According to the civic body’s latest status report, 56 lakh MT of legacy and fresh waste has accumulated since Jan 2023 Gurgaon: National Green Tribunal has directed MCG to submit a detailed timeline for ending fresh dumping at the Bandhwari landfill and to explain how it will clear both legacy and fresh waste, currently generated…
New Delhi: Mayor Pravesh Wahi on Tuesday met Union home minister Amit Shah and presented a detailed progress report on MCD’s ongoing efforts to improve sanitation and eliminate the city’s three legacy landfill sites through scientific waste processing and biomining.Giving details on the status of remediation work at Okhla, Bhalswa and Ghazipur landfill sites, the…
Chennai: Sandwiched between GCC and Tambaram corporation limits, Medavakkam’s population has grown from 40,312 in 2016 to 94,665 in 2026. The village panchayat has emerged as one of the most sought-after residential destinations, thanks to its proximity to OMR, Velachery, Pallavaram and Tambaram. No wonder, the per square feet rate for a residential apartment has…
BMC’s garbage collection vehicle Bhubaneswar: Fuel rationing could hit sanitation services, fear Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), prompting it to urge oil companies to exempt it from the Centre’s 200-litre daily cap under austerity guidelines. The BMC, which requires around 2,000 litres a day, is apprehensive the limit would shrink its operations to just 10%. The…
Mumbai: On a scorching Thursday afternoon, our vehicle crawls across the uneven terrain of the Mulund dumping ground, lurching over mounds of excavated waste and freshly processed earth. Giant excavators claw into decades-old garbage while conveyor belts, trommel screens and compactors work relentlessly under a cloud of dust. This is not an active landfill. The…
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New Delhi: Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal on Thursday reviewed the ongoing legacy waste remediation work at Bhalswa landfill site. He directed officials to complete the clearance of the dumpsite within the stipulated timeline while ensuring that no fresh legacy waste is created in future.During his inspection of the landfill site, the…
Varanasi: In efforts towards getting the city freed from garbage accumulated at the dumping ground in Karsada, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation initiated the disposal process following a formal launch by Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari on Tuesday. The mayor said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had initiated this project on April 28, and in over a…
Deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has asked the Centre to advise all states to introduce practical education on cleanliness, waste segregation and environmental responsibility for children from Class 1 onwards, on the lines of Japan. Hyderabad: Deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has asked the Centre to advise all states to introduce practical education…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to extend its deadline for flattening the Okhla landfill for the fifth time since 2022 — setting Oct 2026 as the new target — with nearly 15 lakh tonnes of legacy waste still lying at the dumpsite.The original deadline of Dec 2023 was pushed to May 2024,…
