PANJIM: A committee of the Goa Medical College consisting of officials formed a month ago, to coordinate the waste disposal in GMC met for the first time on Thursday to decide the effective disposal of bio-medical waste.

Speaking to Herald, Medical Superintendent of Goa Medical College Hospital, Dr Rajan Kunkolienkar said that the committee assessed the situation and requirements for effective bio-medical waste disposal.

Indirapuram residents have approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in protest against a GDA move to cut down 5,000 trees in a green belt area.

We Indians have got so used to seeing garbage spilling over from municipal dustbins at street corners and often even strewn around in open public spaces, that we accept this phenomenon as inevitabl

We Indians have got so used to seeing garbage spilling over from municipal dustbins at street corners and often even strewn around in open public spaces, that we accept this phenomenon as inevitable. We look the other way with what seems like futile hope that some day, someone will find a solution to our problem and rid us of this major health hazard of urban living in India.

The integrated solid waste management project in Kanpur offers hope. Located on the western bank of the Ganga, Kanpur is an important industrial city of Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in India. With a population of 36 lakh (3.6 million) and a total area of 260 sq kilometres,

Responding to pressure from residents of villages surrounding Mavallipura landfill, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has issued orders to close the dump yard.

Issuing orders on Wednesday, the KSPCB said that owing to non-compliance with the conditions stipulated, the BBMP has been asked to stop sending municipal solid waste (MSW) to Mavallipura landfill.

The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday ordered for production of licences granted by the Collectors of Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts to the Public Works Department for quarrying sand along the stretches of rivers Cauvery, Amaravathi and Kollidam flowing through the six districts.

A Division Bench comprising Justice R. Banumathi and Justice G. . Akbar Ali passed the direction after it felt that the counter affidavits filed by the officials did not contain information sufficient for disposing of the case.

Bhusan Steel Limited (BSL), which runs a 3.1 million tonne steel plant at Meramundali, Dhenkanal district is in soup for going ahead with expansion work without environmental clearance.

The Dhenkanal district collector has filed a case against the company in the local sub divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM) court for violation of the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA).

Gujarat High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Union government on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging notification giving Pune bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) jurisdiction for cases from the state of Gujarat.

A division bench of acting chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala also issued notice to the NGT and has scheduled next hearing after a fortnight.

New Delhi: If the environment ministry’s draft proposal for ‘inviolate forest areas’ is accepted, large swathes of healthy forests, including national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves an