Ludhiana: Garbage at walkway along Lakkar Bridge irks pedestrians

19 hours, 6 minutes ago

After L-G’s post, CM Atishi visits Rangpuri

NEW DELHI: A day after Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena expressed deep concern over the appalling civic conditions, criticising the lack of basic amenities provided to residents in several areas of Delhi, Chief Minister Atishi visited one of the affected areas and assured immediate action to address the issue. Ahead of the Delhi assembly, polls, due in February, Saxena on Saturday …

Delhi Area Rangpuri Pahari

1 week, 1 day ago

Iyappanthangal faces civic issues in the face of burgeoning population

The Hindu

Iyappanthangal, which was once a sleepy village located near Porur, has become a bustling residential locality as it has Ramachandra Medical College as its neighbour and the busy Mount-Poonamallee Road that passes through the village. Inadequate and poor quality of drinking water, poor road condition, stormwater drain facility, encroachment of public roads and development of open space reservation lands are …

Water Garbage Road Panchayat Residents Streets Porur

1 week, 5 days ago

Garbage transport negligence sparks safety fears in Vizag

Deccan Chronicle

Visakhapatnam: Negligence during garbage removal operations in Visakhapatnam has become a major concern for residents. The waste management process, which involves transferring garbage from municipal solid waste facilities to the dumping yard at Kapuluppada, is frequently mishandled by personnel. A recent incident highlighted this negligence when a lorry carrying uncovered garbage caused a dangerous situation on the national highway. Local …

Waste Visakhapatnam Garbage Transportation

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Ludhiana: Dilapidated road stretch leaves residents peeved

Hindustan Times

A 300-metre stretch of the bus stand-Bharat Nagar Chowk road has been in a deplorable condition for months even as other roads under the National Highways Authority of India in Ludhiana have recently been re-carpeted. The damaged road from bus stand to Bharat Nagar Chowk in a bad condition in Ludhiana. An NHAI official, requesting anonymity, said that during the …

Ludhiana Road Nhai Stretch This Stretch

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Ludhiana: Residents see red over open gullies, manholes

Hindustan Times

A day after a video surfaced on social media, showing a biker and his two children falling into a manhole near East Chowk in Giaspura, residents raised concerns over neglected road hazards across the city. Despite the incident making waves, the Municipal Corporation is yet to take action to address the growing menace of open gullies, manholes and pits that …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Rampant garbage burning across Pune city irks residents

Hindustan Times

The Pune Municipal Corporation has received a series of complaints about the illegal burning of garbage across the city, a practice that has sparked health and environmental concerns. Citizens have taken to ‘X’ to report instances of garbage burning and dumping in areas such as Wagholi, Guru Nanak Nagar, Narayan Peth, and Warje. Priya Jat, a resident of Wagholi, said, …

Garbage Pmc Burning Kadam Wagholi Garbage Burning

3 weeks, 5 days ago

People slam GHMC for garbage dumping on roads

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is facing criticism for its failing to address the issue of garbage dumping on roads. Despite distributing wet and dry waste bins for door-to-door collection, many areas continue to be cluttered with garbage, which causes inconvenience to commuters by blocking roads. Some people also allege that SAT vehicles dump collected waste back onto roads, …

Roads Garbage Ghmc

1 month ago

Over 60% of 2.5L power poles are ‘open hazard’ in Lko

Hindustan Times

Exposed electrical wires on steel streetlight poles remain a looming danger in the city, despite a tragic incident in August claiming the life of a 15-year-old boy in Gudamba. Picture of open wires in pillars on Baikunth Dham Road in Lucknow After the Gudamba incident, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation initiated a drive to cover exposed poles using black polythene secured …

Resident Lmc Poles Open Hazard

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pedestrians Most Vulnerable to Road Accidents in 2023: Delhi Police Report

Hindustan Times

Pedestrians remain the most vulnerable group in road crashes in Delhi, accounting for 43% of the victims, followed by two-wheelers at 38%. The number of deaths in road crashes decreased by 0.55% from 1,264 in 2022 to 1,257 in 2023, but there has been an increase in the number of prosecutions from 4,38,052 in 2022 to 6,39,097 in 2023.

