After exactly a year and over Rs 1 crore, the Municipal Corporation of Ghaziabad (MCG) claims to have brought down the pollution levels of the Hindon river.
Though the new mechanism of conservancy services was launched in Guwahati with much hype, the results are hardly satisfactory both in the city and at west Boragaon in the city fringe, where the local residents are vehemently opposing the waste disposal process.
The silt thrown up by the gigantic brick sewers under the city is enough to cover the Shahid Minar 10 times over or fill up 150 reservoirs like the Tallah tank. This is the first time the sewers are being cleaned since they were laid in 1859.
After its segregated door-to-door garbage collection pilot project met success in the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to take the project a step further.
NEW DELHI: Sulabh International, which operates public toilets across the country, has refused to take up any work offered by the MCD for the maintenance of public toilets in the Capital in view of upcoming Games.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today showed its readiness to combat the spread of dengue during the Commonwealth Games in the Capital.
The municipal officers said that they have started the exercise with a workshop on the sensitisation of municipal councillors about the dengue, chikunguniya and malaria.
Fearing negative publicity, ahead of the civic elections scheduled in May, the Left Front controlled Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to stop the screening of a documentary film aimed at creating awareness among the citizens regarding proper disposal of garbage. Orders have been given to tone down the message of the film.
The MCD has claimed before the Delhi High Court that out of the total 9,395 trees to be deconcretized as per court orders, work on 5,223 trees has been completed and the remaining ones would be deconcretized shortly.
