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Air Pollution3 years agoFire At Bhalswa Landfill Site ‘Almost’ Brought Under Control
A fire raging at Bhalswa landfill has raised concerns about the air quality in Delhi-NCR further deteriorating, three fire tenders were engaged for 3 days and...
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Landfill Crisis3 years ago
Landfill Crisis: Garbage Dumping Ground At Mulund In Mumbai Permanently Shut
Garbage dumping ground at Mulund, Mumbai was permanently closed from Monday after it got filled to its maximum capacity and now garbage produced everyday in the...
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Landfill Crisis3 years ago
Noida Authority Complies To NGT Order, Begins Work To Remove Landfill Site From Sector 54
In compliance with NGT’s order, the waste would be dried to be transported away from the site and later segregated
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Delhi4 years ago
Monitoring Garbage Disposal Plans, Actions Of Municipal Bodies: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal Tells Supreme Court
Two new Waste-to-Energy plants with capacity of 3,500 Metric Tonnes are being set up at Bhalswa and at Tehkhand respectively. The capacity of existing Waste-to-Energy plant...
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Delhi4 years ago
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal Reviews The Management Plan Of Okhla Landfill
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation will work with experts from IIT-Delhi to stabilise the Okhla landfill site that has reached a staggering height of 165 feet
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Delhi4 years agoDespite New Waste Management Rules, Delhi’s Ghazipur Landfill Grows 15 Metres In A Year
Despite plans of shutting the landfill in 2008, or using waste from it to build highways, nothing has materialised yet
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Delhi4 years ago
Delhi’s Landfill Crisis: Fire Breaks Out At Okhla Dumping Site In South Delhi
In South Delhi, 3,500 Metric Tonnes of waste is generated daily and 56% of the solid waste is processed
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Landfill Crisis4 years ago
NGT Notice To Ministry of Environment, Civic Bodies On Plea Against Landfill Sites In Delhi
The approval by Delhi Development Authority for the land granted to set up landfill sites at Sonia Vihar and Ghonda Gujran has come under scrutiny as...
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Landfill Crisis4 years ago
Will Examine If Alternate Landfill Sites Fall On Yamuna Floodplains: NGT
The bench assured that all the issues related to the identification of new landfill sites will be considered
Current Covid Vaccines May Protect From Severe Disease Caused By Omicron: Study
A study has revealed that current covid 19 vaccines are effective enough to deal with the Omicron variant of the...
As Home Isolation Cases Surge, Union Health Minister Directs States, UTs To Bolster Teleconsultations
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya asked states to focus on expanding the reach of teleconsultation services to provide timely healthcare
COVID-19 Curbs: To Avoid Disastrous Situation, Assam Tightens Restrictions, Bans Non-Vaccinated People At Public Places
As coronavirus cases rise in Assam, government tightens restrictions, which if not followed can result in penal action
Dangerous To Assume Omicron Will Be The Last Variant; We Can End The Acute Phase Of COVID-19 This Year: WHO Chief
There is no path out (of the pandemic) unless we achieve our shared target of vaccinating 70 per cent of...
Third COVID Wave In India: Omicron In Community Transmission Stage, Schools Reopen In Maharashtra
While most Omicron cases so far have been asymptomatic or mild, hospitalisations and ICU cases have increased in the current...
COVID-19 And Omicron: About Time You Break Up With A Cloth Mask? Here’s What Experts Have To Say
Should everyone wear an N95 mask especially during the third COVID wave in India which is said to be driven...