Bengaluru: South Western Railway (SWR) has warned of strict action against those dumping garbage and construction debris on railway land even as it launched a major drive, in coordination with Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and the city’s five civic corporations, to clear waste accumulated along tracks in Bengaluru within the next two months.On Saturday, minister…
Walk-O-Meter Rating: 3/5 Chock-A-Block: People walk on the road as vehicles, and vendors occupy footpaths on one side, from Lalbagh Circle towards Bejai Mangaluru: Traffic snarls, broken footpaths, haphazard parking, roadside vendors and an unscientific junction design have turned the KSRTC junction at Lalbagh into one of Mangaluru’s most chaotic traffic hotspots, making everyday commuting…
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…
The proposed dome fencing was announced by state govt following the death of sanitation worker N Joy during canal cleaning operations in July 2024 T’puram: The much-awaited dome fencing project along the Amayizhanjan canal, aimed at preventing indiscriminate waste dumping into the canal, is likely to face further delays as corporation is yet to convene…
Volunteers cleared heaps of plastic and other waste from Pandhrabodi Lake during the first phase of the ‘Mission Save Pandhrabodi Lake’ campaign Nagpur: Once a thriving urban waterbody, Pandhrabodi Lake has shrunk to little more than a pond after years of encroachment, indiscriminate littering and unchecked waste dumping. To revive the neglected lake, city-based volunteer…
Garbage dumped near the Lakkapuram Panchayat office in Modakkurichi taluk in Erode in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M. Indiscriminate dumping of garbage, mostly plastic waste, near the Lakkapuram panchayat office on the Muthur Road has raised concerns over sanitation and public health, particularly as a health sub-centre and an anganwadi centre…
Inspections found permanent structures, including double-shutter shops, paved forecourts, tin-roofed seating areas, boundary walls and attached ahatas Inspections found permanent structures, including double-shutter shops, paved forecourts, tin-roofed seating areas, boundary walls and attached ahatas Inspections found permanent structures, including double-shutter shops, paved forecourts, tin-roofed seating areas, boundary walls and attached ahatas Inspections found permanent structures,…
A cleanliness drive was organised to mark 12 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s term Panaji: Mayor of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Rohit Monserrate has urged residents and tourists to stop dumping waste along the city’s streets, warning that civic workers alone cannot counter the burden of public littering.Speaking after participating…
Jaipur: Expressing serious concern over the deteriorating condition of wetlands across the state, the principal seat of Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur has directed the state govt to submit comprehensive reports on the identification, notification, conservation and management of wetlands.A vacation bench comprising Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Rekha Borana took cognisance of threats…
Chennai: Two months ago, heaps of garbage dumped near Thiruvanchery, near Tambaram Corporation limits, were set on fire by local panchayat workers, filling the area with thick smoke and a foul smell. Residents say this is not an isolated incident. Across several neighbourhoods within Tambaram Corporation, garbage collected from households is routinely dumped and burnt…
