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 …
COIMBATORE: Solid waste management is progressing in all the 52 town panchayats in the district, even though at least half of them are struggling to find land to create landfills for the disposal of non-biodegradable waste. But, almost all of them have managed to find ways to make manure out …
New Delhi: At present, Delhi produces 9,000 MT of waste per day. By 2014, this will go up to a massive 14,000 MT per day. The MCD, having run out of space to dump this waste, came up with a master plan for solid waste management in December 2007. A …
With landfill sites full to the brim, MCD has no option but to explore new methods to manage waste Ruhi Bhasin & Neha Lalchandani | TNN Having exhausted its three landfill sites and with no alternative places ready, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is now pinning its hopes on …
TACKLING TRASH Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat: After joining hands for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Japan will partner Surat-based Gujarat Enviro Protection and Infrastructure Limited (GEPIL) to make Gujarat a
The standing committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has raised objections to the proposal for scientific land-filling and closure of the Deonar dumping ground. If the standing committee does not approve the proposal, it will take three more years to float and process new tenders for closure of the dumping …
Goa Foundation has once again threatened to walk out of Sonsodo dumping yard, with the much-promised government funds of Rs 4.6 crore to set up a landfill site at the dumping site yet to come in. Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat had last week announced during his visit to the Margao …
As authorities hanker for space to be utilised as landfill site, the existing Bhalswa-Jehangirpuri dumping ground of waste in the national Capital has overflowed its capacity, posing a threat to groundwater resources. The Comptroller Auditor of General, in its latest report, has said that the dumping ground in north Delhi …
As authorities hanker for a space to be utilized as landfill site, the existing Bhalswa-Jehangirpuri dumping ground of waste in the Capital has overflowed its capacity, posing a threat to groundwater resources. The Comptroller Auditor of General (CAG), in its latest report, has said the dumping ground in north Delhi …
Mounting garbage looks for a site in Srinagar as people oppose the existing landfill Srinagar is stinking again. The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (smc) estimates that over 4,000 tonnes of solid waste is lying undisposed in Srinagar. On October 10, people living around Achen
Another risky landfill plan in Mumbai THE Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai plans to partially close down and modernize the Deonar dumping ground in the eastern suburb at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore, but environmentalists fear it may end up increasing the risks of land subsidence and pollutants leaching …
Assessment of landfill gases (LFG) with appropriate methodology for control of green house gas emission as well as possibility for waste to energy conversion are the prime objectives of the study. Generation of LFG from a particular heap of wastes can not be interlinked with the potential of LFG generation. …
An effective management of solid waste, according to the Ministry of Urban Development, involved a multi-material, multi-source, environmentally sustainable management approach, with following activities associated with it: waste generation; waste handling and sorting, storage and processing at source; collection; sorting, processing and transformation; transfer and transport; and disposal. It was …
Because it sends its garbage to pollute a nearby village SINCE 1983, all the municipal garbage from the city of Pune in Maharashtra has travelled 12 km to be dumped in the village of Urali-Devachi. More than 1,000 tonnes each day. Spread across 43 hectares, the dump pollutes the area. …
Rapid pace of urbanization has led to generation of large quantities of solid waste and hazardous waste in many cities of India. The rate of generation of waste has increased beyond the handling capacities of civic agencies responsible for collection and disposal of wastes. In order to assist MOEF in …
Authorities Told To Chart Out Course Of Action In Dumping Case By Next Date Of Hearing In an interim order in the case of illegal dumping of garbage in Gurgaon
With the growing population, urbanisation and demand for consumer goods, both quantity and quality of urban solid waste has changed significantly. This is causing serious environment problems. Urban Solid Waste is a major contributor to global warming; it leads to surface and ground water pollution through run-off from dumpsites and …
Bangalore, DHNS: The High Court has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to furnish information regarding the landfill sites that have been identified. Hearing a petition by BBMP waste disposal contractors B R Ganesh and others, the Court came down heavily on the BBMP, stating that just claiming that …
In an unprecedented action, Goa Pollution Control Board on Friday excavated a ring road under construction to find out whether the contractor has used garbage and waste for land filling. And, a Goa Pollution Control Board official Joglekar clearly stated that the operation has found prima facie case in the …
