitation in the area has led to health complications in many areas under Baripada Municipality, including Purnachandrapur. Even as the health officials deny …
After reports surfaced that bio-medical waste of Masina Hospital was being dumped outside its own premises, flouting disposal norms and precautions, the BMC on Friday, in a face-saving tactic, picked up the waste and dumped it in the lane across the hospital. Ironically, adjacent to the dumped waste stands another …
Civic agencies in Rawalpindi and Islamabad are facing hardships in disposing of solid waste as about 300 tons waste remains un-lifted only in the federal capital daily, officials told Dawn on Thursday. It has been learnt that within the last two years total per day solid waste production in Islamabad …
Residents Flout Heritage Law, Illegal Structures Rise Within 100M Of Monument Khirki village in south Delhi has no time for heritage laws. From the roof of its Tughlaq-era Khirki Masjid, you can see workers with hammers at work inside houses and scaffoldings raised along the walls of buildings creeping up …
Shimla: The European Union (EU) has approved a Rs 7-crore city sanitation project for the state capital along with capacity building and awareness in four other municipalities in Himachal Pradesh. The erstwhile summer capital of the British, a pale shadow of its glorious past, was ranked at the 293rd position …
The health of rivers in Uttarakhand has deteriorated substantially due to violation of environment laws by various hydroelectric projects in the hill State. Important rivers such as the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda are either disappearing downstream of dams or are being used as dumping ground. Garbage dumped in the Tehri …
Environmental pollution is increasing at an alarming rate in the capital, which is also affecting the adjoining areas. Citizens said cutting of trees, improper garbage disposal, faulty sewerage system and constructions of roads were the main factors causing environmental pollution. It has been observed that there is no proper system …
BWSSB denies sewage mixed with drinking water A one-and-half-year-old boy died on Wednesday night after allegedly consuming contaminated water at Jagjivanram Nagar.The parents of the boy, Chandan, blame the contaminated water he drank for his death. But BWSSB officials have ruled out any chances of sewage water mixing with drinking …
Thrikkakara municipality has passed a surplus budget of Rs.12.09 crore for the 2012-13 fiscal here on Thursday. The budget presented by vice-chairperson Shereena Shukoor envisages an income of Rs.87.79 crore against an expense of Rs.71.20 crore. The budget earmarks Rs.1 crore to buy land for solid waste treatment in the …
Finding a permanent solution to the three-decade-old waste management problem of Thrissur city is the main agenda of the corporation, Deputy Mayor Subi Babu has said while presenting the annual budget for 2012-13. The budget has earmarked Rs. 3 crore for the waste management project. Efforts will be taken to …
Samara Samithi firm on demand for decentralised treatment A meeting convened by the District Collector on Monday to discuss ways to clear the accumulated garbage in the city could not find any effective solution. The meeting was called to reach a consensus with the agitating Lalur Malineekarana Viruddha Samara Samithi. …
Residents welcome plan to set-up power generation unit The State Government's plan to set-up a power generation unit using the waste generated in the corporation has brought jubilation among the residents of Ramaiyanpatti, who have staged several rounds of protests against the dumping of garbage in the vast yard close …
SHILLONG: Open dumping and throwing of garbage is a common sight in Shillong city and there are fears garbage has become so overwhelming that there might even be an outbreak of serious diseases. Environmental concerns has brought at least 19 NGOs on a common platform to begin with cleaning up …
It is time the government stopped treating environment as a soft subject. The health of the people and future growth of the state depend on it. Funds — lack of which has held up sewage treatment plants — would be the foremost concern Of the various forms of pollution, that …
The Thalassery municipality resumed waste disposal at Pettippalam with the aid of the police on Tuesday morning, amid dramatic scenes following the arrest of people protesting against the waste dump. Waste disposal had been stalled since November 2011 with an agitation by the local people. The police used force to …
Finance Minister K.M. Mani has proposed a two pronged approach to address the state’s worsening waste management crisis with an allocation of Rs 100 crore each for source level waste treatment plants and centralised high tech waste management plants in the state annual budget for 2012-13. It has been proposed …
Hundreds of young and old eco-activists turned up at the Yamuna ghats in this Taj city on Sunday morning to pick up trash, mostly polythene bags, to mark the start of World Water Week March 18-25. A joint initiative of the Rivers of the World Foundation and the Braj Mandal …
Campaign Against Bad Streets, Overflowing Garbage New Delhi: ‘No Water No Vote’ — this is the message the residents of Dwarka want to convey to the political parties. Deprived of basic civic amenities for years, residents of the fastest growing residential hub in the capital have decided to come out …
New Delhi: After Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) failed to keep the city clean, south Delhi RWAs have taken upon themselves to make things work. Now, residents of Green Park have decided to introduce the concept of model ward — when residents monitor the condition of the ward — in …
In a bid to boost solid-waste management at source, the City Corporation has offered a one per cent concession in property tax for households that install solid-waste treatment plants. Addressing a news conference after the presentation of the 2012-13 budget of the Corporation on Monday, Mayor K. Chandrika said that …
