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 …
A majority of slum-dwellers in the Capital do not have access to proper toilet facilities as pubic toilets are in a pathetic condition, a World Health Organisation (WHO) study has pointed out. The ‘Delhi Healthy Urban Project', conducted by Sulabh International Academy of Environmental Sanitation and Public Health, also revealed …
“Sense of the House” over need for urgent repairs to be conveyed Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Friday that the “sense of the House” on the issue of poor upkeep of the roads under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the need to repair them urgently would be conveyed …
A pilot project initiated by Jusco to treat solid waste generated in its command areas in Jamshedpur has been running successfully for the last two months. With Jusco planning to expand the scope of its waste processing plant at Bistupur and Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) floating a tender for …
Polluted stretches of the coastal belt between Pulicat and Kanyakumari, including major tourist destinations along the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coast will be cleaned on September 3 as part of the International Coastal Clean-up Day. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Rear Admiral (retired) K. R. Srinivasan, vice-president of the Indian …
Kathmandu Valley is facing an immense challenge not only in managing solid waste but also garnering public participation in the process. In order to improve the situation, the parliament passed a bill on solid waste management, addressing issues left unaddressed by the Solid Waste Management Act-1987. At present, about 90 …
Nearly 1,500 tonnes of uncleared household wastes remainscattered on roads and roadsides in the capital city of Dhaka everyday posing aserious threat to environment and public health. Over 4,000 tonnes of household wastes are generated in thecapital everyday. Of the total quantity of accumulated garbage, the Dhaka CityCorporation (DCC) collects …
Experts in SWM call for measures to promote segregation of waste at source and efficient disposal system In the past few weeks, conservancy workers have been working overtime to clear garbage that has piled up across the city. Apart from being an eyesore, the overflowing waste bins pose health hazards. …
Social activists speak out against plant The agitation against the City Corporation's garbage-treatment plant at Vilappilsala received a shot in the arm on Saturday, with speakers at a convention expressing solidarity with the stir and calling for a shut down of the project. Inaugurating the convention, educationist and social activist …
PANJIM: Goa Government has refused to fund Corporation of the City of Panjim’s proposed garbage treatment project at Bainguinnim this year, although Goa Government steering committee had trumpeted that there was no need to apply for funding under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and instead state government would fund …
Municipalities in rural areas collect garbage from houses and dump it in a low-lying marshy ground. After several years when this ground is completely filled up, garbage dumping is stopped. Then this ground is used for public purposes. With the passage of time, garbage starts decomposing and starts releasing methane. …
Infrastructure Project Development Facility (IPDF) has decided to initiate a modern Municipal Solid Waste Management Project in collaboration with the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to develop a proper system of collection, transport, processing and disposal of the waste. The Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Pakistan does not seem to be …
It was touted to be the millennium city with towering buildings and shopping malls, but the tonnes of garbage strewn around residential colonies and open plots and lack of a collection system makes it look more like a trash yard. Even if the sight of the rubbish from posh localities …
CHENNAI: Expediting her efforts to see a litter-free State capital very soon, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday set a three-month deadline for cleaning up the entire Chennai and its suburban areas. Making a suo motu statement in the State Assembly, the Chief Minister said a ‘Mass Cleaning Programme’ would …
CHENNAI: In what could be a significant step in the journey towards turning Chennai into a clean metropolis, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday conducted an aerial survey of the city and its suburbs. The evaluation is part of efforts to remove solid waste, including plastics, from the city. That …
Ban order is being violated by many traders, consumers With concern growing among the officials and green activists over the direction in which the anti-plastics campaign is heading in the Nilgiris, the district administration has decided to step up measures to make it more effective. The Nilgiris Collector Archana Patnaik …
KOCHI: At a time when the residents of Fort Kochi are choked with the garbage heaps, the Corporation is sitting over `17.20 lakh sent to the local body as a part of the payment for its implementation. The `43-lakh Fort Kochi Zero Waste project was announced by the Corporation with …
Decentralised management system to be introduced A meeting convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Monday to resolve the problems caused by the operation of the City Corporation's garbage treatment plant in the suburban village of Vilappilsala failed to reach a consensus after representatives of the two local bodies …
Shortage of Kudumbasree Clean Well workers Heaps of garbage seen piled up by the wayside and the growing stray dog menace in the city point to shortfalls in the implementation of Capital City Clean City project of the Corporation. The shortage of sufficient Kudumbasree Clean Well workers (for garbage collection) …
CORTALIM: A massive garbage cleanliness drive was launched in migrant-dominated Zuarinagar on Thursday. A JCB machine, trucks and labourers were hired to clear tonnes of garbage which had been accumulated for months along roadsides and other open spaces. The cleanliness drive was launched at the initiative of local MLA and …
CHENNAI: Garbage should be processed using new age technology in a shorter space, Municipal Administration and Rural Development Minister, KP Munusamy, told the officials after inspecting the Perungudi dumping ground on Wednesday. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has ordered ministers and officials to improve sanitation in the state. Hence, a review …
