Margao: Three years after the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) sat housing societies down to talk decentralised composting, and two months after it inaugurated a Rs 7.5-crore gasification plant, one basic question remains unanswered: why can’t Goa’s second-largest municipality get its residents to segregate garbage at source — and why has the council never cracked down…
Clogged drain near Binzani College Nagpur: Unabated garbage dumping has choked a roadside drain near Shree Binzani City College in Reshimbagh, increasing the risk of flooding during the monsoon and raising fears of a disease outbreak.A TOI visit found heaps of mixed waste, including household refuse, plastic and other non-biodegradable material, strewn along the drain.Residents…
The site had been converted into Sanmathi Park during the previous LDF-council’s tenure T’puram: Erumakuzhy, once celebrated as a model of the city corporation’s successful transformation of a notorious legacy waste dump into a landscaped public space, is once again witnessing illegal garbage accumulation, triggering concern among residents and traders along Attakulangara–Killipalam Road corridor. Locals…
Vishnu Gurupura, a youth from Gurupura who has been using social media to highlight waste dumping along the Gurupura riverbank and roadside stretches in Bajpe Mangaluru: A 25-year-old from Gurupura is using social media to highlight waste dumping along the Gurupura riverbank and roadside stretches in Bajpe and Gurupura.Vishnu Gurupura, who earlier worked in Bengaluru…
Waste accumulated near Subrahmanya Road railway station Mangaluru: Alleging improper waste management at Subrahmanya Road railway station, the Kukke Shri Subrahmanya Rail Commuters and Development Committee has raised serious concerns over the accumulation and disposal of garbage on the premises.Prasad KG, president of the committee, said that complaints regarding waste accumulation have been raised over…
