GHAZIABAD: Tonnes of garbage is regularly being carried to the banks of the Hindon river, near Nandi Park along Raj Nagar Extension Road, and dumped there, allegedly for land filling.

Gurgaon is considered the growth engine for Haryana and one of the most rapidly urbanising cities in India.

Dehradun District Magistrate Ravinath Raman has broken the impasse between the Landour Cantonment Board and the Municipal Council (MC) of Mussoorie over garbage dumping in the cantonment area.

NASHIK: Awareness campaigns and fines have not been able to curb the roadside burning of waste despite the civic administration's claims that the number of incidents have reduced.

The Addu City Council has on Thursday said that they are preparing to sign a contract with a company that would collect waste from households in the city.

Naman Kashyap and Sagar R Nair, both Class VIII students from Silicon City Academy of Secondary Education, are now waste wise. On Tuesday, all classroom lessons finally appeared to make sense.

Ramban presents a dirty and stinking picture to every passerby as there are heaps of garbage beside the highway, link roads and lanes and in nullahs passing through the town.

CALANGUTE: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has appealed to NGOs to not hinder the work on the solid waste management plant being constructed atop the Calangute plateau.

Vrindavan: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained Vrindavan municipal body and the other civic departments from burning garbage and domestic waste in the holy town.

The garbage collection points will be constructed in localities around these so that the drains and eventually the Yamuna are spared further pollution.