Solid waste

NGT to charge ₹50,000 for dumping solid waste in unauthorised areas in UP

Representative Image LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has completely banned the dumping and littering of solid waste…

4 months ago

Uttarakhand govt initiates set up of six plants to generate electricity from solid waste

Representative Image DEHRADUN: The Government of Uttarakhand has now started working on electricity generation from solid waste in order to…

4 years ago

Solid waste reduced by 28 per cent in Chennai amid lockdown

Representative Image CHENNAI: According to the recent data reported by Greater Chennai Corporation, the recent lockdown has bought down the…

5 years ago

Segregate waste properly or loose license: PMC to street vendors

Representative Image PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has instructed the road side vendors to segregate garbage generated during business…

6 years ago

NGT forms panel to ensure proper green capping of landfill sites

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson, on April 4, 2019, formed a joint…

6 years ago

MCG collects fine of Rs 1 lakh for violations on first day of GRAP

GURUGRAM: The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) collected a fine of Rs 1 lakh from people who failed to follow…

6 years ago

Night patrolling in Delhi to stop waste burning

NEW DELHI: Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on October 25 asked Delhi government to deploy night patrol teams to…

6 years ago

DSIIDC to pay Rs. 5 lakh as fine for open waste burning

NEW DELHI: Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) was charged a fine of Rs. 5 lakhs by The…

6 years ago

EDMC to outsource solid waste management

NEW DELHI: East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), aiming to improve its performance in Swachchta Survekshan 2019, plans to outsource some…

6 years ago

Kerala Flood: Kerala government to ready for clean up operation

Thiruvananthapuram: After facing the tragedy of fierce rain and severe floods, the Kerala government has now gathered in the difficult…

6 years ago