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SC completely lifts ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCRThe apex court had on November 4 last year banned all construction and demolition activities in Delhi-NCR. About a month later, on December...
SC says solid waste in Delhi a serious problem, asks LG to constitute committeeThe LG had earlier told the court that his office was regularly reviewing and monitoring garbage disposal plans and action of municipal bod...
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 ...
Supreme Court says Delhi under 'mountains of garbage', slams LG for inactionThe top court had at the last hearing of the case demanded to know if the officers accountable to the CM or the LG were answerable for the ...
India will go down under garbage one day: SC's strong rebuke on solid waste mgmtDays are not far when garbage mounds at the Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi will match the height of Qutub Minar and red beacon light will ...
Are you waiting for 'atom bomb of garbage' to explode: SCThe apex court was also sharply critical of the fact that lawyers for none of the states and UTs, except for Delhi, were present in the cou...
We are not garbage collectors, Supreme Court tells CentreThe top court declined to take the Centre's 845-page affidavit on record saying the government cannot dump "junk" before it.
Mobile app 'Hawa Badlo' launched to fight air pollution in DelhiThe app is currently focused on incidences of pollution through construction activities, garbage burning and maintenance of roads, but has ...
Delhi's garbage problem alarming: Supreme Court raps AAP governmentThe SC also objected to AAP government's plea that its MLAs should be kept apart from the sanitation drive as it is the job of local bodies.
Judiciary acted tough on alarming air pollution in 2015The apex court on December 16 banned the registration of new diesel-run SUVs, high-end private cars with engine capacity of 2000CC and abov...
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.
NDMC to construct 40 public toilets on PPP modeThe NDMC has deployed auto-tipper trucks to collect garbage from its residential and market areas. Mechanical sweepers are being used for c...
Land meant for park turns dump yard; residents affectedResidents of an upmarket neighbourhood in Bengaluru suffer an unbearable stench as civic workers dump garbage and construction debris regul...
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...
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...
- If not my backyard then whose?
Across Kerala people are saying they don’t want garbage dumps, compost plants and even sewage treatment plants located close to their colon...
Plastic bag threat more serious than atom bomb: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court said on Monday while warning that it posed a threat more serious than the atom bomb for the next generation.