Deplored for being the biggest open toilet with tracks littered with human and municipal waste, the Indian Railways will now identify in three months areas vulnerable to dumping of waste, plastic a

Haze is not uncommon in this city, particularly in winter.

To be implemented in four wards on a pilot basis

To save Lake City from plastic waste, the administration has imposed a complete ban on storage and use of disposable plastic cups, plates and glasses and warned that those violating it could face a

Plastic waste collected in gunny bags and piles of other refuses could be seen stacked in many parts of the city roads.

The Pollution Control Board in the district has sent samples of water in the Cauvery and Bhavani rivers following immersion of Lord Ganesha idols earlier this week in connection with the Chathurthi

Unfortunately, this is the ugly truth of the Himalayas. The heap, which includes biodegradable plastic, can be found just four kilometres from Shimla in the reserved forest of Lalpani.

Littering, Failure to Segregate Garbage Will Now Invite Fine

In an effort to decentralise management of waste in the city, the BMC, with technical support from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), will soon set up a 20-metric tonne biogas plant at Deona