Bengal once feared its rivers. Now, it fears what flows into them. As Bengal urbanises rapidly, the rivers that once flooded now choke with plastic, untreated sewage, and municipal waste. …
Solid Waste
Patna Municipal Corporation has allocated Rs. 2,054.33 crore budget for 2024-25, for infrastructure development and management of solid waste, water, and sanitation. The budget includes projects like the renovation of …
Assam’s North Lakhimpur shows the way North Lakhimpur in Assam has treated a legacy waste of around 79,000 metric tonnes (MT) accumulated over 40 years in and near the river …
Ramky Enviro Engineers contracted to design and operate it Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd (REEL) has announced that it has entered into a seven-year contract with the Greater Chennai Corporation to …
HECS and Daiki Axis Company recently launched a Japanese technology-based sewage treatment plant for the domestic, industrial and commercial sectors of Chennai. These plants are designed with a treatment capacity …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has sent out notices to all the state’s municipal corporations, warning that they will have to start paying fines from April 1st if they fail …
Seven years after the Bombay High Court told the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to shut the Deonar dumping ground, the civic body has finalised a contractor to set up a …
Married at the age of 10, Usha Chaumar of Alwar was treated as an untouchable as she was engaged in the task of manual scavenging. On Republic Day, she was …
Sanitation survey in Mumbai starting from January 5, 2015 under SBM (Swachh Bharat Mission) will also take inputs from Citizens. Mumbai was placed at 147th place among 476 cities in …
Wockhardt Foundation marked the World Environment day by installing its eco-friendly bio-toilets at Maurice Nagar Police station in New Delhi. The country’s first bio-toilet in a police station was inaugurated …
