FOR more than 20 years Carmen Lasso has scrabbled a living of sorts for herself and her eight children by scavenging at a rubbish dump in Cali, Colombia

Chandigarh More than a year after the solid waste management plant was inaugurated at Dadumajra, the condition of garbage at the site remains as dismal as ever. The Rs 30 crore invested in the plant seems to have been virtually dumped.

By Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore:

The compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), considered as energy saving light is posing as the biggest threat to the Garden City as heaps of broken and discarded lamps are ending up in lake beds, posing danger to the groundwater.

Green Voice, an organisation working for environment, demanded steps to free the rivers, including Buriganga, Turag, Shitalakkhya and Balu, from encroachers and making them pollution-free.

They placed the demand at a human chain formed in front of the National Press Club in the city yesterday.

Residents in the Matale district are perturbed about the contamination of the Nalanda Oya and other water resources in the area due to the activities of the local tourists.

Paribesh Bachao Andolan (PBA) yesterday urged the government to form a high-powered commission to save rivers from encroachment and pollution and to increase navigability across the country.

The demand rose at a PBA sit-in programme in front of Krishi Bank Bhaban in Motijheel. They also formed a human chain as a part of the programme.

Local people blocking a container lorry which brought waste materials to be dumped at Vallarpadom on Tuesday.

KOCHI: Tension prevailed at Vallarpadom when local people protested against the dumping of waste brought in a ship from abroad on Tuesday.

Pune The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued notices to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to come up with multiple sites to address the issue of garbage dumping in Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages. However, the PMC is yet to discuss the issue with the district collector.

Delhi: Hardware companies are on the hunt for the best e-waste disposal mechanisms. The waste from discarded computers, TVs and mobiles is projected to grow to over 8,00,000 tonnes by 2012.

After Wipro, Nokia and Philips, Hewlett-Packard