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National Green Tribunal8 years agoInspect If Waste, Sewage Is Blocking Vasundhara’s Drain In Ghaziabad: National Green Tribunal Tells Court Commissioner
The order by National Green Tribunal came in after a plea was filed alleging that monsoon is flooding entire area of Vasundhara and causing blockage of...
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Delhi8 years ago
Ensure100% Mechanisation Of Sewer Cleaning By March 2018: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal
In a review meeting Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal directed the concerned agencies to lay down a Standard Operating Procedure to manually clean sewers in emergency...
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Haryana8 years ago
Sourav Ganguly Bats For Waste Segregation At Gurugram As City Launches A Programme To Popularise The Three Way Segregation System
Former Cricket Captain, Sourav Ganguly launched Gurugram’s city-wide initiative of segregating waste into three differently coloured bins
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Landfill Crisis8 years ago
Kolkata’s Landfill Crisis: The City’s Dependency On The Sole Landfill Of Dhapa May Soon Result In An Unresolvable Crisis
At Kolkata’s sole landfill, more than 4,000 metric tonnes of waste go in every day, despite the landfill's lifespan being over decades ago
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Features8 years ago
Can A Plant Help Treat Waste Water Naturally And Prevent Untreated Sewage From Polluting Our Water Bodies?
Karnataka’s Udupi district set up its first Canna Indica plantation mother bed. The plant will be absorb effluents from the sewage and release back the purified...
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Waste Management8 years ago
Trashonomics, A Book That Teaches Children How To Turn Waste Into Wealth
With fun facts, graphics and pictures, the book 'Trashonomics' explains young minds the importance of waste management
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Maharashtra8 years ago
Composting Via WhatsApp? These Puneiites Have Taught This Simple Art To 600 Families And Still Counting
Almost 70% of the waste that goes to landfills is organic waste that can be easily be put to use through composting. Here's how swachh warriors...
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Delhi8 years ago
Increase Capacity Of Waste-To-Energy Plants: Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal Tells Delhi Civic Bodies
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal gave an assurance to the citizens residing near the Ghazipur landfill and said mountains of garbage will be cleared in the next...
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Karnataka8 years ago
Waste Collection In Mangaluru Becomes Erratic As City’s Civic Body Enters Into Dispute With Authorised Private Contractor
Mangaluru ranked 63rd in this year’s Swachh Survekshan rankings but since then has been struggling to make its waste management plan work due to constant tussle...
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News8 years ago
E-Waste Generation May Increase By 1800 Per Cent, Says ASSOCHAM-KPMG Report
Only 2 per cent of India’s 18 lakh metric tonnes of e-waste is recycled, making India one of the worst performers globally, in terms of e-waste...
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Waste Warriors Of India8 years ago
Empowerment Meets Environment: Every Week Slum Women Upcycle 300 Kg Of Flower Waste Into Incense Sticks
Flowers are rarely thought of as a waste that can pollute water bodies. But the problem of flower waste and the indiscriminate way it is disposed...
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Andhra Pradesh8 years ago
National Green Tribunal Directs Andhra Pradesh Government To Examine Waste Dumped In Agricultural Lands Near Polavaram Project
A petition filed by economist, Dr Pentapati Pullarao alleges that huge quantum of garbage is dumped in agricultural lands thereby violating environmental norms near the Polavaram...
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News8 years ago
National Green Tribunal Issues Notice To Uttar Pradesh Authorities On The Problem Of Sewage Overflow In Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad- based Association of Apartment Owners raised the issue of overflowing sewage in Indirapuram and said that the drains in most of the places are choked...
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Delhi8 years ago
Delhi Sits On A Ticking Garbage Bomb: Six Latest Developments On Ghazipur Landfill Tragedy
From banning any kind of garbage dumping on Ghazipur, diverting city’s waste to a temporary landfill to the Delhi authorities facing the wrath of National Green...
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Delhi8 years ago
Delhi’s 80-Feet Garbage Mountain Collapses: 5 Stark Facts You Should Know About The Ghazipur Landfill
Recently Delhi’s oldest landfill - Ghazipur collapsed, leaving two people dead and several injured. Here is a lowdown of stark facts about the 80 feet garbage...
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