BMC to impose garbage tax soon
3 weeks, 4 days ago

BMC to impose garbage tax soon

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Mumbai’s residents may have to pay a ‘user fee’ on solid waste management – a garbage tax – to fund the massive process of collecting, transporting and processing the city’s trash. Introducing the user fee would mean revising Mumbai’s solid waste management bye-laws, which haven’t been amended in almost 20 years. The Centre had issued the overarching Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, followed by the Maharashtra government’s Solid Waste Management Bye-laws, 2019, under the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949, for urban areas of the state. The senior civic official said the new user fee is being imposed due to the city’s increasing population and the growing volume of solid waste Mumbai produces – 7,500 tonnes a day, at present.

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BMC Budget Highlights: BMC Budget Hiked By Nearly 15%, Check Allocations To Key Departments
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BMC Budget Highlights: BMC Budget Hiked By Nearly 15%, Check Allocations To Key Departments

ABP News  

The Budget estimate of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for Financial Year 2025-26 was proposed at Rs 74,427.41 crore, which exceeds the Budget estimates of 2024-25 by 14.19%. User Charges For Solid Waste Management In his Budget speech, BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, said: "The increasing population and growing volume of solid waste in Mumbai have significantly escalated the city’s expenses on …

Mumbaikars To Pay More For Cleanliness As BMC Plans 'User Fee Tax' Ahead Of Budget Today
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mumbaikars To Pay More For Cleanliness As BMC Plans 'User Fee Tax' Ahead Of Budget Today

ABP News  

BMC News: Mumbaikars may soon have to pay a "user-fee tax". The BMC is India's richest civic body and will unveil its 2025-26 budget on Tuesday at 11 AM. According to the TOI, the 2024-25 Budget for the BMC was Rs 59,954.75 crore, a 10.5% increase from the previous fiscal year. The BMC Budget 2025-26 will focus on the completion …

events with 100+ at unlicensed venues must segregate waste
3 months ago

events with 100+ at unlicensed venues must segregate waste

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The central government’s gazetted notification on Solid Waste Management Rules for 2024 was made public by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Monday. events with 100+ at unlicensed venues must segregate waste A key rule requires event organisers at unlicensed venues with over a 100 people to segregate waste at source. The notification mandates institutions occupying more than 5000sqmts such …

MVA opposes plan to levy garbage collection fee
3 months, 1 week ago

MVA opposes plan to levy garbage collection fee

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The municipality’s plan to levy a user fee on the collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste is facing strong resistance from the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi. MVA opposes plan to levy garbage collection fee Civic officials said the proposed fee is in tune with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, issued by the central government. Addressing the …

Himachal Pradesh High Court Mandates Tourists To Carry Garbage Bags In Vehicles, Lays Down Comprehensive Measures To Ensure Cleaner State
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Himachal Pradesh High Court Mandates Tourists To Carry Garbage Bags In Vehicles, Lays Down Comprehensive Measures To Ensure Cleaner State

Live Law  

In its bid to preserve the pristine environment of Himachal Pradesh, the High Court has suggested that all tourists entering the state must carry a large garbage bag in their vehicles. The bench upon examining the minutes from a Multi-member Committee meeting held on July 15, 2024, whereby it had suggested various for waste management and preservation of the pristine …

Waste crisis panel explores introduction of composting plants in slums, urban villages
8 months, 1 week ago

Waste crisis panel explores introduction of composting plants in slums, urban villages

Hindustan Times  

The special committee constituted to address the dumping of waste at the Bandhwari landfill has proposed comprehensive solutions, including mandatory composting of waste by bulk waste generators in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, officials said. In addition to discussing a comprehensive plan for the Bandhwari landfill crisis, the committee proposed integrating user charges for garbage collection into …

Private waste management firms in Coimbatore call for standardised rates and stricter regulation of bulk waste generators
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Private waste management firms in Coimbatore call for standardised rates and stricter regulation of bulk waste generators