Law Safety Traffic Pedestrians New Delhi

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Unsanitary public washroom at Janakpuri Market angers locals

Hindustan Times

The unsanitary condition of the sole public toilet at the entrance of Janakpuri Market has become a matter of concern for the shopkeepers, visitors and commuters. Manisha, a food cart vendor, said, “I have to endure the stench emanating from the washroom and see men urinate in the open.” Acknowledging the issue, MC zonal commissioner Neeraj Jain said, “We have …

Market Men Shop Janakpuri Market Washroom

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Ward 24: Broken roads, clogged drains and poor waste collection

Hindustan Times

Despite their proximity to two of Gurugram’s busiest roads, residents of Ward 24 have long suffered from persistent civic issues like broken roads, overflowing sewage, irregular waste collection, inadequate educational facilities, and poor sanitation for over a decade. Subash Pradhan, a resident of Narsinghpur, said, “We are stuck with broken roads, clogged drains, and irregular garbage collection.” Waterlogging during monsoons …

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3 months ago

Debris piles found in Virugambakkam canal days after Chennai Corporation Mayor’s inspection

The Hindu

Mounds of debris were found to be dumped in the Virugambakkam canal by residents in Ward 127 in Zone 10, days after it was inspected by the Mayor. A resident near the Chinmaya Nagar bridge for 45 years claimed that this was the first time he noticed such massive amounts of debris dumped in the canal. The Assistant Executive Engineer …

Canal Virugambakkam Debris Piles

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dumping waste along Erode Outer Ring Road remains unchecked

The Hindu

Indiscriminate dumping of household waste wrapped in plastic bags along Erode Outer Ring Road by motorists continues to be a significant concern, as the issue has remained unchecked for many years. The 14.8 km outer ring road starts from Kokkarayanpettai, near the Cauvery River in Namakkal district, and ends near Thindal on Perundurai Road. The road passes through several panchayats …

Road Near Waste Erode Ring

4 months, 1 week ago

The journey of Bengaluru’s waste

The Hindu

In the bustling tech hub of Bengaluru, residents strive to maintain pristine homes, quite unaware that their tidy spaces come at a hidden cost. Even before that, workers who collect it from homes and black spots gather at a designated place in every ward around 6.30 a.m., along with auto tippers, to mark their attendance. All mixed up In ward …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Workshop on pedestrian safety held at MC zone-D office

Hindustan Times

With an aim to ensure pedestrian safety on city roads, municipal corporation Ludhiana, in collaboration with the Punjab Road Safety and Traffic Research Centre, SAS Nagar, conducted a capacity building and training workshop on pedestrian safety, infrastructure, and the right to walk at MC zone-D office in Sarabha Nagar on Thursday. During the workshop, it was stated that Ludhiana faces …

Safety Infrastructure Road Safety Ludhiana Pedestrian Safety Pedestrian Road

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tourists and the growing mountain of trash in Himachal

Hindustan Times

This summer, Himachal’s hill stations have witnessed a heavy influx of tourists. Garbage collected from Sarchu to Rohtang In Lahaul and Spiti district and then from Kullu’s Soja and Kasol, a village known as the ‘Tel Aviv of the hills’ due to its popularity with Israeli tourists, is also dumped in Manali’s waste treatment plant. Highway horror A significant part …

Garbage Waste Shimla Tourist Tourists Spiti Himachal

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Complaints galore against street vendors blocking footpaths, encroaching parking lots

The Hindu

Complaints on street vendors blocking footpaths and encroaching upon parking lots and some of them selling unhygienic food were raised during the monthly phone-in programme of Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur on Friday. Joseph D’Souza from Kankanady told the Mayor that the corporation did nothing on evicting street vendors from Kankanady area though he had complained at the phone-in programme three …

Street Vendors Road Mayor Vendors Corporation Street

6 months, 1 week ago

Ludhiana: Slow progress in re-carpeting Upkar Nagar road irks residents, motorists

Hindustan Times

The slow progress in re-carpeting the road from Damoria Bridge to Upkar Nagar, extending towards Civil Lines, has been causing considerable hardship to residents and motorists. MLA North Madan Lal Bagga and MC commissioner inaugurated the project on February 20, with plans to improve the road from Damoria Bridge through Guru Arjan Dev Pura, Upkar Nagar, and Pahwa Dharamshala, to …

Road Upkar Nagar

6 months, 1 week ago

Ludhiana: No cleaning after sewerage work causes traffic snarls in Dugri

Hindustan Times

Poor clearance and sewerage work done by municipal corporation in Phase 1, Dugri, have made daily commuters lives miserable as mounds of sand were left on the roads after installing sewerage pipes, causing traffic problems for over a month. About a month ago, Ludhiana MC’s operational and maintenance wing laid down sewerage pipes at different locations in Phase 1 at …

