2018 again underlined why India’s growing garbage is a full blown crisis and not enough is being down to tackle the problem on war footing
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi at 332 at 11 am on Thursday, which is considered ‘very...
Delhi’s 62 meter tall Bhalswa landfill catches fire, experts asks for an emergency response mechanism and decentralised waste disposal system
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...
In compliance with NGT’s order, the waste would be dried to be transported away from the site and later segregated
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor was criticised heavily by the Supreme Court for his inability to tackle the city’s mounting garbage crisis
EDMC plans to distribute colour coded dustbins to 2,500 households in Trilokpuri to encourage waste segregation
Despite plans of shutting the landfill in 2008, or using waste from it to build highways, nothing has materialised yet
Despite generating over 4,500 tonnes of waste daily, Kolkata remains dependent on the sole landfill of Dhapa which has long exhausted its capacity
Residents of Pali Hill in Mumbai are converting 800 kilos of organic waste into biogas per day which generates power to light up 68 street lights
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...
The bench assured that all the issues related to the identification of new landfill sites will be considered