Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Solid Waste
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BMC to spend over Rs 7 cr to keep three city beaches clean
The BMC is pulling out all the stops to ensure that beaches in the city are clean. The civic body will spend a little more than Rs 7 crore over the next five years to spruce up three major beaches
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City healthcare units fare poorly in green scorecard
New Delhi: The
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CPCC decision on solid waste treatment plant irks councillor
Municipal councillor Chandermukhi Sharma has questioned the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee
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Farmers for desilting of channels in Tirunelveli
Work is yet to begin, even though government has given nod Though the State Government has reportedly agreed in principle to allocate adequate funds to desilt and concretise the Tirunelveli, Kodagan, Arugankulam and Palayam irrigation channels, all passing through the corporation limits to provide succour to thousands of people, the work is yet to commence.
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Plea to restore Kurur canal
KOCHI: The demand for cleaning up the Kurur canal in Kothamangalam, which is in a bad condition due to the dumping of garbage for several years, gained national importance after hundreds of NCC cadets from various colleges in the country staged a rally seeking immediate action to restore the canal.
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Centre takes forest tag off Kanjurmarg dumping site
MISTAKEN IDENTITY The Centre has once again cleared the 141 hectares of land at Kanjurmarg for a dumping ground, lifting the forest tag that was mistakenly given to that plot. However, it will be a while before the BMC can use the place to dump debris as the state is yet to give the nod.
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Dumping ground threatens groundwater
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 posed a major threat to the groundwater resources in the area.
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Landfill depleting groundwater
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 posed a major threat to the groundwater resources in the area.
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Move to provide dustbins by GMC hailed
Welcoming the move of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to provide 500 dustbins across the city, the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Parisad (AJYP) today said that unless the authorities initiated practical long-term measures to rid the city of the many ills plaguing it, the grandiose plans of beautifying the city would hold little meaning.
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Plastic waste management project to be launched
KOCHI: To save the city from the menace of plastic waste, the district administration and the Kochi Corporation in association with the Kudumbasree units are planning to launch a new plastic waste management project. As per the project, the Kudumbasree members will collect the plastic waste from houses and shops. The collected waste will be used for recycling and road tarring works.