Road Phase 1 Sewerage Sewerage Pipes

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Chennai witnessing an increase in pedestrian fatalities, says study

The Hindu

Chennai has seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities, despite efforts to reduce the number of accidents, according to a study conducted by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. The proportion of pedestrian fatalities rose from 11% in 2019 to 43% in 2023, as reported in the Road Accidents Reports and the Road Accident Analysis in Tamil Nadu, 2023, the …

Chennai Pedestrian Road Pedestrian Fatalities Streets Project Itdp

7 months ago

Hyderabad devises action plan to remove trash from streets

The Hindu

The area is Vengalrao Nagar, and a woman in plain sari accosts a youth on a two-wheeler. Self help group volunteers posted at hundreds of garbage vulnerable points across the city have been doing this every day since 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., in order to dissuade irresponsible littering of public spaces and to bridge the gap between Swachh Auto …

Vehicles City Garbage Sat Devises Action

7 months, 1 week ago

How to fix walkability hurdles in Bengaluru?

The Hindu

Should a 77% increase in pedestrian deaths in Bengaluru city from 2021 to 2023 be surprising at all, when our footpaths are so notoriously un-walkable, edging out everyone to stray onto the dangerous roads? Research by the World Resources Institute Ross Center and the Global Road Safety Facility has shown that the most effective way to prevent traffic deaths is …

Safety Traffic Bengaluru Roads City Pedestrian Road

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala: Parties back to old ways, poll materials litter roads

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It has been three days since the general elections are over, but the political parties and the candidates are yet to remove the hoardings, posters and flyers they put up across Thiruvananthapuram during the campaign period. Fearing the political parties, the civic authorities have not initiated any steps to remove even hoardings that have been disrupting the movement of …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Better lighting, garbage clearance sought at North Avenue in Kesavaperumal Puram

The Hindu

North Avenue at Kesavaperumal Puram in RA Puram has become a focal point of concern, marred by the overwhelming stench of discarded waste and the eerie darkness shrouding its streets at night. Residents cite untimely clearance of waste dumped outside the bins as reason for the squalor. The resulting darkness compromises the safety of residents and hampers their daily activities, …

Residents Puram North North Avenue

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Menace Of Garbage On Roads Will Not Go Away Without Public Awareness & Participation: Bombay High Court

Live Law

The Bombay High Court recently remarked the menace of garbage on roads will not improve unless there is public awareness and participation. It was dealing with a petition against a tender notice issued by the Latur City Municipal Corporation for the selection of an operator for the collection, transportation, and processing of municipal solid waste. The petitioner argued that as …

Court Public Awareness Public Petitioner Participation Bombay Tender Lcmc Latur City

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Residents urge Ludhiana MC to pull city out of the dumps

Hindustan Times

Despite Ludhiana receiving a low ranking in the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023, landing in the 39th spot out of 46 cities with populations exceeding 10 lakh, the municipal corporation has yet to address the issue of open garbage dumping sites. Despite numerous initiatives and campaigns aimed to promote cleanliness and waste management, the persistence of open garbage dumping sites underscores …

Garbage Ludhiana Waste Dumping Ferozepur Road

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trash outside L.A. home draws complaints, the producer of ‘Hoarders’ — and now Mayor Bass

LA Times

A trash-strewn home in the Fairfax District has drawn complaints and concerns from neighbors. It’s filthy,” said Miriam Kosberg, whose family has owned the property directly behind the house since 1955. is the city needs to force him to clean up his yard.” Courtney Lemarco, executive producer of the TV show “Hoarders,” said he’d heard about the trash-strewn home from …

Property Complaints City Bass Trash Yard Fairfax

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Dugri bridge static compactor lying defunct from three years

Hindustan Times

Even as the municipal corporation is actively installing static compactors across the city to manage waste, the city’s first static compactor near Dugri bridge, installed in 2016 under the smart city mission, the site has been lying defunct for nearly three years. The static waste compactor, initially heralded as a solution to curb open garbage dumps, was positioned near the …

