Tag: waste

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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Accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis

World Water Day 2023 Quote By Dr. P S Harikumar, Chief Scientist (Retd.), Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) – As one of the SDG goals of UN is (Goal 6) improving water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping, and minimizing the release of hazardous chemicals, the discharge of waste from the domestic and industrial sector needs to be treated according to standard norms. Treatment of wastewater in developing countries is rather tardy. This has a negative impact on the environment, and the situation should be changed as…

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Net-zero waste to be mandatory for buildings

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 convert them to valuable resources so that zero solid waste is sent to landfills. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will be sending a directive, likely by the end of March, to all State governments to make…

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ORISSA HC POSER ON BIOMEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL

The Orissa high court has directed the state government to file a status report on the disposal mechanism of biomedical waste at the medical colleges in Cuttack, Burla and Berhampur. The court gave the order while hearing a PIL, filed by social outfit Maitree Sansad in 2003. The PIL alleged that the indifferent attitude of the government in adopting prescribed norms and methods for disposal of bio-medical waste has put the patients’ life at risk in the three medical college hospitals, and the people at large. The high court, while…

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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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Waste management at Char Dham grossly inadequate: NGT

An expert panel constituted by the National Green Tribunal to assess solid waste management on the trek routes of Char Dham shrines, Hemkund Sahib and Valley of Flowers , has said in its report that the infrastructure for waste management at the sites is “grossly inadequate”. “Mule faeces, solid waste and plastic waste can be seen littered around and toilets with soak pits are filled with garbage. The number of public toilets is also far less than the number of pilgrims arriving,” the report’s findings noted. According to the report,…

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PMC To Set Up India’s First Waste-To-Hydrogen Plant in Pune

Pune Municipal Corporation has roped in a private firm The Green Billions Ltd (TGBL), who will set up this plant. The sustainability solutions provider TGBL has entered into a 30-year-long agreement with PMC. TGBL chairman and founder Prateek Kanakia said that this is India’s first attempt to extract hydrogen from waste. By the next year, the plant will treat 350 tonnes of solid garbage every day. “Our plan is to produce 10 tonnes of hydrogen daily from 350 tonnes of solid waste. We are setting up the plant at Hadapsar Industrial…

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MoUHA signed a MoU with Engineers India Limited to develop Waste to Energy and bio-methanation projects

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Engineers India Limited to develop Waste to Energy and bio-methanation projects in cities with a population of million plus as a part of furthering the ‘Green Growth’ agenda. “The thrust on sustainable solid waste management is strengthened under the ambit of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, with the overall vision of creating garbage-free cities. Focusing on this objective, the ministry has decided to set up large-scale solid waste processing facilities in million plus cities,” an official statement…

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