The Delhi chief secretary has been asked by the National Green Tribunal to monitor the progress in the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in the city and has ordered that at least three wards, zones, circles in each municipal corporation may be notified within two weeks which will be made fully compliant within the next six months ...
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said that the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 is highly unsatisfactory in the capital and asked the Delhi government to take required measures soon ...
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Madhya Pradesh, which became the first state in the country to achieve 100 per cent door-to-door garbage collection in its urban areas in February 2018, won the best-performing state in the Swachh Survekshan 2019 which evaluate the performance cities in achieving the cleanliness standards under the Swachh Bharat Mission ...
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In a bid to tackle plastic waste and air pollution, the Indore Municipal Corporation replaces plant pots with plastic bottles to develop a vertical garden at Nehru park ...
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As per the Noida authorities, the city generates around 600 metric tonnes of solid waste on a daily basis and if not managed it can lead to a heightened risk of vector borne disease apart from increase in pollution ...
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Recognizing the urgent need for the railways to put in place an effective implementation and monitoring mechanism for cleanliness on platform and track, the National Green Tribunal has directed the railways to submit an action plan and has asked the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to conduct its performance audit at regular intervals
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Inaugurated in Muzaffarpur district, it is the first city in Bihar to set-up a fully functional waste processing site and the only city in the whole of north India to have above 70 per cent waste segregation at source. ...
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Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh Development Authority is covering the dump and violating the Solid Waste Management guidelines instead of cleaning it up even after several petitions from the local villagers, says Environmental Watchdogs
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The Supreme Court observed that an expert committee, set up to deal with issues relating to solid waste management in Delhi, to have “specific time target” on how the works would be carried out ...
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While many have taken up different measures to spread awareness about waste segregation, some believe people are negligent on the issue of waste management ...
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On a three-day trip to South Korea, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and said that Delhi needs to learn a lot from Seoul about an efficient public transport system ...
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The Apex Court slapped a cost of Rs three lakh on Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, and Union Territory of Chandigarh for not framing waste management policy under Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 ...
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