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Election In Pincodes: Ghaziabad votes amid bad air, in shadow of a trash mound
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, HT looks at some key constituencies across India which encapsulate the issues shaping the elections
Updated on Apr 04, 2024 09:22 AM IST
Saurya Sengupta
Biomining at landfills in Ghazipur, Bhalswa set to miss latest deadline
Delhi's biomining project to clear landfill sites likely to miss 2024 deadline. Slow progress due to fresh waste dumping and weather challenges.
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 05:34 AM IST
Process to set up waste management plant underway, Chandigarh MC informs high court
The information was given during resumed hearing of a 2016 PIL, seeking removal of legacy waste at Dadumajra and to address allied issues pertaining to waste management in the city
Updated on Feb 01, 2024 05:18 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
DPCC gives conditional nod for Delhi civic body to dump WtE ash at landfill
The DPCC has granted a six-month conditional consent to operate the landfill, with the condition that the ash be used in construction activities.
Updated on Jan 26, 2024 03:13 AM IST
This is how New York turned world’s biggest garbage dump into a park
More than 500 former US dumps have been turned into energy projects that transform landfill gas into fuel.
Published on Oct 21, 2023 07:09 PM IST
Bloomberg |
Second engineered landfill in Delhi soon
The new landfill sites will have deep pits and multiple layers to prevent contamination.
Updated on Sep 21, 2023 03:52 AM IST
Waste collection gains pace in Chandigarh, but disposal still stuck in slow lane
After Chandigarh climbed to 12th spot last year from 16th in 2021, the municipal corporation is hoping to break into top 3 cities after several waste management initiatives
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 01:43 PM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Review: Wasteland by Oliver Franklin-Wallis
A deep study of planet Earth’s waste crisis, Wasteland looks at the enduring impact of the things we throw away
Updated on Aug 12, 2023 10:16 AM IST
Arunima Mazumdar
Housing societies and schools join fight against plastic waste
Students at Navy Public School in Colaba have taken an oath to segregate and recycle their plastic waste, with the support of the surrounding Navy Nagar buildings. The initiative is part of the monthly Plastic Recyclothon organized by NGO Project Mumbai, which aims to change people's attitudes towards single-use plastic. Other building collectives, corporates, and schools across the city are also participating in the initiative. The Rotary Club of Mumbai Lakers in Powai has been collecting low-grade and multi-layer plastic for recycling since 2020, collecting 25 tons so far. Project Mumbai funds the plastic collection and recycling through CSR initiatives.
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 12:27 AM IST
Sabah Virani, Mumbai
Ghaziabad mayor seize nine trucks, alleges Delhi’s solid waste dumped in Gz
Mayor said the trucks were seized after she went on an inspection following a tipoff she received about Delhi’s waste being dumped in Ghaziabd
Updated on Jul 01, 2023 12:22 AM IST
Chandigarh: Bio-mining of 55% legacy waste completed at Dadumajra dump
Chandigarh municipal corporation is planning to complete bio-mining of entire 12.67 lakh MT legacy waste by year end
Updated on May 12, 2023 07:11 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Sensors, cameras at Delhi landfills in MCD plan to prevent fires
With temperatures set to rise, the effectiveness of these measures will be put to the test in the coming weeks.
Updated on May 05, 2023 04:52 AM IST
E-waste park to come up in Delhi, but many miles to go
DSIIDC floated a tender for the park in February, which states that the facility should be run according to E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 11:27 PM IST
Jasjeev GandhiokAlok KN Mishra
Forget wiping landfills, basics absent: Delhi voters around 3 trash mountains
In a bitterly-contested campaign for Sunday’s municipal elections, the three landfill sites came into sharp focus as parties traded barbs, insults and allegations.
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 12:38 PM IST
Paras SinghKarn Pratap SinghRisha Chitlangia
BJP's Gambhir tweets old letter to Kejriwal amid Ghazipur row: ‘Chunav mendak…’
BJP MP Gautam Gambhir, under whose constituency the Ghazipur landfill site falls in east Delhi, said on Twitter that he visited the venue eight times in the past three years since 2019 and despite asking Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal multiple times to visit there, he did not.
Updated on Oct 27, 2022 04:21 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Satellite finds how landfills are 'super emitters' of greenhouse gas methane
Although methane only accounts for about 11% of greenhouse gas emissions and lasts about a dozen years in the air, it traps 80 times more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide does.
Published on Aug 11, 2022 04:56 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar
MCD to upgrade surveillance at Ghazipur landfill site in bid to curb blazes
The civic body has invited bids from private vendors to install and operate the camera surveillance system. The live feed from the system will be made available to sanitation department officials, a corporation official said.
Updated on Aug 08, 2022 04:11 AM IST
Delhi LG seeks plan to flatten landfills in city
In a move that may help speed up the flattening of the trash mountains, Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxwena asked the MCD officials to regularly put out in public domain the reduction in height of the trash mountains achieved at the three sites.
Updated on May 30, 2022 06:12 AM IST
Alok KN Mishra, New Delhi
Delhi assembly panel pulls up top MCD official over ‘growing landfills’
It is baffling that despite getting funds year on year from Delhi government in the name of solid waste management the BJP ruled MCD has completely failed at its primary job,” Atishi, who is the chairperson of the panel, said in a statement on Monday.
Published on May 24, 2022 03:27 AM IST
Bhalswa landfill smoulders for 3rd straight day as residents stave off smoke
A thick blanket of toxic smoke has made it difficult for the local residents to breathe with many reporting problems, including children.
Published on Apr 29, 2022 05:17 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
3 landfills have cost Delhi ₹450 cr in environmental damages: Study
Experts considered factors such as the leachate generated over time and the legacy waste accumulated at the landfills and the violations of solid waste management rules to calculate the damage to the environment.
Updated on Apr 29, 2022 04:25 AM IST
Jasjeev Gandhiok, New Delhi
Bhalswa fire: Gopal Rai asks Delhi pollution panel to submit report in 24 hours
As many as 10 fire tenders of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) have been on the spot, trying to douse the flames since 5.45pm. A senior north MCD official said the corporation has deployed excavators to dump sand on the source of the fire.
Updated on Apr 26, 2022 11:12 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Ghazipur fire: Tech used in Mumbai may be deployed in Delhi landfill
Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai said teams from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and corporations will travel to Mumbai to check on the working model of this system.
Updated on Apr 22, 2022 05:47 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Ghazipur landfill burns for 3rd time in a month
Several residents of the nearby Mulla colony, located about 500 metres away from the landfill, and those residing in several housing societies around the massive mountain of garbage, complained of difficulty in breathing and itching in the eyes.
Published on Apr 21, 2022 04:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Delhi govt appointed 3-member panel to look into Bhalswa landfill fire
The committee has been asked to file its report within two days, based on which the environment dept will take required action.
Published on Dec 15, 2021 02:44 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi