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Legacy waste at Achan landfill site: NGT imposes fine on SMC for no progress report

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine on the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) for failing to come out with a progress report on the problem of dealing with the 11 lakh metric tons of legacy waste lying at the Achan landfill site in Srinagar. (HT)
chandigarh news
Published on Jan 14, 2026 04:32 am IST

Decline in large fires at Delhi’s garbage mountains, shows data

This is the first time in decades when there hasn’t been a single fire in a landfill in Delhi after the monsoon and in the winters. In 2022, we had four major fires and one minor fire in June,” said an MCD official who oversees the management of landfills in Delhi. (PTI)
delhi news
Updated on Feb 24, 2024 05:16 am IST

MCG junior engineer suspended over dereliction of duty

MCG commissioner PC Meena issued the order placing the JE under suspension on Tuesday. (HT Photo)
gurugram news
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 04:38 pm IST

Criminal networks exploiting legitimate pollution management businesses: Interpol

The study said that plastic waste containers have been piling up in South-East Asian ports and sometimes it is re-exported illegally to neighbouring areas.
environment
Updated on Feb 22, 2021 04:04 pm IST

Biomedical waste from quarantine homes remain a potential hazard

In Himachal Pradesh, the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has set up a trained task force for door-to-door collection. They workers are provided with N95 masks and sanitizers.
india news
Updated on Apr 04, 2020 10:53 am IST

Badnore inaugurates legacy waste mining project at Dadumajra

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chandigarh news
Updated on Dec 21, 2019 01:06 am IST

‘Lead pollutes groundwater in 19 Maharashtra districts; most in India’

The quantity of lead in Maharashtra’s groundwater is the highest in India with 19 of state’s 36 districts reporting the presence of the heavy metal above safe levels
india news
Published on Jul 14, 2019 05:51 am IST

Udaipur first in state to treat waste in natural way

Officials said that once the bio remediation process is carried out in full bio-mining will be carried out on the residual heap which is segregation of minerals and useful materials from mould of waste.
jaipur news
Updated on Jun 18, 2019 02:26 pm IST

Protest against firm for waste treatment

The protesters accused the company of improper handling of waste, which, they say, is leading to pollution of the air and water. “Leachate is making our water poisonous,” said KS Tanwar, a resident of Gwal Pahari.
gurugram news
Updated on Aug 26, 2018 05:34 am IST

‘Provide sites for plants to treat medical, other waste’

The high court directed the government to constitute a state-level advisory committee as per Rule 11 of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and the district level monitoring committee as per Rule 12 within three months.
dehradun news
Published on Jul 10, 2018 09:46 pm IST
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