Hospital of garbage
Satyabala ID Hospital, Kolkata, is reported to be a virtual garbage dump. Large quantities of solid-waste are found discarded in front of the hospital among the shrubs. The sight of…
Satyabala ID Hospital, Kolkata, is reported to be a virtual garbage dump. Large quantities of solid-waste are found discarded in front of the hospital among the shrubs. The sight of…
Fumbling for four years to find a dumping ground for trash, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra is now simply heaping garbage in private lands. Though the TMC had…
In the aftermath of the serial bombings in Ahmedabad and Delhi, people are eyeing dustbins as potential bomb containers. Immediately after the explosions, civic bodies and over zealous citizens across…
City officials in Taipei in south Taiwan have begun training potty users to flush toilet paper down the toilet instead of throwing it in the trash, aiming to reduce 340…
Education and awareness of waste segregation is the key to better waste management and the way forward to a clean and green environment, says Vinay Maheshwari, Director, Neel Metal Fanalca,…
It is one thing to blame the authorities for not ensuring clean roads and clean gutters and it’s another thing that the same roads and gutters are littered/choked soon after…
In one of the earlier issues CIJ had reported about Siruthuli, the NGO in Coimbatore that has been doing a great job of cleaning up the water bodies in the region, as well as greening up the area. The organisation recently conducted a three-day festival to spread awareness about cleaning up water bodies and garbage and the importance of composting, planting of trees, etc. Surya Rekha, a Siruthuli member reports.