PANJIM, SEPT 16

Receding Gomti

Pune, September 15 Used syringes, needles, bandages, body parts pile up at city hospitals, with no place to dump the waste in
It was a crackdown on a racket involved in the disposal of spray cans, but it is hospitals that are suffering

MARGAO, SEPT 15

SANTOSH SINGH

PATNA, SEPTEMBER 14 With the Kosi accumulating over 1 lakh cubic metres of silt in its river basin

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

State Government asked to adopt viable solutions which could replace plastic bags

Chandigarh, September 11 : The residents of Dadumajra, irked by the inaction of the Municipal Corporation (MC) to tackle the garbage-dumping woes, have threatened to block garbage trucks coming to the site.

Area councillor Kamlesh says,

SHILLONG: The government slogan that "Let's Make Meghalaya Clean and Green" may end up being an empty rhetoric if urgent steps are not taken to deal with the problem of thermocole pieces or styrofoam dumped by fish-loaded Shillong-bound trucks on the National Highway 40. Mounds of this non-biodegradable pollutant seen on various stretches of highway are not just an eyesore to tourists visiting Meghalaya. They are a potential threat to the environment and human health as well.

Human waste to power US city
In A First, Methane Gas To Be Harvested On Commercial Scale And Turned Into Clean Fuel

San Antonio: The city of San Antonio unveiled a deal that will make it the first US city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel.
San Antonio residents produce about 140,000 tons a year of a substance gently referred to as

Anisha Mehta & Ragini Bharadwaj | TNN

Ahmedabad: Do you know it takes around 10,000 years to decompose a plastic bag? This, and similar questions from youngsters, are proof of rising awareness in a society that considers plastic bags an indispensable part of life.
Several youths are determined to leave a green and clean planet for the generations to come. Sonali Chauhan, student of St Xavier