The civic body has an uphill task in hand - the problem of dumping of piles of garbage with its plan to distribute decomposed waste as fertilizer to farmers free of cost finding no takers.

A few kilometres away from the manicured green lawns and rows of neat flower beds of Lutyen’s Delhi, staff of the Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash and GB Pant Hospitals and residents around the area are figh

Overflowing litter affecting health of residents as well as stray cattle

Open containers overflowing with garbage continue to affect the health of residents as well as stray cattle in the city. The Municipal Corporation (MC) has installed hundreds of garbage containers in various parts of the city, but regular disposal of the garbage is still not being done. The overflowing garbage containers have offer food for the stray cattle, which affects their health as the garbage contains polythene and other harmful things.

Three years after the garbage treatment plant at Vilappilsala was shut down, the city corporation formally put an end to all financial deals pertaining to the plant.

Bangalore is at that stage in Solid waste management, where it is trying to come up with appropriate methods to handle waste.

Environment protection groups, Save Bangalore Lakes Trust (SBLT) and Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF), have brought out a report on the encroachment of lakes in the City.

Wastes at the Vellalore dump yard are being processed according to rules, said Coimbatore Corporation in its response to a Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board directive.

Garbage, silt and dirty filters characterise the over 120 rain water harvesting systems (RWHSs) set up at its stations by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, while other government authorities like t

This Time It’s Because Of LS Elections

Lucknow: After delay of almost a year, the city has to wait for two more months to get the municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment plant operational in Shivri village. The plant was launched under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme in 2007. After incorporating various changes, it was targeted to complete by June 2013, but it was potponed to December 2013 and finally March ’14.

Heaps of hospital wastes, piling up at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), are turning out to be a serious health hazard for visitors to the hospital, besides causing environmental p

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