Waste
Though BBMP’s waste segregation moves have floundered, residents from 100-odd apartments and 26 villas of Sobha Althea and Azalea have shown the city how to successfully manage the waste. The residents segregate the waste they generated into dry and wet and further divided the dry waste into 14 categories. The waste generated in the society [...] Continue Reading »
New-Delhi- The green and blue dustbins which were set up across the city in 2009 with an aim to segregate the waste are now being used just as ordinary dustbins. A large number of households are failing to segregate the waste as one of the three municipal zones has issued a tender to collect and [...] 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 »
Angry villagers at the landfill site, of Old Madras Road, near Hoskote, blocked Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara palike (BBMP) trucks from disposing garbage and refused to heed warnings by the police posted in the village. Since they are left with no option, BBMP would continue dumping waste in Mandur. The garbage crisis took an ugly face in [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore turned into a sprawling landfill with heaps of garbage across the city. Heaps of garbage were found in front of the Legislators’ Home in the vicinity of Vidhana Soudha. Bungalows of ministers, the residence of minister for Kannada and culture Govind Karajol also witnessed piled up thrash. Residents worry that even pourakarmikas kept silent [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was hit out by Opposition leaders for allowing an NGO for implementing a Zero Garbage Project. To implement the Zero Garbage Project in 20 cities, the standing committee has approved the proposal to allot Rs 1.48 crore to NGO Janwani. BJP corporator, Shirnath Bhimale has opposed the decision by saying that [...] Continue Reading »
The newly invented plan by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to clear the garbage will be implemented from October 1. Owing to this, the flat owners of Sovereign Park apartments in Basavangudi are panic stricken as the BBMP has issued a notification to put residential high-rises on par with commercial entities. This notification grouped them [...] Continue Reading »
Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) is set to enhance its sewage treatment capacity from 118 mld to 338 mld (million litres per day) by the end of next year. Huda sources state that two additional sewage treatment plants (STPs) would be ready for operation by September 2013. The estimated cost of the two sewage treatment [...] Continue Reading »
