Garbage disposal
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 »
The marriage palace owners in Patiala have been imposed tax, because of dumping garbage on municipal sites/land. Punjab Pollution Control Board has directed all marriage palace owners to procure no objection certificates (NOC) from Patiala municipal corporation about proper garbage disposal. It has also fixed Rs 7,000 per month charges for marriage palaces in the [...] Continue Reading »
As garbage disposal remains a crucial issue, some apartments dwellers in Bangalore have taken up segregating waste at its source in their apartment complexes. Residents are following different models for the purpose. In the first model, small quantity of waste generated in households is easily segregated into wet waste (kitchen waste) and dry waste (plastic, [...] Continue Reading »
Thiruvananthapuram flat dwellers have come up with an effective plan to address the garbage disposal issue. Over 90 apartment complexes in the city have tied up with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai) to set up bio-bins in their compounds to tackle the garbage management crisis. The process ensures that waste [...] Continue Reading »
The garbage disposal issue seems to have irked the residents of Bangalore as well as the court. The high court has issued notices to the state government, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and Karnataka Slum Clearance Board (KSCB) in a public interest petition related to the garbage disposal system in the [...] Continue Reading »
The Bahrut Bangalore Municipal Corporation (BBMP) is to soon generate 8 MW of power from solid waste, said M K Shankarlingegowda BBMP commissioner. This comes along with Mysore City Corporation’s (MCC) plans to convert solid waste to generate power. According to M K Shankarlingegowda, Bangalore’s plant will be the first in India and he said that he [...] Continue Reading »
In order to improve garbage collection, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to start a second shift. The BBMP council passed a resolution to hike the tender amount for garbage contractors by 20 per cent. Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy pointed out irregularities among garbage contractors as many of them claim bills without cleaning [...] Continue Reading »
Garbage issues are creating a major problem for the city of Mumbai. Mayor Sunil Prabhu put the blame on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) at a civic general body meeting on Monday for the problems faced by citizens due to garbage dumping. The mayor expressed his views that contingency plan must be made for garbage [...] Continue Reading »
Any builders who undertake projects of five flats and more in Carambolim in Goa is to face demands charted out by locals which are passed by the Carambolim panchayat. In the gram sabha, members considered issues related to the construction activity in the village taking into account garbage disposal, water and power supply. Several members [...] Continue Reading »
The civic body’s garbage collection centers in Chennai seem to be turning into mini dump yards of their own. As the city precariously stands on the brink of an outbreak of diarrhea, these garbage collection points have become breeding ground for mosquitos and houseflies. The Chennai Corporation is forced to dismantle the bright blue aluminium [...] Continue Reading »
