Garbage
Fort Kochi and Mattancherry heritage is now filled with fresh encroachers. These illegally put up stalls have been found to be littering the area with garbage and remnants of fish. Kochi government has been complained to eradicate these illegal stalls as the beauty of the city is losing its pace. Source: The Hindu Continue Reading »
Mithi river located in Mumbai has been famous for its stink, filled with debris and garbage. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been ordered to remove garbage within span of ten days. The fed up residents who are surviving in the surrounding areas of this river had long back filed public interest litigation. To stop illegal [...] Continue Reading »
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is fed up with the prevailing condition of its city wherein, garbage is dumped on all the city roads in Ahmedabad. The city has lost its beauty with improper maintenance of the solid waste management. Henceforth AMC has penned a master plan for proper maintenance of solid waste management in the [...] Continue Reading »
To tackle the menace of garbage littered in every corner in Mumbai. The students of Guru Nanak College in Sion-Koliwada has come up with novel plan of embarrassing litterers to control the menace. The move will definitely do away with the garbage dumped in the streets but will also put a curb on the regular [...] Continue Reading »
Residents in Goa will finally be spared from the stink emitting from the garbage at Patto plaza. The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) had recently issued a notice to the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) to stop dumping wastes in the area. The move was issued after Chief Minister of Goa Mr [...] Continue Reading »
United Phosphorous Limited (UPL) has tough times to face now for delaying in composting a new dumping plant in Mumbai. Even though UPL was aware of the lack of dumping sites in the city has still faked the promise of producing a new plant and moreover the garbage is found overflowing on all the main [...] Continue Reading »
Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) additional commissioner S Thiek reported saying “commuters used to find it difficult to travel when the organization used to clear garbage between 7 am and 3 pm. “The change, effected from September 1, has been made keeping the convenience of city dwellers in mind. The Supreme Court had ruled that residents [...] Continue Reading »
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plans a 100% clearance of all garbage containers in the city. In fact, from next Wednesday, deputy municipal commissioners in individual zones will monitor garbage-dump clearance. The AMC will also strengthen its fleet with 40 garbage trucks fitted with lifters and compactors. Each vehicle can lift an average of 200 [...] Continue Reading »
The total population of Pimpri Chinchwad township is estimated to be around 17 lakh and the area falling within the municipal limits is 175 sq km. Around 500 to 600 tonne garbage is generated daily and dumped at the garbage depot at Moshi. For the last two years, non-governmental organisation (NGO) SWaCH has been collecting [...] Continue Reading »
The Juhu Citizens’ Welfare Group (JCWG), an umbrella body of 18 advanced locality management groups , has supervised garbage collection patterns in the area. On Thursday, a group of locals gave a PowerPoint presentation in front of civic solid waste management officials on how to keep Juhu clean. Following the presentation , officials from the [...] Continue Reading »
