Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akash Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 17/12/2021.

Grievance in the application is against burning of plastic and other waste at the main road connecting Leprosy Mission Road to Naini Station, which is part of the National Highway in Prayagpuram, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, adversely affecting public health.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has experienced significant population growth and an increase in living standards for years, resulting in increased solid waste generation and solid waste management (SWM) challenges.

Status report of bio mining legacy waste at Kureepuzha, Kollam, Kerala filed by the Kollam Municipal Corporation to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). On March, 2, 2021 a team from NIT Calicut has conducted the drone-based survey for assessing the entire quantity of legacy waste at Kureepuzha and the report submitted by NIT stated that total quantity of legacy waste at an area of 5.5 acres is 104906 m3. Installation of the bio-mining plant infrastructure has been completed and set for doing a bench test shortly.

Agra is a culturally rich and historically important city famous for the Taj Mahal -among the new Seven Wonders of the World and the Petha sweet.Agra’s petha is most sought after even though other varieties are available in most Indian markets. Petha sweet is a soft, translucent candy made from winter melons (ash gourd).

Agra is located on the banks of the Yamuna River, around 200 km southeast of Delhi, in western Uttar Pradesh of northern India.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gauri Maulekhi Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/12/2021.

Grievance in the application is against inadequacy of regulatory regime by way of Consent mechanism under the Water and the Air Acts to prevent degradation of the environment on account of unregulated operation of poultry farms.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench), Kolkata in the matter of Arti Sinha Vs Mihijam Nagar Parishad & Others dated 06/12/2021.

The matter related to absence of consent to establish (CTE)/ consent to operate (CTO) was issued to the Municipal Waste Treatment Facility located at Mouza No. 15, Khata No. 223. Plot No. 1865, Rajbari, Mihijam, District-Jamtara, Jharkhand, by the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board.

This report released by NITI Aayog and Centre for Science and Environment documents best practices from 28 cities in 15 states of India. It is a resource for developing cities to get new ideas, learn about the strategies, institutional arrangements, technologies and implementation modalities that have made things possible for some of the cities to emerge as stand-out performer

As Eswatini’s population density and rate of urbanization are rising, waste generation is increasing at an escalating rate. In the future, waste management is expected to become even more challenging and expensive for the government, local authorities and urban residents.

The sound management of Health Care Waste (HCW) has been receiving increasing global attention, now even more so given the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic. The spread of COVID-19 throughout Africa has significantly influenced the already overburdened Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) systems in many countries.

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