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 Bhavani Municipality has a quick-fix method to clean up the holy site of Kooduthurai. It removes the waste from the holy site and dumps it into the Cauvery River. So, the more spruced up and clean Kooduthurai is, the dirtier Cauvery will be. Kooduthurai, where the Rivers Bhavani, Cauvery …
New Delhi: Less than half a kilometre from Raj Niwas, the official residence of LG Tejendra Khanna, is a small room alongside a garbage depot. No board indicates the purpose of the structure, which is actually meant to provide refuge to safai karamcharis in between tasks like lugging garbage, sweeping …
Rising environmental pollution in the federal capital is posing a grave threat to the residents, besides impacting adjoining areas of the city. The residents have expressed their concern and asked the authorities concerned to check the rising level of pollution, which is having hazardous effects on human health. According to …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court has asked the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) to submit its scheme for keeping the city clean. The directions were given to JMC CEO Lok Nath Soni who appeared before the court during the hearing of a petition filed on the issue on Monday. Soni has …
Take a good look at your shelves and the hidden corners of your cupboards. You are bound to find at least one gadget that you had hoarded simply because it had lived up to its worth or because you had replaced it with a newer model. A survey by Nokia …
Disposal of leftover kindling, food key issue As the city gears up for Attukal Pongala on Wednesday, the City Corporation is swarmed with applications from residents' associations, voluntary organisations as well as individuals residing in the festival zone for organising annadanam (mass free meals) for the devotees offering pongala. The …
Muttambalam area selected for the pilot project. The Kottayam municipality has launched a waste management system that involves door-to-door collection of garbage. Muttambalam (or Ward No. 18), a residential area in Kanjikuzhy, has been selected for the pilot project of the programme. The programme got under way on Thursday with …
The burgeoning issue of garbage and dumping grounds is threatening to blow out of proportions. This was amply indicated on Wednesday when the discussion on shifting of high tension electricity wires over dumping ground turned toward the lack of serious health hazards and opposition to dumping in specific areas in …
The project will be free of cost to the government A team from Britain on Wednesday presented a project to solve the city's garbage problem at the Thrissur Corporation council. The team representing R.C.R. Power Ltd. offered the England–model solution for the corporation' waste woes free of cost to the …
Mankhurd resident Akhilesh Dhoval has temporarily moved to his relatives ' place in Bandra. The asthma patient had trouble breathing in his house thanks to the smoke emanating from the Deonar dumping ground fire. Labourers have allegedly refused to put out a fire raging for four days at the Deonar …
Garbage dumped in the open near a popular temple on Mussoorie Road has not only damaged the local environment but is also encouraging monkeys to settle in this area. Pollution caused by the dumping of garbage in the open in an ecologically sensitive area is not only posing threat to …
Rag pickers often set fire to the accumulated garbage Smoke and stink from the Corporation's dump yard in Erumapalayam in the city continues to be a major problem for the residents around the area. Residents complain of health issues like eye dryness and lung problems and say that the smoke …
The Finance and Contract Committee of Municipal Corporation in its meeting held on Thursday approved the budget estimates of Rs 467.69 crore under Plan Head and Rs 345.09 crore under the Non Plan Head for the financial year 2012-13. The budget proposals will be taken up in the meeting of …
Corporation, government still unsure about waste disposal The civic authorities are bound to have a tough time dealing with the waste generated by the hordes of devotees that will arrive in the city for the Attukal pongala festival, in the backdrop of the ongoing agitation against the Vilappilsala solid waste …
The Cabinet on Wednesday asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to prepare a detailed project report for disposing solid waste from Thrissur as part of construction of bunds for the Kole fields in the district. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the media after the Cabinet meeting that this would be …
City residents seem to have reconciled themselves to the fact that the garbage generated in the household is their own responsibility. The city Corporation is also now promoting home-based garbage processing. The small amounts of waste generated in households can be easily processed within the compound. Many options are now …
Syarpu lake of Banfikot, Rukum one of the major tourism hubs in the mid-west of the country drawing hundreds of home and foreign visitors alike every year, is on the verge of extinction, thanks to the lack of proper conservation measures. The lake originally sprawled in an area of 2.6 …
Arrangements made to collect plastics from students too From next week, Wednesdays will be plastic collection day in the city. Every Wednesday conservancy staff on tricycles, who collect door-to-door garbage, will specifically ask for plastic waste, especially thin carry bags and covers in which commodities such as pulses and condiments …
Import of truck-mounted incinerators planned The State government proposes to import truck-mounted emergency incinerators to tackle the solid waste management problems in cities. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal in this regard and entrusted the purchase with the State Small Industries Development Corporation. Each of the machines will cost …
Residents resort to dumping of waste in open spaces Sustainable disposal of residential and municipal waste appears a distant dream for the district. Residents of the city and neighbouring municipalities are at a loss as to what may be done with heaps of garbage springing up even along thoroughfares despite …
