JAIRAM RAMESH, 57, is perhaps the most visible Minister of Environment and Forests India has ever had.

PANJIM: While Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) is desperate to submit its proposal to set up waste treatment plant in Baiguinim to the government, it is been unable to move forward since the project has not received technical sanction.
PWD has returned the project claiming it has no technical expertise, as told by Mayor Yatin Parekh.

Since the garbage crises last month, CCP has

Vadakara municipality will invest Rs.30 lakh. Authorities say waste water woes will end soon

KOZHIKODE: The Vadakara municipality, as part of its decentralised waste management programme, will set up a solid waste treatment plant equipped to produce cooking gas from garbage on its Puthiappu trenching ground.

CHENNAI: The Centre for Waste Management (CWM) of Sathyabama University, in association with the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), have started off a bio-diesel production centre on the campus of the University. The cooking oil waste generated at the University

Putting the onus of re-cycling of electronic wastes (e-waste) on the producers, the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has for the first time notified e-waste management rules.

The e-waste (management and handling) Rules, 2011 would recognise the producers

The State of the Environment report 2010 released by the UP environment directorate calls for urgent measures to organise solid waste management in a scientific and environmentally sustainable manner. The disposal of solid waste in UP is a major problem. Most cities have poor cleanliness and sanitation.

AHMEDABAD: The Sandesh Group-promoted Rs 3,000-crore integrated township project, Applewoods got a nod from Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) to commence construction work. Located near Shela on SP Ring Road, Applewoods is the first integrated township in Gujarat to receive this clearance.

"Properties worth 90 lakh sq ft would be built on 128 acres of land.

To improve the sanitation services in the city, Leader of the House in the MCD, Subhash Arya, on Tuesday informed that an allocation of Rs 27.20 crore has been made for improvement of sanitation services this year. He said the drive will continue upto June 19 and the funds will be spent in cleaning all wards of the city within that period.

ARANTHANGI: The Aranthangi Municipality in coordination with the public and service organisations, will take up the solid waste management programme in a phased manner in all wards, said P. Mariappan, Municipal Chairman.

Speaking at a function to mark the inauguration of the two-day training on

Barnala lauds Indian Red Cross Society
CHENNAI: The State chapter of Indian Red Cross on Sunday launched a slew of hygiene-promoting programmes, including a napkin vending machine for adolescent girls and clinical laboratories in 32 district centres of the service organisation in the State.

Launching the projects, Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, complimented the Rs.73-lakh solid waste managemen