Rampant use of plastic products and their haphazard dumping has been a matter of headache not only for the environmentalists but also for those involved in waste management. However, for the women of Sidhhipur in Lalitpur, thanks to their Suiro campaign, waste plastic material is now an eco-friendly source of income.

MARGAO, NOV 24
Even as the Margao Municipal Council is bracing up to handle the tones of waste on scientific lines, a new problem is raising its ugly head and staring at the Civic body.
Miscreants

Goa has a number of

City roads will soon present a smoother ride. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now take up works for the improvement of more than 60 roads, including major ones.

As civic body struggles with solid waste, apartment complexes may soon have to manage the waste in their own backyard, writes Kannal Achuthan

By 2015, Chennai will run out of space to dump garbage in Kodungaiyur and Perungudi yards. The need to put solid waste management systems in place is more urgent now than ever and the Chennai Corporation is looking at various alternatives.

The decision to close down the Deonar dumping ground was embroiled in an ugly debate, as members across party lines raised more than a 100 questions at the BMC

PANJIM, NOV 20
Panjim-based Goa People

The fate of the long-awaited solid waste management project hangs in the balance as the city government is considering reviewing the agreement that gave the responsibility of disposal of garbage from the city to a Chinese firm, which has not initiated even the groundwork despite the passage of over 10 months.

The fate of the long-awaited solid waste management project hangs in the balance as the city government is considering reviewing the agreement that gave the responsibility of disposal of garbage from the city to a Chinese firm, which has not initiated even the groundwork despite the passage of over 10 months.

A. Srivathsan

Detailed samples show presence of heavy metals

CHENNAI: Groundwater within a 5-km area around the Perungudi solid waste dumping yard is contaminated beyond acceptable limits, a research done by IIT-Madras shows.