dumping of waste
The residents of Vellalore recently staged a protest from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. demanding the civic body should shift the dump yard out of the city. According to R. Selvaraj, president of the residents’ organisation, the civic body has not done anything and it did not send segregated waste as mandated by the Tamil Nadu [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will undertake a pilot project of the newly adapted technology of geo-tagging all the garbage collection points in the city. The geo-tagging will help the BMC keep a close check on the garbage collection process. The tracking would be done with the help of GPS devices fitted in the garbage [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Mohali have welcomed the move of minimum fine for dumping domestic garbage in residential areas. Residents dumping household garbage at an empty plot near their residences would be fixed at Rs 500 by stating that by imposing a fine on residents dumping domestic rubbish, the local body would ensure that most residents do [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of maduravoyal-Chennai raise stink over dumping yard near school. Residents say seepage from the dump has polluted groundwater, making it unfit for use. Besides the stench, heaps of domestic waste, plastic and rotting carcasses pose serious health risk to residents. Garbage from Porur and Virugambakkam is dumped in the yard everyday. Neighbours complained of [...] Continue Reading »
Environment Support Group and residents of Mavallipura demanded closure of landfill at Mavallipura citing serious pollution and its impact on the health of its residents. Recently Akshay Kumar, a 15 year old boy, died of dengue on Friday morning at Mavallipura, Yelahanka Hobli. Akshay’s untimely death is the tragic outcome of reckless dumping of hundreds [...] Continue Reading »
