Last week I met an official of the local municipal corporation to discuss a property tax case, a blatantly inaccurate and astronomical assessment. I asked: why? Said this officer, Harassment is our

A Bangalore slum experiments with ecofriendly toilets

Obesity and diabetes on the rise in slum dwellers

By publicly disclosing the environmental status report and commissioning an ngo for its preparation, Pune Municipal Corporation has grabbed double honours

at least 90 people were killed in a landslide that crushed an entire slum in Mumbai. The Azad Nagar slum in Ghatkopar was located at the foot of a hillock, which collapsed due to heavy

The problem of solid waste management is not just limited to the cities

With the dawn of the consumerist culture, the composition of waste will change drastically and pose an even bigger problem

Waste generation is not rare in urban areas, nor any other part of the world. The only difference is in the management of wastes. An effective, efficient and sustainable waste management system is still rare in India. "The scenario is bad in India and not

The household waste is disposed of either via a door-to-door collection system, which is not so common, or in municipal facilities. Excluding posh residential and commercial colonies, most of the

After the garbage is collected, it needs to be transported to a safe disposal site. Here, too, there is no dearth of problems

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