Jamnagar: Large number of birds and fishes were found dead in Lakhota lake in the city on Friday. According to sources, besides nearly 40 birds, fishes, a snake and turtles have also died.

While the exact reason for their deaths is not immediately known, it is suspected that they died after consuming something poisonous.
The birds found dead included pelicans, spotbilled ducks, coots among others. Interestingly, it was only after TOI called up forest department that their staff rushed to the spot.

For dumping garbage in the lake despite an interim order

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, on Thursday directed the Pallavaram Municipal Commissioner to appear before it and explain why the civic body continues to dump waste in ‘Periya Eri’ (lake) in spite of an interim order against it. Following an application from S.P. Surendranath Karthik, Madipakkam, the National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, in September last, granted an interim injunction restraining the municipality from dumping waste in the lake.

1.65 lakh tonnes of garbage piled up at Compost Corporation

The Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC), with just one sorting (segregation) machine at Singasandra near Hosur Road, is struggling hard to handle 1.65 lakh tonnes of “historical” waste — garbage that has piled up over the years. The sorting machine at the plant has a capacity to handle 200 tonnes of waste per day and this had led to a huge piles of garbage occupying three-fourths of the concrete yard.

As the garbage crisis within the City continues unabated, the extent of waste strewn at the Yelahanka air base during the aero show was no less.

With over 1.2 lakh people visiting the show, it was a foregone conclusion that waste management would be of utmost priority for cleaning the vicinity.
However, with the swelling crowds and restricted manpower, clearing garbage seemed non sequential. “We have close to 700 workers to clear the garbage each day. But there is no way that we can provide a spic and span environment,” said a FICCI personnel in-charge of maintaining the various locations within the air base.

Will reduce garbage generation by 1,500 tonnes per day

Corporate honchos and key industry leaders, on Thursday, committed to reduce 1,500 tonne of solid waste per day in the City by World Environment Day on June 5. The fourth day of ‘Wake Up, Clean Up Bengaluru’ fair saw marketing bigwigs, civic experts and BBMP representatives chalking out ways to tackle corporate waste and reduce the quantity of garbage handled by BBMP from the current 3,500 tonne to 2,000 tonne per day.

Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) does not have single scientifically approved landfill site considering that it generates 60 per cent of solid waste in municipal bodies across State, as per Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) statistics.

KSPCB distributed these statistics on pamphlets to citizens at BBMP sponsored — Wake Up Clean Up expo. The KSPCB said, as on date, only six municipal bodies have been identified as having scientifically approved landfill site. This excludes BBMP. The six are: Mangalore Municipal Corporation (along with Town Panchayat of Ullal), City Municipal Corporation (CMC) of Karwar, CMC Udupi, Town Municipal Corporation (TMC) Puttur and Town Panchayat of Ankola.

The European Court of Auditors has criticised the EU's waste management infrastructure, which has received €10.8 billion in structural funding since 2000, for its "limited" effectiveness.

BDA told to ensure space for garbage disposal in new layouts

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Monday informed the High Court that it has constituted 182 ward committees out of 198 wards in the City. The Court has asked the Palike to upload the names of the committee members on its website. Submitting the Palike report on the action taken to tackle garbage menace in the City, the counsel for the civic agency stated that some of the ward committees had already conducted their meetings.

The BBMP is planning to withdraw trade licences of shops and business establishments who do not properly manage garbage.

The BBMP also plans to introduce the Self Assessment Scheme (SAS) for the traders to declare on their own the space used by them for commercial activities. Based on the SAS, the Palike will issue trade licences. The BBMP Special Commissioner K R Niranjan said the Palike would make such provision to ensure cleanliness in the City.

A day after World Wetlands Day, over 200 residents of Thoraipakkam and Perungudi formed a human chain in front of a gate of the Perungudi garbage dump yard, demanding that the Chennai Corporation s