Can a municipal corporation refuse to lift garbage even after it has been properly segregated?

The Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP), as per a decision taken Monday, refused to collect hotel and restaurant waste even as the government is trying to make renewed efforts to resolve the crisis.

Composting units became a reality in the Commercial Capital on Tuesday as per the orders of the High Court mandating the Civic bodies to set up these units to tackle garbage problem.

MARGAO, NOV 17
Come Tuesday and the Margao Municipal Council will not just experiment for the first time treating waste and garbage through composting units, but will set in motion a process with the help of nursing homes and clinics to tackle growing bio-medical waste.

MERCES, NOV 17
With the issue of garbage threatening to haunt Curca yet again, villagers resolved to oppose tooth and nail the moves by CCP to get temporary reprieve to dump garbage in the village.

The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is going to take action against the government agencies concerned for not following the solid waste management guidelines, which can cause several diseases, including dengue, EPA officials said on Saturday.

The colonies of Kolar municipality are filled with garbage and filth and stray cattle can be seen 24 hours feeding on the garbage. Time and again the Municipal authorities give assurances of getting the area cleaned. In the Municipality there are 174 sanitary employees but they seldom work.

Because it sends its garbage to pollute a nearby village SINCE 1983, all the municipal garbage from the city of Pune in Maharashtra has travelled 12 km to be dumped in the village of Urali-Devachi. More than 1,000 tonnes each day. Spread across 43 hectares, the dump pollutes the area. Leachates contaminate the ground

Mumbai's civic body has come up with a plan to generate nearly 4 MW of power from a closed garbage dump, even while the open surface is turned into a nine-hole golf course.

Apart from doing its bit to improve Mumbai's power supply, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will also earn more than Rs 60 crore over ten years by way of carbon credits, according to civic officials.

Municipal Corporation signs MoU with Mumbai-based company for project

Amritsar's ambitious solid waste management programme, a brainchild of BJP Lok Sabha MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, which had been hanging fire for almost a year, is likely to see the light of the day soon. Amritsar Municipal Corporation has signed an agreement with a Mumbai-based company for the project.