The State Government has approved funds amounting to more than Rs 100 crore for construction of sewage treatment plant and related facilities in Dehradun.

COIMBATORE: C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre will conduct on February 12 a workshop on biomedical waste management for doctors and health care workers of South India.
Initiative

SOCIAL CONCERN: Minister for Environment and Sports, Youth Welfare, T.P.M. Maideen Khan planting a sapling in Tuticorin.

Officials urged to ensure use of appropriate technology

Udhagamandalam: Many officials and elected representatives benefited from a workshop on

Controlling carbon emissions, solid waste management, water recycling and providing safe and affordable houses to the poor are some of the issues deliberated at the three-day Intern-ational Conference on Good Urban Governance, which began on Thursday.

Hopes of early commencement of work at the Sonsodo dumping site brightened on Monday after the high-powered committee headed by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat requested Fomento to immediately take up the waste screening work upon receipt of the letter of Acceptance from the Margao Municipal Council.

KOCHI: In order to give a facelift to the Brahmapuram Solid Waste Treatment Plant, the Kochi Corporation will entrust the KITCO with the task of conducting a detailed study on its renovation.

NEW DELHI: A comprehensive plan has been drawn up to ensure fool-proof sanitation arrangements during the upcoming Commonwealth Games under which a new collection system, use of better bins and wearing of uniforms by the staff would be ensured.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting called by Delhi Urban Development and Finance Minister A.K. Walia this past week.

The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) is in the process of drawing up plans to fine those who litter garbage along the roadside in order to curb health hazards and other inconveniences caused to the public as a result of people dumping garbage along key roads, Chairman of the CEA Professor W. Abeyewikrema told Daily Mirror online.