Nagpur: 10% property tax rebate for adopting eco-friendly processesNMC has become the first municipal corporation in the state to launch rebate for producing compost by garbage segregation, wastewater treat...
21 Jan, 2020, 06.40 PM IST
BMC to give tax rebate for water harvesting, waste processingThe municipality corporation will offer up to 13 per cent relief on the property tax for societies who segregate waste and undertake water ...
02 Aug, 2019, 01.22 PM IST
Angry over garbage mountains in Delhi, SC asks civic body to dump 'waste near L-G's house'"Ganga Ram Hospital has done a study which says that 50 per cent of population of Delhi has a chance of having lung cancer even if they do ...
07 Aug, 2018, 11.26 AM IST
Govt eyes world record on Swachh Bharat this yearThe urban development ministry would launch the campaign in 900 cities on June 5, World Environment Day. The campaign would culimnate on Ga...
13 Apr, 2017, 02.54 PM IST
SwachhBharat@2: What separates garbage city Bengaluru from the clean Mysuru?The 150 kilometres from Bengaluru to Mysuru is the last stretch of the Gol Gumbaz Express, which starts from Solapur.
06 Oct, 2016, 05.17 PM IST
Bengaluru: Contractors' pay linked to garbage separation nowThe new garbage contracts are formulated based on a time-and-motion study that went into the resources required to handle the waste generat...
21 Apr, 2016, 11.54 AM IST
Infra dig? Bengaluru's elite in posh flats aren't separating wasteEven though waste segregation is compulsory, a good number of residents, even in Bengaluru's richest localities, are still not completely i...
14 Jan, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
Dumped garbage on roads? Get set to rot in jailBBMP wants the state to empower its officers with power of arrest - a move they believe can drive home the point that citizens are equally ...
21 Dec, 2015, 11.07 AM IST
Bengaluru civic body plans to use technology for waste collection and processingThe city civic body hopes to see a big leap in garbage management as it plans to embrace technology in a significant way.
17 Dec, 2015, 11.07 AM IST
Crisis deepens: Garbage dumped on road, truck set ablazeHEAP OF WOES: Garbage trucks unloading on highways at 3-4 am; authorities say unsegregated waste can't be taken to processing plants.
14 Dec, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
Bengaluru Mayor, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw clash over huge spend on TenderSURE roadsReddy was critical of the concept of TenderSURE roads on the grounds that these roads had wider footpaths and smaller carriageways.
28 Oct, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
BBMP mixes segregated garbage“The garbage is sometimes not cleared for at least a week near the Sanjay Nagar post office junction,“ said Prashant Kulkarni, an employee ...
13 Oct, 2015, 12.38 PM IST
Singasandra a synonym for civic apathy; bad drainage, inept garbage collection hurt residentsLocated within a 5-km radius of IT hub Electronics City, the Singasandra ward is all about bad drainage, lack of Cauvery water and poorly m...
22 Sep, 2015, 12.07 PM IST
BBMP readies plan to mop up festival trashExtra vehicles will be deployed for 2-3 days at a stretch because we expect flowers and plantain leaves during Ganesha festival.
16 Sep, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
Narendra Modi government considering new standards on garbage segregation to complement Swachh Bharat missionThere is also a proposal to set up a dedicated group at the BIS to ensure that these standards are not just formulated, but also implemente...
10 Nov, 2014, 03.29 PM IST
- Goa environment minister Alina Saldanha to review garbage management in sate
Saldanha told TOI that the elections seemed to have caused some slack in the collection of garbage along the highways and main roads.
15 Apr, 2014, 02.09 AM IST
Environment council to hold garbage meet on Sept 18The problem of garbage in Goa dominated the Goa state environmental council meeting on Thursday with chief minister Manohar Parrikar promis...
23 Aug, 2013, 01.08 AM IST