As the primary focus of Swachh Bharat Mission shifts from making the country open defecation free (ODF) to ODF plus which also includes waste management and tackling the problem of the increase in garbage in the country, SWaCH Pune is one of the warriors of Swachh India leading this shift ...
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Waste Management
Waste Management
During the launch the Swachh Sarvekshan 2020, the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness survey to rate the cities, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the country is on track to achieve 100 per cent open defecation free status in the country by October 2 this year ...
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The National Green Tribunal had earlier said that the major cause of pollution in Yamuna river at Agra is dumping of garbage and sewage in the river and also noted that solid waste is being burnt in open on road, heaps of garbage is lying unattended and drains are being choked with garbage ...
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As Swachh Bharat Abhiyan saw a 25 per cent reduction in its budget allocation for the FY 19-20, a scheme called ODF Plus has been launched to ensure effective waste management in rural areas ...
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In Chhattisgarh’s Ambikapur, Municipal Corporation decides to introduce India’s first Garbage Café wherein food to the poor and homeless will be provided for free of cost in return they have to give plastic or waste from the city ...
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In December, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) barred Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) from dumping any kind of waste at the city’s Pratap Vihar landfill and since then the waste management is giving the city corporation a hard time ...
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Deposit Rs. 250 Crore For Removing Waste At Landfill Sites: NGT To Delhi Government And Civic Bodies
The National Green Tribunal observed that the waste rotting at Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla landfill sites is contaminating the groundwater with heavy metals which is reaching and polluting the Yamuna river ...
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The National Green Tribunal had earlier criticised Haryana government and its civic bodies for the disposal of industrial waste and construction debris in the Aravalli forests along the Gurgaon-Faridabad road ...
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India’s waste woes continue unabated despite five years of the biggest clean-up campaign, Swachh Bharat Abiyan. Here’s a glimpse of the next big challenge from a slum in capital’s posh South Delhi area ...
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Bhaderwah Development Authority has decided to ban the use of polythene and disposable plastic products to tackle the garbage problem in its valley ...
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The New Delhi Municipal Council has installed 40 sensor based underground bins to manage the waste effectively while maintaining aesthetics of the city ...
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The National Green Tribunal said that after clearing the garbage from Pirana landfill in Ahmedabad, the state of Gujarat may consider using a part of the recovered land for waste treatment and some other part for building a bio-diversity park to improve the air quality ...
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