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TMC eyes clean sweep; prepares’ residents for Swachh feedback

TMC has put up banners at immersion spots with a set of probable questions and answers for residents to fill the Swachh Survekshan questionnaire.

Updated on Sep 12, 2019, 2:15 AM IST

Waste management: Thane civic body will assist residents to set up compost pits

After a first failed attempt to make residential societies treat their own waste, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is now giving it a second shot.

Updated on Sep 6, 2019, 2:59 AM IST

Zonal plan to regulate activities at Sultanpur Park soon

Another point discussed to be included in the plan was the construction of commercial entities in the zone.

Updated on Sep 4, 2019, 8:35 PM IST

RSS body wants PM not to accept Gates award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of Garvi Gujarat Bhawan at Akbar Road in New Delhi.

Updated on Sep 3, 2019, 1:42 AM IST

Finally, India finds a lasting solution to global warming

The young firm led by an experienced team of professionals who understand the nuances of waste management.

Updated on Sep 2, 2019, 11:53 AM IST

Students at Chembur High School learn about Mahatma’s principles

Students were given an orientation on experiential learning and the need for basic education.

Updated on Aug 29, 2019, 1:08 PM IST

Air you breathe is unsafe: Nitrogen dioxide levels high across Mumbai

At 69 micrograms per cubic meter, Andheri saw the maximum concentration of NO2, which is mainly caused due to burning of fossil fuel from motor vehicles and industries (Photo by Prabhat Mehrotra/ HT PHOTO)

Updated on Aug 29, 2019, 7:05 AM IST

IIT Patna signs MoU with water and sanitation committee for ODF, waste management in Bhojpur

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Published on Aug 27, 2019, 12:35 PM IST

2 AWACS, air-to-air missiles on agenda for Netanyahu visit

The IAF is also looking towards the acquisition of extended range Derby air to air missiles from Israel after Pakistan used 70 km AIM-120 C 100 kilometre beyond visual range missiles against Indian jets in its February 27 retaliation to the Balakot strike.

Updated on Aug 27, 2019, 5:46 AM IST

The best out of Deonar’s waste: Garbage piles to make space for treatment plant

Increasing the height of Deonar’s garbage mounds will, however, lead to challenges such as stabilizing the slope and preventing fire while the garbage is being moved around. The garbage releases trapped methane, a leading cause of fires, and leachate into the adjoining creek.

Updated on Aug 26, 2019, 4:07 AM IST

‘Ensure better fire safety, waste management at the Bandra Fair’: Bandra residents

ALM members have also demanded fire engines and ambulance services should be on standby at a location with easy access to the main entry and exit points to the Basilica.

Updated on Aug 21, 2019, 5:37 AM IST

Solar energy, vertical gardens, waste management: Mumbai college teaches green lessons to its students

Mumbai’s Smt Kamaladevi Gauridutt (KG) Mittal College of Arts and Commerce has developed vertical gardens on its eight-foot-high compound walls.

Updated on Aug 19, 2019, 9:01 AM IST

No village gets top rating in state govt’s assessment scheme

As many 38 villages have received a one-star rating, including a large number of villages from the Farrukhnagar block.

Updated on Aug 18, 2019, 5:14 AM IST

Developers told to ensure solid waste management rules are followed before handing over projects

Maheshwari, who was the district magistrate of Ghaziabad before becoming Noida CEO, said Ghaziabad significantly improved its Swachh Survekshan ranking from 300 to 13 in two years.

Updated on Aug 18, 2019, 2:39 AM IST

Noida’s sanitary landfill site not identified in a year

Noida’s waste management woes are unlikely to end anytime soon as a high-level committee, formed to identify a sanitary landfill site for the city, has failed to do so even after a year.

Updated on Aug 13, 2019, 1:06 AM IST

Gurugram’s authority to determine livability in terms of healthcare services

The number of in-patient hospital beds per 10,000 people is one of the parameters to be assessed.

Updated on Aug 11, 2019, 4:20 PM IST

Delhi Government campaign on solid waste management from August 15

Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws 2018 for the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) were notified under which the onus of disposing waste has been put on the generator.

Updated on Aug 9, 2019, 8:55 PM IST

‘Debris on call’ service: BMC wants private land for recycling

The Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) is now looking for private land in the space-starved city to set up and operate construction debris processing units for its ‘Debris on Call’ service. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Aug 9, 2019, 3:28 AM IST

Mumbai civic body to set up debris processing unit on private land

The Mumbai civic body is looking for private land in space starved Mumbai where owners of the land are willing to set up and operate construction and demolition waste processing units for the civic body’s ‘Debris on Call’ service.

Published on Aug 8, 2019, 6:43 PM IST

Supreme Court to consider policy to curb extravagance

Submitted to the court on Friday, a special bench of justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta will consider the policy.

Published on Aug 5, 2019, 6:44 AM IST

Achieved ‘almost’ 100% segregated waste collection in Rohini, claims north corp.

North MCD worker collecting dry and wet segregated garbage door to door, at D Block, Prasant Vihar, in New Delhi (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Aug 3, 2019, 6:41 PM IST

Waste: manage it now before it harms you

Waste: manage it now before it harms you

Updated on Jul 29, 2019, 12:53 PM IST

New Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation chief focuses on improving civic amenities

NMMC’s new commissioner Annasaheb Misal take charge on Thursday.

Updated on Jul 19, 2019, 12:26 AM IST

No leachate outside landfill, says HSPCB; activists refute claims

Following an inspection of the Bandhwari landfill site, on Wednesday, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said it had not found any evidence of leachate being present beyond the boundary of the landfill, or in surrounding water bodies.

Updated on Jul 19, 2019, 2:18 AM IST

Part of Jharkhand’s biggest dump yard to turn eco-park soon

The board of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has approved the proposal of an eco-park on a portion of the dump yard in Ranchi’s Jhiri with an aim to reduce environmental hazard .

Published on Jul 18, 2019, 3:11 PM IST

Ensure BMC treats sewage before disposing it into sea: HC to anti-pollution body

File photo of a nullah connecting Dadar beach to the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. A city-base NGO has filed a petition in the Bombay HC complaining about the polluted coastal water, which “makes the Mumbai shoreline one of the most polluted in the world”.

Updated on Jul 12, 2019, 1:54 PM IST

Gurugram warehouses burn trash openly in absence of waste management depot

In Gurugram, amid a general slowdown in the real estate market, warehousing business is booming where plumes of smoke has been sighted.

Published on Jul 12, 2019, 2:49 AM IST

The Green Budget has a vision for a healthier India

Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is a success and the focus will continue in efforts to sustain the behavioural change achieved in sanitation

Published on Jul 8, 2019, 8:08 AM IST

Budget 2019: ‘Har Ghar Jal’ for all rural houses by 2024, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The finance minister said as much as 95 per cent of all cities have become open defecation free and 9.6 crore toilets have been constructed since October 2014.

Updated on Jul 5, 2019, 1:11 PM IST

DPCC serves closure notices to 12 nursing homes and hospitals

They would also have to tie up with one of the two common biomedical waste treatment facilities in Delhi.

Published on Jun 28, 2019, 5:17 AM IST

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