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 …
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has been getting repeated complaints regarding poor waste management in the city, especially in areas where sanitation has been outsourced to private concessionaires. In Dwarka, residents had complained to it that the private concessionaire, Delhi MSW Solutions Limited (DMSWSL), was not doing …
PORVORIM, Shiv Sena has complained to the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) that Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) is yet to undertake most of the measures suggested by the Board following an inspection on Assagao plateau where garbage is being dumped. In a letter to GSPCB chairman, Shiv Sena Ad-hoc …
MARGAO, Will the concerned authorities finally act in restoring the water bodies, including the Colva creek with the rampant water contamination coming under the scanner of High Court? High Court directives to the Colva Panchayat and other authorities to file a reply on the action taken on the directions issued …
Treatment plant proposal awaiting government nod Kudumbasree units to revive, garbage collection, Ward-level awareness, meetings planned KANNUR: The Kannur municipality has taken steps to resume garbage disposal, Municipal Chairperson M.C. Sreeja said at a press conference here on Tuesday. Garbage disposal was affected following protests by residents near the civic …
COIMBATORE: On a 450-acre campus where nearly 8,000 people live, at least one tonne of food getting wasted is not unusual. But what Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham does with that waste is certainly unusual. And, the different way in which the food waste is converted to wealth is also extended to …
No plastic carry bags will be seen in the city from July with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation imposing a complete ban on the use of plastic carry bags in the city. A decision to this effect was taken on Monday by the Mayor, Ms B. Karthika Reddy, after detailed …
MUMBAI: A total of 150 unauthorized waste dumps in the city were identified on Day 1 of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Zero-Garbage Week, which started on Monday. The drive, to go on till May 8, is not only aimed at keeping the city litter-free, but also studying the patterns of …
The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency chief has said that cases of 16 industrial units have been sent to the environmental tribunal for violating environmental laws over the past six months, while cases of 10 other industries are being processed and will soon be sent to the tribunal. Notices had also …
The Chandola Lake, spread over an area of 1200 hectare, has dried up due to neglect. The government has allowed large-scale encroachment on this water body. It is being for agriculture, as well as for other purposes like processing of waste oil and plastics. Kharicut, the lake’s feeder canal is …
New Delhi: In a stark reminder of the exploitation of street children, a new study has found that one out of every five street urchins in Delhi is a ragpicker. With most adults unwilling to do the work of rummaging through the city
Door-to-door collection often disrupted CHENNAI: Every summer, the problems of burning garbage in the Athipet dumping yard and erratic waste clearance revisit the residents of Ambattur. For the past few days, garbage heaped up on many streets of Ambattur is waiting to be cleared. S. Nagarajan, a resident of Mogappair, …
OUTSIDE THE mind space of Delhi’s elite, a war is brewing. It is a battle for livelihood, a fight to find the answer to one question: Who has a right to the city’s garbage? The Delhi government’s push towards corporatisation of door-to-door collection of 8,000 tonnes of solid municipal waste …
Garbage collection and disposal dominated the gram sabha meeting of the coastal village of Majorda-Utorda-Calata on Sunday. In fact, the acute problem of waste disposal was deliberated threadbare with members demanded to know the measures undertaken by the Panchayat body to solve the menace. Sarpanch Visitation Da Silva explained to …
The Punjab government on Friday decided to ban polythene bags, which have a thickness not less than 30 micron, from May 1 across the state. The cabinet, in a recent meeting, felt that after polythene was banned in New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, there has been a substantial improvement …
Animal rights organisation PETA has written a letter to the city civic body seeking permission to put up advertisements on garbage trucks saying 'Meat Trashes the Planet.' In the letter to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation municipal commissioner Subodh Kumar, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has sought permission to …
With the three existing landfill sites oversaturated, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is going to make its Narela-Bawana landfill site operational from next month. This is the first scientific landfill site in the city where close to 1,300 metric tonnes of solid waste will be segregated and processed to …
Roads in various parts of the city would soon be cleaned using mechanical sweepers. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Standing Committee meeting on Monday cleared the proposal after a long delay of three years. MCD Standing Committee chairman Yogender Chandolia said:
