Garbage
Bangalore- Mandur residents are annoyed as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) continues unsystematic dumping of mixed garbage at the landfill without providing them adequate health services and drinking water as promised earlier. Residents are exposed to health hazards as the garbage is being dumped unscientifically. Dangerous diseases like dengue, influenza and malaria have become [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh- The famous Rock Garden is currently a true example of the false promises made by authorities to provide with best ambiance and facilities. Tourists are welcomed with piles of debris, animals faeces and garbage strewn all over the place, especially in the pathways. For enhancing the beauty of the garden , many interlinked waterfalls and [...] Continue Reading »
Coimbatore- The Government Servants’ Residents’ Welfare Association has requested the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) and the Coimbatore Corporation to get a septic tank cleaned and the pipe that connects it to the Corporation’s sewage network. Though the residents have been seeking help from past few months, none of the civic bodies have responded till [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has directed all its 550 health inspectors and environment engineers to take pictures of uncleared garbage and upload them in the designated folder of BBMP website. For this purpose they have been provided with Android phones too. Only after the high court’s interference with BBMP regarding its inefficient management [...] Continue Reading »
With an agenda of finding a solution to the city’s rising garbage collection issue, a meeting has been scheduled on November 24 at Parisara Bhavan, Bangalore. The meeting is expected to bring out better solutions in putting an end to the problem of the collection and disposal of garbage in the city. Dr. Acharya, Chairman [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The high court will hear petitions filed by garbage contractors objecting the modern tenders and also the public interest litigation (PIL) producing problem about the city’s ruin wreck. The State Government and the BBMP are confused as they do not know what to do regarding garbage issue. The civic bodies are at the focal [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The city’s dumping yards- Perungudi and Kodungaiyur- filled with smoke, stench, pollution, illness, dislocation and protest have become a view of distress. The Chennai Corporation is in the final stage of finding a way out to its problem of garbage accumulation. People residing in localities in the vicinity of dumping yards forced the civic [...] Continue Reading »
D Venkatesh Murthy, Mayor inaugurated a new waste segregation unit near Mathikere, in north-west Bangalore which can hold 4-5 tonnes of waste after segregation. The centre is built at a cost of Rs 65 lakh and to prevent spreading of foul smell in the neighbourhood. They have also constructed a compound wall surrounding it. BBMP is [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- As the movement of garbage-laden trucks to various landfills had slowed down in Bangalore on Monday, collection of waste was interrupted. Around 360 trucks had lifted 3,800 tonnes of garbage in the city on Sunday, but most of them failed to reach the landfills till Monday afternoon due to issues like narrow roads, a [...] Continue Reading »
The residents complained that they are facing health issues as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) burning excess waste violating rules. However, the BMC has denied the allegation by residents. With no other option in hand, BMC had to shift overflowing waste from Kanjurmarg to Deonar as High Court temporarily banned dumping waste at Kanjumarg after Vanashakti, [...] Continue Reading »
