Pollution
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has been dumping the wastes collected from households in an open space. Due to which, the place turned into a garbage depot and created pollution. About a group of 300 villagers from Uruli and Fursungi have come forward and blocked the entry of garbage van of PMC into Uruli garbage depot. [...] Continue Reading »
The water bodies in the city out-skirts are not spared. The sewage getting diverted to lakes inside the city has however become much common. This pollution has now spread across to the lakes which is out-skirts in Bangalore. Mercury contamination has become a major concern wherein the dead tube-lights are dumped in the lakes causing [...] Continue Reading »
Lack of sewerage treatment plants in Punjab has lead residents illegally dump around 1,250 million litre of sewage. This 60 percent of sewage which is illegally dumped is being a threat to environment in the state. An academic study revealed a fact that untreated municipal sewerage is being disposed in rivers. Ludhiana and Chandigarh are [...] Continue Reading »
The City of Destiny Visakhapatnam is on new plans and will soon be turned into green city. To reduce the massive rise in pollution in the city, massive green plantation drive has been initiated by the government authorities. Nearly 40 lakh saplings are planned off to be planted in around 72 wards in the city. [...] Continue Reading »
Residents in Delhi were in for a shock to hear that the pollution level in the city were a all time high in the Friday. The city was engulfed in a thick haze which drew the concern of many people towards rising levels of air-pollution. Officials at Centre for Science and Environment’s clean air programme [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Kalali and Vadsar areas in Vadodara are highly aggressive with Vadsar. Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) for utilizing the residential site for dumping wastes. This has been causing lot of trouble to the residents and their on going demand for a separate dumping site has never been heard by the city municipal authorities. [...] Continue Reading »
The beaches and waterfronts in Mumbai city is on a clean drive and will soon get cleaner in near future. Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) is planning to build more water plants to treat sewage before dispensing it into sea areas, however nearly 1,700 million litres (MLD) of sewage that is generated in Mumbai everyday is [...] Continue Reading »
The prevention degradation of the a heritage building Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, the Supreme Court has ordered that the bus terminus should be relocated from Esplanade to preserve the city’s heritage and also to control pollution. The apex court has uphold the decision by Calcutta high court decree to shift the bus terminus from Esplanade. The [...] Continue Reading »
The frequent rise in power bills and also increasing pollution levels are draining Haryana residents healthy living and also economic savings. Henceforth the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB)has been expressing worries about the increase in pollution emitted by the diesel generators all over the city. Meanwhile the fuel consumption has been increased rapidly since [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Metro is finally gearing up for its launch next week bringing in utter relief to the Bangloreans who were waiting for a long time for the construction works pertaining to metro. The infrastructure had earned the ire of the residents as the foundation was laid on the ashes of the blooming greens of [...] Continue Reading »
