AHMEDABAD: After spending lakhs over cleaning the Sabarmati river bed in recent months, insensitive citizens continue to throw garbage into it in the name of religious paraphernalia.

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to implement compulsory segregation of waste in a phased manner.

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) is now distributing 200,000 garbage collecting bags among residents in the city to implement the collection of 'separated garbage only' program from June 1, Muni

Residents have dubbed Thane as a “garbage city” since it generates nearly 92,000 kg of plastic trash daily and there is little scope proper disposal.

Residents and social activists have urged candidates contesting in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation civic polls, to be held on June 19, to clean the Bharalu river.

BBMP to soon float tenders for constructing 500 toilets

The acute shortage of public toilets in the City has cast a doom on the pedestrian subways as people have turned them into urinals. The pedestrian subways in the City are in a pathetic condition with people urinating and spitting there. The BBMP has apparently turned a blind eye to the issue despite public complaints that the subways have been in a bad state for years.

Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui assured the members of Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) of early removal of garbage, currently left unattended in the tannery zone of Korangi Industrial

Of the 20-25 tonnes of wet waste generated in Panaji everyday, 10-12 tonnes come from the hotel industry alone, a study has revealed.

Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a cement company to use the plastic waste generated across the state, as fuel for its manufacturing plant.

Vasavdatta Cement, a company with its plant in Karnataka, would be procuring the plastic waste collected by the state agencies and village panchayats from Goa.

China has extended technological help to build the first of its kind waste-to-energy plant in Narela Bawana, North Municipal Corporation announced on Tuesday.

Private concessionaire Ramky, which is investing hundreds of crores into the plant, claimed that the new technology would help them keep the landfill sites from overflowing.