The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, on Monday refused to entertain a plea from the Pallavaram Municipality to allow it to dump garbage in the Pallavaram ‘Periya Eri’ till the establishment of a solid waste management facility at an alternative site is completed.

The bench ordered the filing of a status report on the alternative arrangements being made by the authority to consider any action in the issue.
When the matter came up for hearing before the bench of judicial member Justice M Chockalingam and expert member Prof R Nagendran, N R Chandran, senior counsel representing the municipality, said that consent had been obtained to establish a solid waste management facility at a site in Venkatamangalam.

Members of the Russell Market Traders’ Association and traders will get a waste-to-energy plant installed at the market by next week.

The market, which houses around 480 shops, produces nearly 12-15 tonnes of garbage daily, out of which seven tonnes are wet waste alone. To minimise the waste and use it towards a productive end, the Association decided to instal a waste-consuming energy generator.
“The decision was made after a meeting on April 2,” explained Mohammed Idris Choudhary, the general secretary of the Association. “All shop vendors were consulted about this new technology.

Phursungi-Uruli Villagers Warn Of Agitation If Blaze That Broke Out On Sunday Is Not Put Out

A huge fire that broke out at the garbage depot in Phursungi-Uruli on Sunday afternoon was not completely extinguished till late Monday evening, villagers said. They complained of irritation in the eyes and difficulty in breathing as the smoke pervaded the area surrounding both villages. The villagers, who have been protesting for years against the very presence of the garbage dump, have threatened to block garbage trucks from entering the depot if the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) fails to put out the fire by Tuesday evening.

The average Indian railway passenger generates 64 grams of garbage a day.

Poor sanitation and presence of cattle farms in different residential areas in the jurisdiction of Chaklala Cantonment Board are polluting the environment, making lives of the residents miserable.

Complaining about multiple civic agencies’ failure to keep a portion of the Mehrauli Archaeological Park clean, some residents of Ward 7 in Mehrauli sat on a dharna outside their apartment complex on Sunday.

A part of the park -- which boasts monuments like the ruins of the tomb of the 13th Century Delhi ruler Ghiyasuddin Balban, the 16th Century Jamali-Kamali mosque, the 19th Century Metcalfe’s canopy and the ruins of several other Lodhi-Mughal era structures -- has manicured lawns and footpaths where “heritage walks” have become popular with tourists.

CHENNAI: A person in the city may be able to walk home safely at night but will have to bear with the overpowering stench of garbage and overflowing sewers.

CHENNAI: Chetpet lake, the only surviving water body in the heart of the city, has been an eyesore for years, with dense vegetation, garbage from nearby slum tenements and free flow of sewage from

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the Pollution Control Board (PCB) experts to inspect the Vilappilsala waste treatment plant once again and assess the state of affairs, including the fea

CM Prithviraj Chavan announced Wednesday formation of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe financial irregularities and violation of norms by private contractors at the Deonar, Kanjurmarg an