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New Delhi, June 8: The ministry of environment will consider enacting blanket legislation to regulate plastic waste in towns above a certain altitude, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has assured Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

Mumbai As World Environment Day dawned over Mumbai on Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and government officials, as well as five-star hotels, NGOs and corporate houses plunged into action to give the city a healing touch.

Urvashi Sarkar

NEW DELHI: Walking a green carpet welcome and clad in a lush green sari, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit set the tone for World Environment Day celebrations in the Capital on Friday by inaugurating Chalta Phirta Environment Campaign

The central zoo has banned the use polythene bags in its premises saying such bags had adverse effect in the health of the animals in the zoo.

The zoo administration announced not to allow visitors to take polythene bags with from Friday, on the occasion of the World Environment Day.

The central zoo has banned the use polythene bags in its premises saying such bags had adverse effect in the health of the animals in the zoo.

The zoo administration announced not to allow visitors to take polythene bags with from Friday, on the occasion of the World Environment Day.

Neha Lalchandani | TNN

New Delhi: Six months after they were banned, plastic bags seem to have crept back into several markets across the city.

Prerna Sodhi Posted: Friday , Jun 05, 2009 at 0050 hrs IST

New Delhi: On the eve of World Environment Day, Tapas, an NGO, organised a public awareness event to protest the inadequate and improper implementation of the ban on plastic bags in Delhi.

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has decided to impose penalty of Rs.25,000 to 50,000 on all units manufacturing banned category of plastic carry bags, a penalty from Rs.2,500 to Rs.5,000 on the retailers, vendors and other establishments for providing banned category of plastic bags to customers, and Rs.250 to 500 on all individuals found to be littering public places with these plastic carry b

Ahmedabad : Reduce, reuse and recycle plastic a group of more than 15 youngsters armed with placards and posters, conducted a rally on CG road to promote this thought on Tuesday.

Sana Altaf