Solid Waste Management
A method that can be acquired in solid waste management is to scientifically re-use the thrown away plastic by using them for the formation of roads, said a solid waste management expert. The expert said that everyone should know the value of the waste in order to make the society waste sensitive. The Karnataka government [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP officials are trying hard to find a solution for the uncleared garbage in the city. A permanent solution needs to be found to manage the estimated 3,500 tonne waste generated in the city. The residents of Mavallipura and Mandur have made it clear that they wont allow Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to dump anymore [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP committee explained that different approaches will be adopted to handle various types of waste. The committee made it very clear that the residents will be punished if segregation is not done at source. BBMP will not collect waste which are not segregated. Apartments in Bangalore too will have to segregate waste at source. [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has submitted a report on the amount spent on garbage disposal, including salaries paid to pourakarmikas. They have spent Rs 25,708 lakhs on salaries of pourakarmikas, health inspectors and vehicles in the last four years, according to BBMP. Last week, the High Court asked BBMP to furnish this information. At [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP has finally decided to withdraw the three percent garbage cess on the property tax collected from bulk generators in the Palike council meeting. The cess had become a argument between the bulk generators and the civic agency. The high court questioned Palike about the logic behind imposing garbage cess when the bulk generators [...] Continue Reading »
The pending work of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects need to be completed before March 2014 and the deadline has been set by the Union government. The JNNURM projects were expected to get completed by March 2012 but due to delay in the construction work, the deadline has been extended. In a [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Patel Realty’s Neotown, a township project located in Electronic City Bangalore, is the first to be pre-certified by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). The IGBC pre-certification is awarded for buildings and townships at the design stage to facilitate the adoption of sustainable green design practices in India. The township developed by Patel Realty [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh- Despite strong demand of imposing house Tax in Chandigarh, Municipal Corporation is not doing so. But recently Goa deputy CM and minister for urban development Francis D’souza spoke in favor of imposing house tax. During the seminar, “India Urban Development Vision 2020″, organised by the municipal corporation he added that this will help the civic body to [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Lack of proper groundwork before initiating the project by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has led to garbage mismanagement in the city, said Dr. A Ravindra, Advisor to the CM of Karnataka. According to Ravindra, several awareness campaigns and huge preparation are required before implementing any change in solid waste management, particularly, in [...] Continue Reading »
The Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogai has visited Pune Municipal Corporation’s waste treatment plan. He visited sewage treatment and solid waste management facilities located near Naidu hospital, Bundgarden road, to survey the different methods on solid waste management practices in the city. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) gave demonstration of the initiative that are [...] Continue Reading »
