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.

The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) on Tuesday formed a four-member committee to oversee the implementation of the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) orders banning the burning of waste in open

The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) will table a compliance report to the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) western zone on Thursday.

KOCHI: As canal cleaning work is in progress, workers found huge chunk of polythene bags with garbage thrown in the canal. It is mostly plastic waste, sanitary napkins and diapers.