Centre withholds release of funds for JNNURM works
12 years, 6 months ago

Centre withholds release of funds for JNNURM works

The Hindu  

Not fulfilling the mandatory reforms as laid down for funding under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has led to stalling of release of funds from the Union Government to GVMC. The Centre withholds 10 per cent of the funds for work completed as long as the urban local body does not fulfil them. For the seven projects that GVMC wants to complete by March alone, the funds withheld by the Centre towards 10 per cent are a whopping Rs.57.17 crore. User charges Two major areas where the GVMC’s has not been able to make headway are collection of user charges for sewerage and total solid waste management. The GVMC has also approved a resolution handing over total solid waste management to Ramky Enviro Engineers but it awaits government approval and faces a stiff resistance from workers.

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BMC proposes user fee for garbage collection in draft sanitation byelaws
18 hours ago

BMC proposes user fee for garbage collection in draft sanitation byelaws

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The BMC on Monday unveiled its draft cleanliness and sanitation byelaws for 2025, which include a user fee for the daily collection of solid waste from individual flats. BMC proposes user fee for garbage collection in draft sanitation byelaws The Solid Waste Management user fee will also be levied on commercial establishments, guesthouses, restaurants, clinics, laboratories, godowns, offices, small …

LMC unveils people-friendly measures: Boost for cleanliness and infrastructure
1 week ago

LMC unveils people-friendly measures: Boost for cleanliness and infrastructure

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The Lucknow Municipal Corporation’s executive committee on Monday approved a proposed budget of ₹4236.63 crore for 2025-26, with major focus on sanitation, waste management, infrastructure and public welfare projects. To support women’s welfare, LMC allotted 4.549 hectares of land in gram Kalli Paschim, gram Amausi and gram Amarai village for construction of women’s hostels, providing safe accommodation for working …

Greater Chennai Corporation allocates ₹352 crore for solid waste management
1 week, 5 days ago

Greater Chennai Corporation allocates ₹352 crore for solid waste management

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation has allocated ₹352 crore in its budget presented on Wednesday for solid waste management. Since 2018, estimated expenditure of the Solid Waste Management Department was noted under categories — compost bins, Swachh Bharat initiatives, river restoration works and procurement under the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 scheme, among others. Capital expenditure Capital expenditure for GCC refers to …

Despite issues, CCMC extends contract with solid waste company
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Despite issues, CCMC extends contract with solid waste company

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has extended the contract period for the private company managing the city’s solid waste, despite widespread complaints about poor performance. They argue that despite CCMC paying about Rs 170.5 crore for solid waste management services, the firm has been poor in its performance. Extending contract with a company that has already failed to deliver …

Chennai Corporation plans to make one ward bin-free
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation plans to make one ward bin-free

The Hindu  

Following complaints from the public about damaged and overflowing dustbins across the city, the Greater Chennai Corporation is drawing up a plan to make one ward bin-less. With the civic body having floated tenders to obtain over 1,000 new bins and repair broken ones across the city recently, the vision to make the entire city bin-less — through 100% segregation …

Ludhiana: ₹53-crore project launched to manage waste
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: ₹53-crore project launched to manage waste

Hindustan Times  

The Municipal Corporation on Saturday launched a major project worth over ₹53 crore to dispose of around 700 metric tonnes of fresh waste generated in the city on a daily basis. Projects worth around ₹77 crore have already been launched in the past for bioremediation of around 19.62 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the Jamalpur main dump site …

Kovai reeks of garbage as CCMC fails to find solution to dispose off solid waste
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Kovai reeks of garbage as CCMC fails to find solution to dispose off solid waste

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Residents of the city complain of stench as the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation is facing a huge challenge in disposing off solid waste as a result of which several roads remain littered with trash. For months, CCMC has been unable to secure a competent private waste management company to handle the city’s garbage. With the city’s 100 wards generating …

Conservancy workers stage protest against privatisation of solid waste management in zones 5 and 6; GCC to not reverse move
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Conservancy workers stage protest against privatisation of solid waste management in zones 5 and 6; GCC to not reverse move

