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 …
FAIZABAD: Sheer callousness on part of local officials prevented the state government's drought relief cheques from reaching the beneficiaries in Faizabad district. Thousands of such cheques dated between 2003 and 2007 were found lying in garbage at Milkipur tehsil office of the district. The matter came to light when some …
Cabinet approves blanket ban on sale, storage and usage The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved a blanket ban on manufacture, sale, storage and usage of plastic bags under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal …
New Delhi: The Union environment and forest ministry will now take a call if a part of the Bhatti mines is fit to be developed as a garbage dump. The ministry has been asked to step in by the Delhi high court after the Delhi government objected to MCD
Organic farming is gaining wide attention among farmers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and agricultural scientists because it minimizes dependence on chemical inputs like fetilizers, pesticides and other agro-chemicals and safeguards and improves the quality of resources and the environment.
Rama raddy Alavandi RAICHUR: The historical Mavinakere (Aaam Talab) is in a pathetic condition and the water level in the lake has also been depleting dayby-day. The district administration and CMC promises action to develop the lake every year. But those promises were never implemented and the condition of the …
Residents of Deonar, Mankhurd, Govandi and Chembur will soon be a relieved lot, as 45% of the dumping ground at Deonar will be scientifically closed down by the end of May. The entire project will be completed by December 2011. Deonar dumping ground is one of the oldest and biggest …
New Delhi: Delhi government has denied permission to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to use part of the Bhatti mine area as a landfill site since the earmarked portions fell within the boundary of the wildlife sanctuary. The affidavit filed by the government in the high court states that in …
The Colva gram sabha on Sunday has told the panchayat body to submit a memorandum to Tourism Minister Nilkhant Harlankar demanding illumination of the village beach belt Sernabatim-Colva-Gandaulim. At the meeting held on Sunday, gram sabha members further demanded that the Panchayat take up with the Tourism Minister to construction …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has announced strict action against those who fail to segregate garbage and those found burning waste. The PMC staff too has been warned of action if found burning waste. The decision follows efforts by the National Society for Clean Cities (NSCC) to persuade the civic …
MUMBAI: The Mahashivratri festival may be over, but the huge mounds of garbage and litter left behind in the forest have upset nature enthusiasts in the city. Several places in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) are littered with non-biodegradable waste such as plastic bags and glasses, thermocol plates and …
In an effort to make Katraj the first garbage-free ward in the city, NGO Janwani, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Cummins Group and SWaCH Cooperative will jointly launch a project on Wednesday. The launch marks the birth anniversary of Sant Gadgebaba, a social reformer, who propagated the value of cleanliness. …
Rotting garbage on the streets poses health hazard in Erode Staff Reporter ERODE: The rotting garbage piled up on the streets of Erode town is turning into a serious health hazard as miscreants, and in some cases the civic workers themselves, have begun setting the waste afire. On Friday miscreants …
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has withdrawn from the Rs 200-crore wasteto- energy project at Okhla in south Delhi. The bank had promised about Rs 10 crore to the plant under the Asia Pacific Carbon Fund. ADB has not specified any reason for withdrawing from the project. Residents of Sukhdev …
The Sampoorna Swachatha Andolan, the Central government project to ensure total sanitation in rural areas has found itself lagging behind in Kolar district. The project was implemented in October 2, 2005. The district has achieved only 51 per cent in its implementation and worse is it may not be able …
The state capital is getting set to sport a clean image with expert advice. A2Z Infrastructure — the Gurgaon-based firm that has entered into an agreement with the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) for setting up a solid waste management plant — has come forward to keep the city spic and …
DISPOSING of household rubbish is not, at first glance, a task that looks amenable to high-tech solutions. But Hilburn Hillestad of Geoplasma, a firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, begs to differ. Burying trash
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has signed an agreement with a Mumbai-based company, Organic Recycling Systems (ORS), for scientific disposal of garbage and generating 10MW power using green technologies. On the second day of
LUCKNOW: The House members of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation are angry at being bypassed by the state government on the key issue of management of city's garbage. LMC House is the highest decision making body in the corporation. The body headed by mayor, however, appears to have been bypassed. The …