Garbage Bridge Dugri Near Waste Static Compactor

9 months ago

Battle against litter on the Mada streets of Mylapore

The Hindu

If you found the Mada Streets around Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore cleaner during the ongoing annual Panguni Uthira Brahmotsavam and want to know the reason, then get ready to go through a long list of groups. No vehicles will be allowed towards the temple from the following intersections: Devadi Street towards Nadu Street and North Chitrakulam, Nadu Street and …

Vehicles Road Temple Street Mada Luz Mutt

9 months, 1 week ago

Chennai Corporation to address spillage, stench concerns of compactor and garbage collection vehicles

The Hindu

At Koyambedu market, the largest perishable commodities market in the city, open lorries collecting garbage and wastes, driving off, spilling the garbage along their route, is a common sight and the stench from these vehicles forces one to hold their breath in disgust. With no net to cover the garbage, as specified by the civic body, anyone who happens to …

Vehicles Garbage Waste

9 months, 1 week ago

30 remains found on garbage dumps: Ludhiana MC’s failure to dispose of carcasses raises concerns

Hindustan Times

Negligence on the part of the municipal corporation employees has led to carcasses of around 30 cattle found dumped on garbage dumps in Tajpur and Tibba roads here in the last two days instead of being properly disposed of, leading to concerns among locals and Hindu groups. Khanna expressed concern over the MC employees’ negligence in disposing of carcasses properly, …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Dug-up city, pedestrians’ nightmare

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The BMC’s grand programme to concretise over 400 kilometres of road across the city has not exactly been efficient, drawing the ire of citizens who complain that the haphazard digging has left no space for people to walk. “There are no proper barricades, manholes are kept open and there are no ramps for senior citizens,” said Chetan Kamble, founder …

India Mumbai Road Bmc Citizens Walk No Space

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Govt school wall turns into ‘pee zone’

Hindustan Times

The compound wall of the century-old Multipurpose Government Senior Secondary School near Kesar Ganj Chowk has turned into an open toilet for the passers-by, causing inconvenience to the commuters and school administration. The foul smell emanating from that road stretch has forced the school authorities to shift their classrooms as the windows on that side of the wall. “Despite several …

Govt School Road Stretch

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Social activist calls for resizing Ludhiana’s busiest intersection

Hindustan Times

Social activist Kumar Gaurav, aka Sacha Yadav, on Wednesday, questioned the authorities over the new roundabout built at the Bharat Nagar Chowk, the busiest intersection in the city. “I have taken up this issue with project director, National Highways Authority of India, Ashok Rolania,” he said, “although earlier he said that they were planning to have it removed but now …

Gaurav

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kapali Thottam in Chennai beset with water scarcity, parking chaos, uncleared waste

The Hindu

Kapali Thottam at Mylapore in Ward 123, where Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board tenements are also located, is beset with water shortage, insufficient parking, mixed waste dumped in the open and dog menace. According to E. Rajendran, 49, a native of the area falling under Zone 9, “The gym operated by the Greater Chennai Corporation is not well-maintained; it …

Waste Chennai Corporation Kapali Thottam

11 months ago

Awareness drive on waste segregation held at Greenways Road

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation and Urbaser Sumeet, the solid waste management private contractor, as part of a campaign to encourage waste segregation at the source, held an awareness rally on Greenways Road on Sunday. Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena, a resident of the area, urged residents to create composting pits for horticultural waste. Justices of the Madras High Court living …

Waste Greenways Road Waste Segregation

11 months ago

Greater Chennai Corporation takes up mass cleaning drive, removes 45 tonnes of garden waste across 15 zones in city

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation, in a mass cleaning drive, cleared 46.71 tonnes of garden waste from its parks in 102 locations spanning across 15 zones, on Saturday, January 20. According to a release, 976 workers of the Solid Waste Management Department in the civic body removed weeds and cleared tree branches in the parks, vacant lands, Miyawaki parks, graveyards and …

Waste Corporation Greater Chennai Corporation Garden Waste

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Piled-up garbage raises a stink in Vijayawada as outsourced workers continue their stir

The Hindu

The citizens have become the unintended victims of the logjam between the Andhra Pradesh government and protesting outsourced municipal workers as the complaints related to stink emanating from piled-up garbage, dog and mosquito menace pouring in. With the State government not agreeing to the main demands of the workers, the latter on January 6 announced that their Statewide indefinite strike …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Roundabout returns at Bharat Nagar Chowk after over 2 decades