The Hindu  

Amidst protests by the workers under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission outside the Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar Zone, the Greater Chennai Corporation states that it will not let go of the move to privatise solid waste management. Roughly 850 workers, led by Left Trade Union Centre, staged a demonstration at Purasawalkam from 6 a.m. against the Corporation’s new practice of …

With emphasis on SWM, ₹100 crore set aside to purchase land for processing units
1 year, 1 month ago

With emphasis on SWM, ₹100 crore set aside to purchase land for processing units

The Hindu  

The Budget, with emphasis on Solid Waste Management, has set aside ₹100 crore to purchase four parcels of land measuring 50 to 100 acres to set up Integrated Waste Processing Centres. The Budget said to make Bengaluru a clean city, Integrated Solid Waste Management Comprehensive Action Plan will focus on collection, transportation and processing to be handled by a single …

Solid waste management process at Keeranatham in Coimbatore stepped up
1 year, 7 months ago

Solid waste management process at Keeranatham in Coimbatore stepped up

The Hindu  

The solid waste management of Keeranatham panchayat was integrated with two battery vehicles for waste collection and bins and covers for every household, as suggested by Collector Kranthi Kumar Pati to the Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore using funds under Corporate Social Responsibility on Thursday. With funds from Hirotec India Private Limited, a branch of the international automotive industry located …

Gurugram residents aggrieved over solid waste mismanagement
1 year, 7 months ago

Gurugram residents aggrieved over solid waste mismanagement

Hindustan Times  

A civil society group and hundreds of residents and RWAs have written to the Haryana government and the MCG demanding that the Waste Concessionaire agreement for solid waste management in the city,be amended or terminated to comply with Solid Waste Management Rules 2016. City based environmentalist said that the city is continually facing serious solid waste management crisis severely affecting …

Net-zero waste to be mandatory for buildings
2 years ago

Net-zero waste to be mandatory for buildings

The Hindu  

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. The Ministry is also looking at integrating septic tank design into the building by-laws and adherence to standard specifications, geo-tagging all …

Waste disposal continues to raise a stink in Panchkula
2 years, 4 months ago

Waste disposal continues to raise a stink in Panchkula

Hindustan Times  

The National Green Tribunal slapping a ₹9-crore fine on the Panchkula municipal corporation has catapulted pervasive waste mismanagement in the city into the limelight. However, Citizens Welfare Association president SK Nayar says, “The new garbage collectors do not come at a fixed time, nor do they ring the bell to announce their arrival and move from the lanes quickly, leaving …

BMC twiddles its thumbs as lethal construction waste piles up in Mumbai
2 years, 5 months ago

BMC twiddles its thumbs as lethal construction waste piles up in Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

STRAP: Proposed waste recycling centre hasn’t taken off even after five years Thane, India - October 13, 2022: Construction debris dumped on Nashik bypass on the Eastern Express Highway near Majiwada, in Thane, Mumbai, India, on Thursday, October 13, 2022. Sumaira Abdulali, convenor of environmental NGO Awaaz Foundation, pointed out that despite the tremendous scale of construction work, Mumbai did …

Bins to be distributed to sanitation teams
2 years, 7 months ago

Bins to be distributed to sanitation teams

The Hindu  

Over a year after removing garbage bins from the public spaces of the city as part of ‘bin free city’ campaign, GHMC is all set to bring back bins, albeit in a different format Instead of the blue bins, however, this time it will be wheeled bins, to be distributed to the sanitation teams across the city. The corporation launched …

Govt notifies new solid waste management rules
8 years, 11 months ago

Govt notifies new solid waste management rules

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Indians may soon have to pay for management and disposal of solid waste with the environment ministry on Tuesday notifying the new Solid Waste Management rules 2016 that also have provisions for spot fines for littering public spaces. The new rules also defines sanitary waste such as diapers and sanitary pads and calls for their proper disposal. Solid …

A daunting task ahead
11 years, 11 months ago

A daunting task ahead

The Hindu  

The city was in the throes of a major garbage crisis not so long ago. While the situation may seem like it is under control, none of the solutions proposed by the solid waste management experts have been implemented, giving rise to fears that Bangalore could be engulfed in its own garbage anytime again. The crisis erupted in September last …

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