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‘Nuisance fee’: BMC levies fines to have a cleaner Mumbai
The Solid Waste Management (SWM) department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started imposing ‘nuisance fines’ on people for offences that include debris on roads, hawkers/vendors creating a nuisance, shops throwing waste outside, among others
Updated on Oct 10, 2023 07:00 AM IST
BMC warns vendors of police case if they dump flowers on road
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a two-day ultimatum to flower market vendors in Dadar to clean up waste or face fines and police complaints. The BMC has provided waste dumping facilities, but some vendors find it easier to dump waste on the road. The excess flower waste is being recycled into fertiliser or incense sticks. Despite low sales, 70 to 80 truckloads of flowers are still being wasted daily, causing public anger. Some individuals are capitalising on the dumped waste by cleaning and selling the flowers.
Updated on Oct 05, 2023 08:02 AM IST
Sabah Virani, Mumbai
Goa cabinet approves policy to extract ‘value ore’ from mining dumps
Goa has several mining dumps scattered around the countryside, made of topsoil and other low-grade mud, that were rejected by miners who were only interested in the higher-grade ore
Published on Sep 15, 2023 05:05 PM IST
Garbage dumping by BMC at Juhu Koliwada is creating a health hazard: Citizens
The citizen group Juhu Buzz, in a detailed email to the senior BMC officials, wrote, “We are deeply troubled by the ongoing practice of transferring trash from Juhu Beach to Juhu Koliwada Beach. Over time, this practice has resulted in heaps of garbage piling up on the once pristine sands of Juhu Koliwada Beach
Updated on Aug 14, 2023 11:49 PM IST
Villages in East Singhbhum seek ban on non-tribals, allege encroachments
The development came after the alleged encroachment and construction of houses in a tribal cremation ground in Tilkagarh, under Parsudih police station in Jamshedpur city of East Singhbhum district for the past three to four months. Tilkagarh is a semi-urban census town on the fringes of Jamshedpur.
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 09:46 PM IST
Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
