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 …
Over 3,000 houses hit by inadequate drinking water supply Poor sanitation and inadequate drinking water supply are a cause for concern for hundreds of residents in various colonies in and around Kumaran Nagar on the Vayalur Road in the city. Although the City Corporation has provided road, the residential colonies …
With the city witnessing a slew of protests over garbage disposal, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday urged the Municipal Corporation to start the process of segregating waste from a Sector as a pilot project to meet the growing garbage problem. He was …
After facing a space crunch in the dumping grounds of the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has requested buildings to dispose or manage the garbage they generate within its premises by using methods of composting or utilise it for generation of bio-gas. The BMC recently sent letters to some …
GUWAHATI: Garbage overflowing from dustbins or lying strewn on the roads is a regular sight in Guwahati. However, this is perhaps going to change thanks to the initiative taken up by Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) commissioner Puru Gupta. Gupta, while talking to mediapersons in Guwahati today, said: “Collecting garbage from …
The Kathmandu Metro-politan City has formed a committee to monitor the public attitude of throwing garbage haphazardly. The KMC formed a seven-member committee following a directive to implement the Solid Waste Management Act-2011. The order authorises KMC officials to charge up to Rs 1,000 on the basis of the quantity …
The government has responded to the citizens’ initiative to preserve Santragachhi Jheel as a habitat for migrant waterfowl by washing its hands of the responsibility, only offering technical help to those trying to welcome the winter guests. At a meeting with the district forest officer of Howrah on Thursday, forest …
Failure to inaugurate Rs 1 crore garbage treatment plant at Dumane has resulted in CMC not servicing certain areas and dumping collected garbage behind its own building. Erratic movement of Canacona Municipal Council’s (CMC) compactors in the collection of garbage has affected sanitation in the municipal area. CMC vehicles would …
Mayor Ravinder Pal Singh Pali on Sunday warned that if the functioning of the Garbage Processing Plant at Dadumajra does not improve it would be shut down. He said new equipment—a dryer that would burn the garbage at 1000 degrees— is being installed at the plant and it is expected …
With local bodies across the State struggling to cope with the mounting garbage problem, the government has launched a new initiative to promote decentralised methods of solid waste management using existing and alternative technologies. Suchitwa Mission, an agency under the Government of Kerala, is organising two major programmes for the …
16 bio methane-based plants to help slash garbage disposal and power bills The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has finally decided to act on the long-pending idea of generating power using wet garbage. It plans to set up 16 bio methane-based power plants in the City to run streetlights. The plants, …
Residents pin hopes on to-be-elected civic body Drinking water scarcity and mosquito menace are the biggest problems requiring urgent attention by the Corporation Council to be formed after the October 17 local body elections in most of the nine village panchayats annexed to the Vellore Corporation. Besides the two municipalities …
The Municipal Corporation will be holding meetings with hotel owners and grain market members for segregation of garbage at source in order to tackle the problems being faced in solid waste management in the city. The waste from the hotels and grain market is in large quantity and comprises of …
A local court, on Friday, served a notice to Chandigarh Municipal Corporation’s commissioner, mayor, deputy commissioner and to JP group in connection to the poor-functioning at the garbage plant in Dadumajra and emission of toxic chemicals from the plant. The notice has been served by Judicial Magistrate Gurpartap Singh. The …
As the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) could not find a place for the construction of a new Solid Landfill Site (SLF) to dump the city’s garbage, the civic body has decided on remediation of waste deposited at three SLFs — Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla — so that space can …
The residents of Dadu Majra got glamorous support on Tuesday in their ongoing agitation against the stench emanating from the garbage processing plant, when they were joined, albeit for a few minutes, by actress Kirron Kher, who belongs to the city. Like her screen performances, this one was equally power …
LDF accused of adopting apathetic attitude Activists of the United Democratic Front (UDF) took out a march to the City Corporation, ruled by the Left Democratic Front (LDF), on Wednesday to press their demand for a solution to the garbage crisis in the city. The protesters held a dharna in …
Parks were supposed to add beauty to the city, but most have now become dumping grounds of waste products. Many small parks, not frequented by people, have turned into huge litter bins by daily markets, shops and households. Swahid Udyan, near Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) office in Paltan Bazar, …
No water treatment plant in Mavelikara, says activist A severe shortage of pure drinking water, coupled with the callousness of the authorities in supplying untreated water taken from the endpoint of a garbage canal to households, has prompted a citizen to launch a hunger strike in Mavelikara. According to Ani …
GUWAHATI: It has become literally impossible for people to walk along the road near Dona Planet in Guwahati that leads to the Regional Dental College because of the stench from the garbage dump just 10 metres from the entrance gate of the dental college. The open space just a few …
New Delhi: MCD was jolted from slumber. A team assembled at Janakpuri on Monday morning to clear the stinking block that was not just an eyesore, but also choked traffic. In one sweep, the filth pot was removed: something that didn’t happen for a very long time despite a lot …
