Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
The EXNORA-INTACH Clean India Campaign 11 ended in November, having covered 86 cities all over India. The communications yatra had people from EXNORA, a Madras-based NGO which has revolutionised garbage management in the city, and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), taking their practical experiences in …
Kathmandu has finally found a way out for its mounting problem of waste management. In a letter to the Mayor of Kathmandu municipality, the residents of Chunikhel, an obscure village in Kathmandu valley, have proposed a site in the valley which could be developed as a permanent dumping ground for …
FACED with the daunting prospect of clearing nearly 80,000 tormes of solid waste everyday, the government has sought investments by the private sector to help get rid of it. Addressing a World Health Organization conference, the Union minister for urban affairs, Sheila Kaul, said that waste management techniques developed by …
THE us-based ngo Greenpeace has launched a campaign against international trade on toxic material, and is now trying to step up the momentum of protest in India against toxic waste import, its production and disposal. Greenpeace held a series of workshops in the country in March, which were the launch-pad …
The Government of India announced its decision in 1973 to set up a 6 million tonne per year Petroleum Oil Refinery at Mathura under the Indian Oil Corporation of India. Some apprehensions were expressed about the possible adverse effects on the historic monuments in the Agra-Mathura region from the gaseous …
NEW generation dream tyres may add zip and more traction to highway driving, but several countries fear they could just skid into nightmare zones. The menace assumes various forms: discarded tyres clutter the roadsides, clog the coasts, or give off noxious fumes when burned. And tyre production is still rolling …
ALTHOUGH the repulsive sight of waste and garbage lying strewn around and putrefying on our roads, parks, greens, and neighbourhoods is no new phenomenon for urban India, it has become a cause for concern only in recent times. Garbage, even toxic waste, is not what it is now suddenly being …
The draft report of a recent study conducted by the Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research, Institute has recommended a tax to finance the disposal of solid waste. The study was conducted for the Bofnbay municipal corporation under the Metropolitan Environmental Improvement Programme. The report recommends that the net financial burden …
MEXICO'S woefully inadequate environment conservation infrastructure has been a boon for multinational waste disposal firms. Over 40 such companies have opened shop in Mexico City, including leading international firms such as Chemical Waste Management. The revenues of the Mexican subsidiary of the company rose by 40 per cent last year …
IN A sharp policy departure from the norm, the Clinton administration has proposed banning exports of all hazardous wastes outside North America. If the US Congress approves, it will overturn a tradition of steadfastly parrying moves to curb waste dumping on developing countries. However, there is a catch. As Carol …
THE SIX Nations native reserve in Ontario, Canada, has been reduced to an ugly waste dump, according to Multinational Monitor. Situated close to the industrial heartland of the country, the reserve is susceptible to refuse from neighbouring communities. Industrialists can afford to take such liberties because Indian lands are governed …
LAST YEAR, the smog-covered industrial township of Panipat in Haryana was accorded the status of an "eco-town". However, a still-to-be-released report by the state department of environment that the Down To Earth team was privy to rudely ridicules a district administration campaign that is flaunting this prestige. The report blandly …
• WITH WESTERN governments trying to cut health-care costs and consequently, the pharmaceuticals market becoming more competitive, many companies including Glaxo are keen to move into untapped markets. Glaxo chief executive Richard Sykes insists that to be successful, the company must develop "innovative medicines". "Every week, 3,000 genes are being …
SOLID waste is piling up in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. Entrepreneurs whose businesses are based on tourism say the country will lose tourists -- its major foreign exchange earner -- if the situation does not improve soon. Garbage disposal has been a problem since erstwhile West Germany, which had earlier …
In a bid to make pollution control more efficient, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has proposed an all-India environment protection service, which will function as an enforcement agency. CPCB chairperson D K Biswas has also recommended recently that the board structure be replaced with an integrated authority possessing a …
When a team of young French civil servants selected by the Paris-based Foundation Nationale Entreprise et Performance (FNEP) visited India in the second week of November, the media was quick to assume they had come to India with a technology offer. A press release from an apex industry organisation further …
WHEN CITIZENS of Arcata, on Humboldt Bay in northern California, were faced with the need to treat the industrial waste water and sewage that had been pouring into the bay for decades, they decided against building a $30 million chemical treatment plant and chose instead to spend $5 million on …
IN A LANDMARK judgement in 1980, the Supreme Court (SC) ordered Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam municipality to clean a locality, holding that budgetary constraints didn't justify a municipality neglecting its statutory obligation to provide sanitation facilities. It also made it mandatory for a magistrate to remove a public nuisance wherever one …
THE LUNAWA lagoon in southwest Sri Lanka is being polluted by various dyes and toxic chemicals being discharged by industries, especially textile plants, writes Tinil Fernando for Biosphere. The livelihood of many people have been affected and 74 per cent of the fisherfolk of the region had to give up …
US jet engine and automobile-part manufacturer, United Technologies Corp, has been fined $5.3 million for its carelessness in handling and discharging hazardous wastes in recent years. The wastes contained solvents, paint thinners and sludge, among other toxic chemicals. Seven plants of the firm's Pratt & Whitney jet engine unit and …
