Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Even as Delhi has imposed a blanket ban on the use and manufacture of plastic carry bags, environmental action groups have expressed grave concern over the total lack of prohibitive measures for such bags in UP-NCR cities. Activists say that a ban in Delhi, placed for safeguarding and preserving environment …
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, on Monday, directed the State government and the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation to give it a list of the issues relating to the Vilappilsala waste treatment plant which could be gone into by the expert committee proposed by it. The Bench of Chief Justice …
The Vilappilsala people's forum on Monday contended that the environmental study ordered by the Kerala High Court at Vilappisala treatment plant is unwarranted as the functioning of the waste plant there has been statutorily prohibited. The Samara Samithi (forum of protesters) put forward this contention in an affidavit filed in …
This toolkit is focussed to provide a comprehensive knowledge of solid waste management for implementers, hence it has been prepared to provide vital information that a municipal manager will require while executing a project.Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is the trash or garbage that is discarded day to day in a …
KSPCB has yielded to pressure from the Karnataka Government & Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and has revoked its ban on dumping of solid waste at Mavallipura. Read this Press Release . It is being reported that the Karnataka Pollution State Control Board (KSPCB, autonomous environmental regulator) has yielded to pressure …
If found guilty, a fine will be imposed on the hospital, officials say The Coimbatore Corporation has issued notice to Ganga Hospital here for attempting to dump biomedical waste at its waste management facility in Vellalore. According to T.K. Ponnusamy, Commissioner, Coimbatore Corporation, the civic body issued the notice on …
It took more than a decade and crores of rupees (approximately Rs 350 crore a year) for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to create the highly toxic garbage hillocks at Mavallipura and Mandur. Now the civic agency will spend another decade and crores of rupees to undo the damage. …
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed officials to prevent dumping of solid waste in water bodies or their burning along road sides. Disposing of a suo motu public interest litigation petition based on a photo feature published by “The Hindu,” a Bench comprising Justice R. …
Authorisation for 10 local bodies had expired nearly a year ago The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is about to take legal action against the 10 local bodies in the district, including Kochi Corporation, for their failure to renew their authorisation under the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) …
Inaction renders garbage disposal by civic bodies ‘illegal' Aluva municipality is among seven local bodies in Ernakulam district likely to face legal action for not renewing the authorisation under the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 for segregation, transportation and suitable disposal of municipal waste. The State Pollution …
SHILLONG: The State Government has decided to seek additional fund from the Centre to integrate waste to energy project in the sanitary landfill site at Marten, Mawiong. “If the proposal of the State Government is approved, the State, which is going through a severe power crisis, can benefit a lot …
The National Mission for Sustainable Habitat was approved by the Prime Minister’s Council for Climate Change in June 2010. One of the deliverables of the Mission is the formulation of National Sustainable Habitat Standards. These standards would subsequently get integrated with relevant regulations to ensure that future developments are aligned …
A social impact assessment of the impact of two waste-to-energy plants on wastepickers in Delhi. The study shows a definite livelihood loss and likelihood of increased number of child wastepickers.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to amend within six months the Solid Bio-Waste Management Plant Rules 2000 to deal with the problem of such plants, initially set up on the outskirts of urban areas. The plants would find themselves in the …
Even 11 years after the Supreme Court laid down guidelines for management of municipal solid waste (MSW Rules 2000), the GHMC is yet to start scientific disposal of garbage. GHMC is now making extra efforts to adopt eco-friendly measures of waste disposal as the state capital (Greater Hyderabad) will host …
In a major environment-friendly move, the Delhi government will impose a blanket ban on usage and manufacturing of plastic bags in the next two months and those violating it could face imprisonment up to five years and fine of up to Rs 1 lakh or both. The ban is being …
Environment Minister J K Palemar has cautioned city municipal council (CMC) chief officials of stringent action for violating or failing to implement the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 and other regulations. The minister here on Wednesday said: “We will direct the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) …
