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

T. Ramakrishnan

CHENNAI: Perungudi on the southern outskirts of Chennai is home to several leading Information Technology companies. But, it is also known for groundwater contamination. The problem is a fallout of indiscriminate dumping of solid waste.

South Chennai has several other water-related problems, including undue pressure on water bodies, drainage implications and reliance on water market.

Waste from labs of Tripura University drains into a lake Tripura Central University doesn

Ahmedabad:

Authorities Deny Existence Of Historic Lake, Invite Penal Action

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Lucknow: When irrigation minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui introduced the

Green Brigade Up In Arms
TNN & AGENCIES

London/New Delhi: Garbage is literally flying and hitting the roof thousands of kilometres away. A TV report about household waste collected weekly across Britain for recycling being shipped and dumped in India has the green brigade up in arms.

As part of Britain

Nagercoil: The Government has allotted Rs.87.75 lakh for the implementation of solid waste management programme at Kanyakumari, said environmentalist Vivekanandan, attached to directorate of town panchayats.

Some parts in Sylhet city are littered with household wastes due to lack of dustbins, posing a threat to public health and causing nuisance to local people.
Residents of Dakkhin Kajal Shah, Bhatalia, Madhu Shaheed, Bilpar and Lala Dighirpar areas in the city are facing problems as there is no dustbin for a long time.
As a result, inhabitants of these areas have to scatter their household wastes on the roadsides because there is not a single dustbin to dump the wastes, local people said.

Scores of people have protested in Beijing against a garbage disposal' plant that they say has been releasing noxious fumes into the air, with two demonstrators hurt in a scuffle with security officia