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Ganesh festival leaves 50tonne waste trail in ChennaiBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pThe city was a mess on Monday morning a day after thousands of people took out processions to immerse Ganesha idols in the sea and left more than 50 tonnes of garbage in their wake on three beaches and roads leading to thembr Subject Tags: waste |
DJB increases sewage treatment capacityBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
div classcopypasteblock pquotThe substantial increase in... Read more.. |
Piling of garbageNGT directs Delhi chief secy to hold meetingBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pAt a time when dengue crisis is looming large in the capital the National Green Tribunal has directed Delhi government to conduct a meeting of top municipality officials to look into the issue of heaps of garbage lying unattended herep pquotVarious diseases in Delhi... Read more.. |
Doortodoor waste management project to take off in twin cities soon KarnatakaBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pGarbage mounds in the twin cities of HubballiDharwad may disappear in future if the new proposal by the HDMC works out The corporation plans to collect solid waste through a doortodoor campaign using tipper trucks The project is estimated to cost Rs 60 crore and set to be... Read more.. |
Waste becomes the resource in ChennaiBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pChennai generates over 5000 metric tonnes of waste in a single day Most of this waste ends up in its two primary landfills in Kodungaiyur and Perungudi ndash both of which are full to their brim and cannot be used past this year The Corporationrsquos waste collection process... Read more.. |
CR introduces biodegradable garbage disposal bags in long distance trainsBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pIn a first on Indian Railways Central Railway has introduced biodegradable environment friendly garbage disposal bags in long distance trainsp pCR39s secretary to general manager Vinit Kumar said quotIt is a first on Indian railways and introduced as a pilot... Read more.. |
Garbage trucks bins to start using RFID in a monthBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pThe civic body has set a deadline of one month to install the radio frequency identification RFID tags on garbage trucks and bins in the city in order to track themp pThe RFID system will be tagged to 119 trucks and around 22000 garbage bins in the cityp pNMMC... Read more.. |
Waste collection user charges in for 50 hike LucknowBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pThere is likely to be up to 50 increase in user charges for waste collection as the Lucknow Municipal Corporation takes a call on the matter at its House meeting on Saturday Tipping fee of the private contractor running solid waste management plant at Shivri may increase... Read more.. |
Need some time to sort garbage crisis MinisterBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pGarbage heaps dotting various parts of the city especially south Bengaluru are here to stay Though villagers of Bingipura have agreed to allow garbage trucks into their territory for now the fact that the government is dragging its feet on setting up processing plants is a... Read more.. |
Rs 5000 fine on those throwing waste puja offerings in YamunaBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pAhead of the festive season Delhi government has decided to strictly impose a fine of Rs 5000 on those spotted polluting the Yamuna by throwing waste or puja offerings in itp pNational Green Tribunal NGT had in January passed a slew of directions in this regard... Read more.. |