Hindustan Times

Roundabout has returned to Bharat Nagar Chowk, one of the busiest crossroads of the city, after 28 years. Ludhiana: Roundabout returns at Bharat Nagar Chowk after over 2 decades After construction of an elevated road on the stretch from Bharat Nagar Chowk to Octroi Post on Ferozepur Road, the authorities have changed the design of the intersection and started constructing …

Traffic War Road Bharat Bharat Nagar Chowk

1 year ago

Don’t take us for a ride: HC warns Chandigarh, Punjab for ignoring Nayagaon’s issues

Hindustan Times

Admonishing authorities for “taking the court for a ride”, the Punjab and Haryana high court has sought reports from Punjab and Chandigarh on the poor state of civic infrastructure and environmental degradation in Nayagaon and nearby villages due to lack of remedial measures. “We fail to understand as to why 2 lakhs residents are not being provided basic public amenities …

Court State Report Road Chandigarh Punjab Area

1 year, 1 month ago

Heavy traffic, open dumping and haphazard parking main concerns for Sanathnagar

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Residents of the Sanathnagar Assembly constituency are a happy lot with the developmental works undertaken over the past few years, but specific issues, especially traffic congestion, illegal parking and unruly commuting in congested areas, continue to make life difficult. While there was a general consensus that civic amenities — drinking water, roads and streetlights — improved over the years, …

Resident Drinking Water Main Traffic Open

1 year, 2 months ago

‘Nuisance fee’: BMC levies fines to have a cleaner Mumbai

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The civic body has decided to crack the whip against throwing waste and debris on the road, shops not keeping dustbins, and other practices that make the city filthy, making it an unpleasant sight for the citizens. ‘Nuisance fee’: BMC levies fines to have a cleaner Mumbai The Solid Waste Management department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has started …

Mumbai Department Bmc Swm Nuisance

1 year, 3 months ago

Multi-level parking in shambles, visitors suffer

Hindustan Times

Built for the convenience of locals, the multi-level parking at the mini-secretariat has been plagued with several issues, including non-functional lifts, damaged and dirty toilets, mismanaged parking and absence of security staff, making it difficult for the visitors to use the facility. In August 2022, a private company secured a contract worth ₹44 lakh to manage the parking facility, but …

Floor Parking Facility Shambles Visitors

1 year, 4 months ago

Stench from open dumping spot at Pappanaickenpalayam in Coimbatore worries residents

The Hindu

The stench from the open dumping spot on Mariamman Koil Street, near the Bharathiar Road, in Pappanaickenpalayam, close to schools and a hospital, has caused concern to the local people. S. Kalamegam, doctor of a hospital on a road towards Lakshmi Mills junction connecting Mariamman Koil Street, said several patients hesitate to visit the facility as foul smell pervades the …

Road Corporation Mariamman Koil Street Pappanaickenpalayam

1 year, 4 months ago

Rampant open dumping of waste leaves officials in a fix in Ward 37 of Coimbatore Corporation

The Hindu

Officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the open dumping of waste by the public and a few small industries near drains and farmlands. The sewage culvert which runs parallel to a road connecting Nanjappan Street and between gated communities and upper middle income group houses in Navavoor under the West Zone of the Corporation, is currently clogged with plastic, thermocol, …

Road Waste Corporation Ward

1 year, 4 months ago

Medavakkam panchayat struggles to handle the mounting problem of unsegregated waste

The Hindu

Medavakkam, an area that has expanded rapidly over the past decade owing to its proximity to the Information Technoloy companies, has been struggling to cope with the problem of solid waste management. Garbage collected from around one lakh houses is dumped on a ground behind Pallikaranai police station every day. Based on a petition filed by Vanmeegam, an environmental non-profit, …

Panchayat Waste

1 year, 6 months ago

Portion of road near Kailash Cinema in Ludhiana caves in

Hindustan Times

: Commuters had a narrow escape after a portion of road near Kailash Cinema caved in on Thursday evening. Portion of road near Kailash Cinema in Ludhiana caves in The area where the incident took place is prone to cave-ins as the sewage system there is at least 50 years old. Aman, a resident of the area, said that his …

Road Kailash Cinema

1 year, 7 months ago

Ludhiana: MC, PPCB directed to clear solid waste from undesignated sites

Hindustan Times

With garbage dumped on undesignated sites across the city, including village ponds and other water bodies, remaining to be a major issue, the National Green Tribunal has directed the authorities to lift the waste from various locations and transport them to the designated waste processing sites. The NGT bench said that the joint committee is directed to verify facts and …

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