Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Bhopal Municipal Corporation Vs Subhash C Pandey & Others dated 07/04/2025. The affidavit of compliance was filed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation regarding implementation of the suggestions of the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). The SC granted time to the …
The National Green Tribunal has stayed construction activity on the landfill site in Sector 123 here after a commission appointed by it found that the project had been formulated without following the guidelines. The Noida Authority has also been restrained from carrying out digging or construction till the next hearing. …
The National Green Tribunal has stayed construction activity on the landfill site in Sector 123 here after a commission appointed by it found that the project had been formulated without following the guidelines. The Noida Authority has also been restrained from carrying out digging or construction till the next hearing. …
Committee will comprise industries and vendors In order to reduce the burden on landfill sites, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will constitute a panel of industries and vendors to sort out ‘best out of waste’ from the garbage heaps in the City. The decision to set up a committee was …
ONE MORE ATTEMPT: Citizens Not Part Of Pilot Project Yet; ITC Adopts 12 Wards, Provides Accessories Bangalore: It’s back to the basics of garbage management. BBMP wants waste segregated at home, to reduce recyclable waste sent to landfills. But the onus is not yet on the citizen. Beginning Tuesday, the …
The Waste Management Council forwarded the waste management policy for approval to the Cabinet today. The council today held a meeting for the first time in three decades to endorse the policy. “The meeting discussed the amendment to the solid waste management policy 2053 BS,”said Sumitra Amatya, executive director at …
The following draft of certain rules, which the Central Government proposes to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3, Section 6 and Section 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and in supersession of the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 except …
The waste management scenario in Coimbatore was lagging behind due to inadequate infrastructure and was unable to meet the norms stipulated under the MSW Rules, 2000. Hence, the SWM project under JnNURM was prepared with a view to augment the existing solid waste management system by adopting an integrated approach.
BMC will invite an expression of interest (EoI) from companies for setting up five waste-to-energy plants in the city. The initiative is part of the corporation’s attempt to ease pressure off the city’s two landfills at Deonar and Mulund, which have exceeded capacity as the appointed contractors refuse to process …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to implement compulsory segregation of waste in a phased manner. To start with, segregation will be made compulsory in 31 wards in core areas of the City from July 1. Addressing a gathering at the Karnataka High Court, BBMP Commissioner M Lakshminarayana …
Court also orders nuclear company to pay £72,000 costs for mistake which sent low-level waste to wrong site The nuclear company Sellafield Ltd has been fined £700,000 and ordered to pay more than £72,000 costs for sending bags of radioactive waste to a landfill site. The bags, which contained waste …
Solid waste management or the absence of it in Dibrugarh town, considered one of the fastest growing industrial towns of Assam, remains a worrying issue. There is no formal door to door garbage collection system in the town. Neither are wastes segregated at source. Waste disposed off by people in …
Coimbatore Corporation is going to replicate a Singapore power project that utilises domestic waste to generate electricity. Mayor S.M. Velusamy told journalists here on Thursday that half the 800 tonnes of waste generated every day in the city was disposed of through landfills at Vellalore, and the rest could be …
Six waste processing units to produce compressed gas The BBMP, which had earlier identified new landfill sites to dispose of waste, has dumped the project. Instead, it is now focusing on installing new waste-processing plants across the City. The Palike, in October 2012, had identified six new landfill sites for …
The second waste-to-energy plant in Delhi is now scheduled to come up at Narela in North Delhi, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation has announced. To be built with Chinese technology, the new waste-to-energy plant would come up near the Narela-Bawana landfill site. It is expected to become ready by August-end …
China has extended technological help to build the first of its kind waste-to-energy plant in Narela Bawana, North Municipal Corporation announced on Tuesday. Private concessionaire Ramky, which is investing hundreds of crores into the plant, claimed that the new technology would help them keep the landfill sites from overflowing. "We …
After repeated complaints by the three Municipal Corporations about the absence of any new sanitary landfill site besides the existing ones which have been exhausted, some good news for them is in sight. The South, North and East Delhi Municipal Corporations have been offered a list of 10 possible sanitary …
TRICHY: The recent fire at the Ariyamangalam composite dump yard here has forced the authorities to come up with a viable solution to the issues plaguing the five-decade-old site. Now, a part of the sprawling 47-acre yard on the Trichy-Thanjavur road will have a scientifically developed waste landfill. "This year's …
New Delhi: Upset with the delay in identification of alternative landfill sites for disposal of municipal solid waste, the Delhi high court set up a panel on Tuesday to comeup with a solution. Justice G S Sistani frowned at the lack of coordination among the Delhi DevelopmentAuthority, municipal corporations and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Society & Anr. Vs State of Haryana & Ors dated 17/05/2013 on dumping of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Panchkula.
The Bombay high court blasted the BMC on Thursday while hearing petitions against illegal waste dumping and wetland reclamation in Kanjurmarg. “Please understand. You are not behaving as the municipal corporation for the maintenance of Mumbai, but as the municipal corporation for the destruction of Mumbai. You are incorrigible,” said …
