The Supreme Court Monday sought explanation from the Delhi government as well as the Centre over lack of landfill sites for garbage disposal in the national capital.

PANCHKULA: Burning of garbage on the roadside by sanitation workers is a common sight in Panchkula and residents continue to brace the stench that emanates from the dump.

BEIJING included garbage and sanitary management during the drafting of its 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020).

A small sampan manoeuvres between the fishing boats moored in the Cheung Chau typhoon shelter, while a small shrimp net is dropped over the bows to retrieve a modest catch of floating refuse.

Rubbish is again accumulating on some Beirut streets after protesters blocked access to a dump, raising fears that last summer's garbage crisis, which provoked unprecedented street protests, could

Balkan countries once divided by war, nationalism and religion have been quietly uniting to confront a common foe: rubbish.

LUDHIANA: The much hyped project of the municipal corporation (MC) to deal with solid waste with the help of three static compactors faces apathy of the authorities.

TRICHY: Aadi Perukku is an auspicious festival when people throng river banks wishing for prosperity, but not many realise the damage such congregations cause to the environment.