Tag: solid waste

NGT fines Delhi govt. ₹2,232 crore for poor waste management

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of ₹2,232 crore on the Delhi government for damage caused to the environment due to improper solid and liquid waste management. It has also constituted a panel under Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena to monitor the Capital’s solid waste management. In its order a Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel asked the Delhi government to pay the fine within a month and credit it to a ring-fenced account from which funds would be withdrawn only for waste management. Leader of…

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Chandigarh – New Integrated Solid Waste Management Plant to be constructed by 2025

A high-powered committee of the UT administration led by UT adviser Dharam Pal announced the integrated solid waste processing plant would be constructed in two years and be operational for 25years, directing stricter penalties be imposed for non-fulfilment of environmental and emission norms and accepting the recommendations of the CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). The committee asked the civic body to incorporation provisions of heavy penalties in the rules for the selected bidder if even a single environmental rule was violated while operating the newly-planned waste management plant. “After…

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KMC whip for waste segregation rule flout

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started cracking down on residents who have been provided two separate-coloured bins for segregation of waste but are still resorting to littering the neighbourhood alleys and streets. The member, mayor-in-council, overseeing KMC’s solid waste management (SWM) department, Debabrata Majumdar, said though the civic body had finished distribution of waste bins for segregation in 40% of the neighbourhoods in the city, the complaints about littering continued to pour in. According to the civic plan, the KMC solid waste management department overseers have been asked to…

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