Ambala: Union Tourism Minister and Ambala MP Kumari Selja has taken up the matter of the solid waste management project near Ambala City, that has not been working properly, with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

The project was set up at Patwi in 2008 with a cost of Rs 12.5 crore to dispose the garbage of Ambala City and Ambala Cantt.

KOCHI: A developing city like Kochi still does not have a proper waste management system. Though a master plan is supposed to suggest concrete measures to tackle the garbage menace, the Kochi master plan hardly addresses this grave issue. The only portion that mention about the issue in the plan reads -

The Margao Municipal Council appears not only looking forward to sign the Concession agreement with Fomento to dispose off the city

CHENNAI: Amid chaos of big cities, thousands of workers process garbage providing an environmental service. The health and social costs are high and yet, their contribution remains unacknowledged.

SHILLONG: Amid the entire clamor over waste management, the Bokashi method seems to be the ideal solution for self-help groups in tackling the issue.

To create awareness among people about waste management, the People's Learning Centre (PLC) on Tuesday organised the citizens' meet on Shillong's Environment at Raitong building.

It is learnt the Bokashi method is a simple process of segregatin