MUMBAI: At a time when Chembur residents are seeking the closure of the Deonar dumping ground for emitting toxic gases, a bio-medical waste treatment plant set up by the BMC at the ground's entrance is adding to their woes. The incinerator, which burns 10 metric tonnes of bio-medical waste, is situated near residential buildings.
The beautification plan for Line Tank can well be its death knell, too.
The irony of the project is that the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC), its custodian, was not taken into confidence about the damaging changes being effected by the Ranchi Regional Development Authority (RRDA), the agency in charge of the beautification plan.
Ranchi, July 15: The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has identified 14 pockets in the city prone to waterlogging to facilitate steps to end monsoon worries.
MUMBAI: Bring water under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA). This was the demand echoed by some members of the BMC standing committee on Wednesday. With no respite from water cuts and tankers holding the city to ransom, the members wanted that the proposal, raised several times during previous water crises, be considered seriously this time.
MUMBAI: With levels in the lakes that supply water to the city at their lowest, the BMC on Wednesday cleared two proposals to carry out cloud seeding in the catchment areas. The decision was based on rainfall data for this monsoon so far- rain this year was 70% less than last year.
CUTTACK: After over a year of the imposition of ban on recycled polythene in the State by the Orissa High Court, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) seems to have finally woken up to the issue.
It is set to launch a massive enforcement drive to free the millennium city from the hazardous waste by prohibiting its manufacture, import, sale and use.
Residents of Mumbai hit the panic mode today as the Mithi river, flowing through its suburbs, breached its danger mark, thus reviving memories of the July 2005 floods that claimed over 150 lives.
MUMBAI: The BMC is proposing to undertake a comprehensive cloud-seeding project at the catchments supplying water to the city. The project, which would be carried out over a period of 60 days and at a cost of Rs 12 crore, would be in addition to a seeding experiment the civic body may carry out this week.
