Pune: Newly-appointed PMC commissioner Vikas Deshmukh said on Wednesday that maximum utilisation of existing garbage processing units and increasing manpower to deal with related problems will be h

In an effort to make Madurai a clean city, the corporation has come down hard on shop keepers in and around Periyar bus stand and complex bus stand.

Following the TOI report on irregularities in some tenders for the multi-crore sanitation project in HUDA colonies, the authority is now planning to hand over the work to RWAs of respective sectors

The Kochi corporation is planning to implement the Zero Waste Project in west Kochi. The project will cover flats, hotels and restaurants in the area.

The project is similar to the eco–friendly garbage management system being implemented by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) in the city. The association has successfully treated organic waste produced in flats constructed by its members at the site itself.

It will cost Tirupur Corporation Rs. 10 crore per annum
The Tirupur Corporation administration launched a solid waste management project under a public-private partnership mode in 30 Wards on Sunday.

As part of the scheme, Srinivas Waste Management Services (P) Limited would collect the garbage at the primary and secondary levels from Wards 16 to 45 and transport the same to the disposal place operated by the corporation near Velliyangadu.

KANPUR: Even after several campaigns and efforts, the condition of the city ghats is still miserable.

The laxity in enforcing plastic ban at Chamundi Hills surfaced on Sunday after a drive by the youths who went picking up plastic bottle and cups in the reserve forest area.

Submitting a petition addressed to Baskaran, Member, SHRC on behalf of the neighbourhoods affected by the environmental pollution with the aim of seeking a solution to the problem and enable the NGO to continue its environmental mission, R.T. Rajan, Director of SOLAI said that he has given a hectare of his own land to SOLAI for the farm skills upgradation among poor women farmers. But the land is now submerged in drainage water to a depth of five feet. It has thus turned uncultivable.

The residents of Embilipitiya held a protest against the releasing of garbage in the vicinity of the Chandrika Wewa by the Embilipitiya Pradeshiya Sabha.