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 …
The 30th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management will be held in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. on March 15-18, 2015. Participants are expected from over 40 countries.Researchers, educators, government officials, consultants, managers, community leaders and others with expertise in solid waste are invited to submit papers for oral presentation …
City Development Plan for Kanpur city is both a perspective and vision for the future development. Kanpur City Development Plan (CDP) is the culmination of a study which was commenced by JPS Associates. This report is based on invaluable inputs the consultants received from the various stakeholders and the officers …
This report presents the details of proposed action plan for the abatement of pollution in the industrial clusters of Mandi Gobindgarh. The action plan has been evolved based on the studies of present environmental conditions, key hotspots, industrial activities, condition of pollution control measures for treatment and disposal of solid …
The national mission on sustainable habitat approved by Prime minister. It is one of the eight missions under national climate change action plan and aims to make cities sustainable through improvements in energy efficiency in buildings, management of solid waste & shift to public transport. The National Mission for Sustainable …
A blanket of smog envelopes Kuarmunda and Bonai subdivisions of Odisha’s Sundargarh district every morning. Area residents attribute it to emissions from sponge iron factories nearby that switch off their emission control devices—electrostatic precipitators (ESPs)—at night. The reason these factories get away with such offences is weak rules and weaker …
Peeved with diners wasting food, an Australian restaurateur has ordered her customers to eat everything on their plates “for the sake of the earth or pay a penalty and not return”. Chef Yukako Ichikawa of Wafu, a 30-seat restaurant at a Sydney suburb, has also introduced a 30 per cent …
Students from over 1,200 municipal schools in Mumbai do not litter packets after finishing their favourite flavoured milk, which they receive under the school feeding programme. They neatly fold the cartons and drop them in a bin in the campus. A paper mill in Gujarat sends its truck every day …
Sushil Kumar Lodhi, 32, walks about Dashehari village with newspaper clippings, which carried news of his grandfather’s death. His grandfather suffered a heart attack on his way back from Lucknow. He went there to convince officials not to build a solid waste management facility in their village because it would …
two incidents of fire in April ruined traders of the plastic scrap market in Mundka village in Delhi’s outskirts. While waste pickers search heaps of burnt plastic for metal scraps they can sell to buy a meal, the land owners in Mundka are hoping for better times. The plastic scrap …
Besides directing the State Government to remove all encroachments on the Pallikaranai marshlands, the Madras High Court has directed the Chennai Corporation not to permit the four municipalities
The Quepem Municipal Council (QMC) finally lifted the garbage from Quepem town late Wednesday evening and dumped it at an undisclosed location. It is not known whether QMC's decision to remove the garbage was prompted by threats from opposition councillors to dump garbage outside the council building on Thursday or …
Dumping of solid waste and garbage by the banks of the Kalang and the Morikalang is one of the main reasons of water pollution in the region, although people here have been using the water of these rivers for drinking since ages. The polluted water has caused many serious diseases …
The Cunchelim Action Committee (CAC) has voiced dismay over Mapusa MLA Francis D'Souza's indifferent attitude to their struggle against the proposed garbage disposal site in Cunchelim. The views were expressed when residents of Cunchelim met at the football ground on Sunday, to take stock of plans to acquire 32050 sq …
To ensure that the city's 3,000 tonnes of solid waste is disposed in a scientific manner and also to address the problem of lack of identified dumping yards, the BBMP will set up more landfills. The budget for 2008-2009 states that the BBMP has entered into a memorandum of understanding …
Expressing his dismay over the opposition to garbage disposal sites across the State, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat said a time would come when Goans would have to dispose off their daily garbage within their compounds and verandahs. He favoured that mega housing projects consisting of 25 or more flats should …
The Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) came under heavy fire from the High Court on Monday over sanitation and garbage litter in the city. Commenting on CCP inaction, the Court directed the Chief Secretary to convene a meeting on April 1 and decide exactly what will be done …
Waste not, want not, is a maxim many of us were brought up on. It's a saying that we tend to forget in today's throwaway society, and though we are urged daily to save energy, when it comes to smaller things, it's surprising how lax we can become. One look …
Government plans to dump dry waste from Sonsodo to the KTC bus stand for land filling came in for strong opposition from the BJP, even as the Margao Municipal Council floated a tender of Rs 17 lakh for transportation of the waste. BJP's Fatorda MLA, Damu Naik on Sunday warned …
