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Anand Mahindra's Monday motivation is Chennai’s remarkable journey from dumpyard waste to furniture, says 'there’s hope for India'Anand Mahindra in his social media post on Monday spoke about Chennai's Perungudi dumpyard, once a massive landfill, which has been transfo...12 Jan, 2026, 11.40 AM IST- MCD launches final phase of biomining at Bhalswa landfill, targets completion by 2026The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is starting the last part of its big cleanup at the Bhalswa landfill. The goal is to get rid of 4 millio...16 Sep, 2025, 06.33 PM IST
- Centre approves proposals worth Rs 860 crore for West Bengal under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0West Bengal strives to meet waste management goals by 2026 with comprehensive plans, including waste-processing plants in all cities. The s...27 Jun, 2024, 09.34 PM IST
- As Delhi drowns in garbage, there is an urgent need for a waste management overhaulDespite ongoing efforts to manage Delhi's waste, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi continues to dump 3,400 tonnes of fresh waste daily at ...23 Apr, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
- Assam: Tinsukia achieves landmark as the first legacy-waste-free district in NortheastTinsukia, in Northeast India, becomes the first district to eliminate 1.53 Lakh Metric Ton of legacy waste using bio-mining. The project yi...12 Mar, 2024, 08.18 PM IST
- Centre paves way for using waste in building highwaysAs per the ministry's assessment, about 170 million tonnes of waste is accumulated at 2,304 dump sites in the country. The inert material a...28 Dec, 2023, 11.56 PM IST
- Delhi air turns 'hazardous': Here's what Delhi is doing to halt the air-pocalypseDelhi pollution: The air quality in Delhi reached the 'severe' zone, leading to the implementation of stage III of the Graded Response Acti...03 Nov, 2023, 11.28 AM IST
- India should phase out biodegradable waste disposal in landfills to check methane emissions: CSE reportA report by the Centre for Science and Environment recommends that India conducts a nationwide study to accurately estimate methane emissio...26 Sep, 2023, 01.19 PM IST
- Karnataka: Bengaluru infra gets attention from new Congress governmentIn the budget for fiscal 2023-24, CM Siddaramaiah allocated Rs 273 crore towards developing 83 km of high-density corridors. Out of the sta...07 Jul, 2023, 11.36 PM IST
- As air quality plummets, Mumbai, Pune huff and puff to breathe easyAs per the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), Maharashtra has the largest number of non-attainment cities, all fast-growing metropolitan ...23 Oct, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi to deploy drones to survey landfill sitesThe national capital has three landfill sites - Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla - that have turned into huge garbage mountains. A plan in this...11 Jun, 2022, 05.23 PM IST
- Biomining of legacy waste, waste-to-energy plants among steps MCD taking to flatten landfillsThe national capital has three landfill sites -- Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla -- that have turned into huge garbage mountains. According to...03 Jun, 2022, 03.49 PM IST
- Six more waste-to-energy plants soon: Kerala CMChief minister Pinarayi Vijayan here on Monday said that state government plans to construct centralized Waste to Energy (WtE) plants in si...07 Jan, 2020, 01.07 PM IST
- PMO steps in to address Ghazipur landfill issueThe landfill, which is spread over 70 acres, started in 1984 and is still in use despite a planned site life of 25 years.20 Jul, 2019, 07.03 AM IST
- Government plans to get rid of dumpyards in 20 big cities in just three yearsOn Monday, municipal commissioners of these cities agreed to formulate time bound action plans by factoring in the solid waste already dump...13 Oct, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
- Top IT CEOs Kris Gopalakrishnan, Vineet Nayar & S Ramadorai will head to US for insights into hi-tech futureIn March, the CEOs will gather in Los Angeles, to be part of a unique programme run by a little-known educational institution called Singul...09 Feb, 2012, 10.34 AM IST
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