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Clear Dadumajra dump site by May or face contempt proceedings: HC to Chandigarh MC
An HC bench, while hearing a clutch of petitions seeking removal of garbage from the dumping site, made it clear that if not cleared by then, the official would face contempt proceedings. The court also expressed serious concerns over the MC’s handling of waste management.
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:56 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Chandigarh mayor writes to Punjab governor, seeks 20 acres in Mohali for setting up integrated waste processing plant
Aimed at effectively tackling the city’s daily waste generation of 550 metric tonnes (MT), the new plant, with a capacity of 600 tonnes per day, is proposed to comprise three facilities – one each for dry, wet and horticulture waste
Updated on Jan 16, 2025 08:58 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
PMC forms team to take action against illegal dumping of debris
The collaborative inter-departmental team includes the assistant municipal commissioner, building inspectors and divisional sanitary inspectors
Updated on Jan 16, 2025 06:12 AM IST
Vicky Pathare
Ghaziabad: Civic body clears 31,713 metric tonnes of waste from Madhuban Bapudham site
In connection with the petition, the civic agency in December 2024 had informed the tribunal ‘approximately 61,000 metric tonnes of waste has accumulated at the site owing to the complete closure of road access to the processing site owing to the Kanwar Yatra’
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:10 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Ludhiana: Door-to-door garbage collection, segregation begins in Khanna
Once successful, pilot project to be replicated in other areas of state, says minister Tarunpreet Sond; wet, dry garbage and solid waste will be collected separately from every household, he adds
Updated on Jan 07, 2025 08:20 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana