The Ministry of environment and forests has set a rigid time frame for installation of facilities in hospitals for scientific treatment of the bio-medical wastes. Failure to keep to the schedule as

The UK government should admit defeat in the battle against coastal erosion and abandon low-lying farmland to the sea, according to a committee of MPs. In a report on flood and coastal defence, the

Andhra Pradesh pollution control board(APPCB) is setting up a 'Waste minimisation cell' (WMC) for effective implementation of Hyderabad waste minimisation programme in all the industries in Hyderabad

The state government has decided to ask the World Bank to give a soft loan of Rs 2,209.3 crore to create permanent cyclone mitigation structures.

Yellowing of marbles in the Taj Mahal may stop soon and the closure of 200-odd foundries near it may be prevented, thanks to an eco-friendly melting furnace developed for the polluting commercial

Japan is eager to do whatever they can to reduce trash. In 1997, the Tokyo Metropolitan government spent 308.8 billion yen on garbage collection and disposal-nearly 5% of its total budget. It cost

Himalayan rivers swollen by monsoon rains have killed 113 people in Nepal since mid-June and destroyed crops and houses across the country, a government official said on

Brushing aside public opposition to the start-up of an industrial waste disposal plant, the Miyazaki prefectural government gave a green light to firing up the controversial plant in Kobayashi City

Sierra Blanca town in US is divided over plans to site a nuclear waste dump on its eastern boundary. Congressional approval of a "compact" between Texas, Maine and Vermont, to allow transport of

The flood situation in North Bengal has worsened following incessant rain, reports said today. The water entered many fresh areas. The situation in Malda had become worse as the town slipped into