KANPUR: The municipal corporation is planning to introduce capsules made of fibre to collect garbage.

"We are introducing clean green capsule for collecting the garbage. We had been asked to develop clean green houses so that garbage could not be spread on the roads," municipal commissioner RN Bajpai said. Giving details of capsule, he said that it was made of fibre.

Despite the Supreme Court directions issued to various state governments, including Haryana, to set up solid waste management plants, the plant project here has been hanging fire due to red tapism

The Swan river, which originates in Marwari village of Una district and travels 65 km before entering Ropar district of Punjab, is teeming with all kinds of garbage, including the banned plastic po

Not getting any respite from pollution emanating from unprocessed solid waste being dumped by Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) near Nakravadi village, residents of this village along with the adj

Goa's 19-month-old ban on mining notwithstanding, Mulgao's agricultural fields and horticultural plantations, once thriving sources of livelihood for its residents, continue to reel under the after

The transformation of Sanjay Lake from a wetland or a breeding ground for water birds into an artificial polluted lake is a cause of concern for environmentalists as well as residents of Mayur Viha

With elections and campaigning out of the way, environment minister Alina Saldanha will soon convene a meeting to review the management of garbage in Goa and importantly to get more village panchay

The garbage enclosures are being used as public conveniences in several places

The grouping of garbage bins by installing enclosures may have partly helped in covering up overflowing garbage from public eye, but it has resulted in nuisance of a different kind.

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will soon install three stations to continuously monitor ambient air quality in the city.