Tag: waste management

Tender floats by Trichy corporation to outsource waste management

TRICHY: In a significant step to streamline solid waste management (SWM) practice, Trichy corporation has floated a tender to identify a suitable agency with manpower and vehicles to collect waste generated in its 65 wards for three years. The agency will take over door-to-door waste collection in residential and commercial properties using battery-operated, light commercial and heavy commercial vehicles. The entire process will be directly monitored by the corporation. The agency will have to develop a micro-management plan comprising details such as route chart to collect waste, allotment of vehicles…

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National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVNL) commissioned a commercial ‘green coal’ plant in Varanasi

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVNL) has recently commissioned a commercial ‘green coal’ plant in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, to produce green coal or torrefied charcoal from waste. This plant is the first-of-its-kind attempt in India to produce green coal from agricultural residue and municipal solid waste (MSW). The project has been awarded to Macawber Beekay, a company providing turnkey solutions to power plants. Currently, the plant’s first reactor module with a capacity of 200 tonnes per day is installed and commissioned, and another two modules are…

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Ways for solid waste management and sanitation to be suggested by JICA to the VMC

To tackle challenges of increasing solid waste, the Japan International Cooperation Agency will suggest ways of waste management to the Varanasi Municipal Corporation based on the best practices followed in Japan as the per day average of solid waste generation of Varanasi has gone up to 700 metric ton as apart from locals a huge floating population of pilgrims and tourists are also contributing in waste generation. To discuss solid waste management, waste water treatment and recycling and drinking water distribution system with new revenue generation model, a joint coordination…

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Kerala’s waste management programme to be funded by the World Bank

The World Bank will provide funding for the State government’s waste management programme in light of the landfill fire at Brahmapuram. In a meeting between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and World Bank officials, it was decided to immediately conduct a drone survey of all dumping yards in the State, following which a fire audit will also be conducted. A special team will be formed for this purpose. A solid waste management programme was earlier initiated with World Bank funding, from which funds will be utilised. The services of experts from…

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Rs 100 crore environmental compensation levied on Kochi Municipal Corporation by NGT

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Kochi Municipal Corporation in Kerala to pay an environmental compensation of Rs 100 crore for the damage to the environment because of its failure to handle solid waste. The NGT was hearing a matter in which it had initiated suo-motu (on its own) proceedings on the basis of a media report on an environmental emergency caused due to a fire at a dump site in Kochi. “We are conscious that an identical issue is being dealt with by the Kerala High Court,…

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Kerala HC vows action on Brahmapuram’s solid waste crisis

KOCHI: With the Brahmapuram smoke literally choking the Kerala high court judge heading the bench hearing the suo motu PIL, the court on Tuesday vowed to bring about a change in the state at the grassroots-level by the World Environment Day (June 5) this year through strict implementation of Solid Waste Management and Handling Rules, 2016. Considering the PIL registered on the basis of a letter written to the chief justice by justice Devan Ramachandran, the bench that comprises justices SV Bhatti and Basant Balaji on Tuesday did not heed…

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Buildings to ensure Net Zero waste mandatorily

Centre will issue a directive to State governments to incorporate the requirement in building bylaws as part of efforts to eradicate manual scavenging; it proposes to impose penalty for violations; mechanised sewerage important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals All upcoming housing societies and commercial complexes in the country will soon mandatorily have to ensure net zero waste and have their liquid discharge treated, as part of the government’s push for reforming and modernising the sewage disposal system. Achieving net zero waste means reducing, reusing, and recovering waste streams (sludge) to…

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Greater Chennai Corporation cuts down allocation for waste management.

CHENNAI: The solid waste department has received 50% less funding than previous years, and there is no mention of improving toilets or basic sanitation. A competition has been announced, and councillors and officials will benefit if their wards are designated as litter-free. There is a meagre 260 cr allocation this year, down from `424 crore last year. GCC clarified that there was a lot of focus on source segregation and solid waste disposal projects that will be implemented using the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 funds. According to chief engineer N…

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Kochi corporation allotted Rs 2.20 billion for solid waste management.

The Brahmapuram fire, which sparked widespread discussion throughout the state, prompted the Kochi Corporation to include Rs 2.20 billion for the solid waste management project in its 2023-24 budget. According to Kochi Mayor M. Anilkumar, “The Corporation’s focus this year is on solid waste management  mosquito eradication, roll-on roll-off vessels, and financial self-sufficiency. The most recent budget was the first in the history of the local body to not allocate cash at the division level, and it was presented by Deputy Mayor K A Ansiya amid chants from opposition council…

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Non-compliance of solid waste management norms: Rs 10-lakh fine slapped on 8 establishments in Chandigarh

The Municipal Corporation has imposed a fine of over Rs 10 lakh in total on eight bulk waste generators (BWGs) of the city for their failure to comply with the solid waste management norms. The amount will be added to their respective water billing cycle. Nine BWGs were served final notices in December. The last report filed by the field staff of the MC on January 16 found that all BWGs were non- compliant, except Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Sector 12. Following the report, the civic body issued an order…

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