Thane residents say no to waste tax RESIDENTS of Thane city are not willing to pay tax for the garbage that goes out of their homes each day. The Thane Municipal Corporation in November 2008 had proposed a nominal solid waste tax for scientific disposal of garbage. The target was to collect Rs 3.16 crore a year. But the civic body gave in to pressure from corporators and people who were

The tax structures devised by Thane Municipal Corporation: Slum dwellers: Rs 10 per month per family Flat owners: Rs 15 per month per flat Restaurants and pubs: Rs 120 a month Malls, wedding halls, cattle sheds and hotels: Rs 50-100 each day

CHENNAI: Visitors to Kilburn Nagar and its neighbouring colonies are often appalled by the thick clouds of acrid smoke enveloping the area. But for residents enduring the garbage dump it has been a daily ordeal for nearly a decade.

Biomedical waste dumped in Sector IX, Bokaro. Picture by Pankaj Singh

Bokaro, Feb. 12: Bokaro, considered to be one of the cleanest districts in the state, is fast turning into a wasteland.

A major fire engulfed a scrap yard located in a residential locality at Colva last night, destroying plastic and other waste

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Delhi Government on a petition by the All-India Plastic Industries

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New Delhi: At its new landfill sites, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi plans to generate electricity, cooking gas, organic manure and bricks from the waste generated in the city. To come up at Okhla and Timarpur, the landfill sites will have a waste treatment plant for which the corporation is likely to join hands with the East Delhi Waste Processing Company Private Limited (EDWPCL).

COIMBATORE: More residential colonies in the city are joining the