The Hindu  

Private waste management companies in Coimbatore have called for standardisation of rates by the Corporation for collecting, processing, and disposing waste generated by bulk waste generators located in the city. However, unmonitored BWGs that hand over waste to agencies for disposal, ultimately dump in the Vellalore dump yard and city outskirts, because the stakeholders refuse to cover processing and disposal …

‘Nuisance fee’: BMC levies fines to have a cleaner Mumbai
1 year, 5 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 …

BMC twiddles its thumbs as lethal construction waste piles up in Mumbai
2 years, 4 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 …

Allow the private sector into waste management
2 years, 6 months ago

Allow the private sector into waste management

Hindustan Times  

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a historic appeal for Swachh Bharat on August 15, 2014, he brought into sharp focus waste and waste management as never before. This belies the premise of Swachh Bharat, with no apparent learning and no interest in adopting advanced technological solutions to treat waste. The investment in the construction and operation of a sanitary …

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation plans 'thank you' note to appreciate waste segregation efforts
3 years, 3 months ago

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation plans 'thank you' note to appreciate waste segregation efforts

India Today  

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has planned to put up ‘thank you’ notes on the doors of the residents who put in efforts to segregate waste at their homes before dumping it. In contrast, ‘request messages’ will be put up for those residents who mix up varieties of waste and fail to manage their garbage properly, said civic officials. This initiative …

Bulk garbage generators: Clear wet garbage at source or get ready to pay heavy fines
4 years, 2 months ago

Bulk garbage generators: Clear wet garbage at source or get ready to pay heavy fines

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation has issued an ultimatum to establishments generating 100kg of garbage per day, to recycle the wet waste or pay a heavy fine as the corporation will not clear the wet waste. As per the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, “Bulk Waste Generator means and includes buildings occupied by the Central Government Departments or Undertakings, State Government …

Ludhiana MC fixes fines for littering, not segregating waste
5 years, 5 months ago

Ludhiana MC fixes fines for littering, not segregating waste

Hindustan Times  

For improving solid waste management in the city, the general house of municipal corporation on Monday approved ‘Solid Waste management and Cleanliness and Sanitation Bye-laws 2019’. HT Image Under these by-laws, the MC has fixed fines and penalties for the residents caught spitting, littering, failing to segregate waste at sources, etc. The authorities will have to ensure 100% door-to-door collection …

Public garbage bins on way out in Mumbai, 1,300 will be gone soon
6 years, 6 months ago

Public garbage bins on way out in Mumbai, 1,300 will be gone soon

Hindustan Times  

If the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation manages to implement what it is planning, you may be able to walk on several streets without having to contend with the stench emanating from the big public garbage bins. The BMC is planning to get rid of the big metal public garbage bins and encourage door-to-door collection of garbage. Chandrashekhar Prabhu, a town planning …

Waste to wealth: 60 Mahim families recycle 8,500 kg waste, develop garden in Mumbai
6 years, 10 months ago

Waste to wealth: 60 Mahim families recycle 8,500 kg waste, develop garden in Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

Residents of a co-operative housing society in Mahim are no longer dependent on the municipal corporation to collect their daily waste. Residents of Matoshree Pearl have started growing vegetables in their terrace garden The residents of Matoshree Pearl, a 22-storey building with 65 flats, have been treating their collective biodegradable kitchen waste within the society premises using two bio-composter tumblers …

State to award Harit tag for waste management drives
7 years, 2 months ago

State to award Harit tag for waste management drives

The Hindu  

The State government has decided to encourage establishments to go the green way this new year. Officials said that Harit tags would be granted to housing societies, individuals and organisations that take the initiative to segregate waste and set up their own composting units. Promoting composting Senior officials of the State Urban Development Department said that they would be unveiling …

Pune’s litter-free initiative may slap you with Rs 10,000 fine
7 years, 4 months ago

Pune’s litter-free initiative may slap you with Rs 10,000 fine

Hindustan Times  

PUNE: As against the proposed fines ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs1 lakh for various nuisances such as letting dogs poop on the roads, spitting in public places, urinating in non-designated places, feeding birds at public places and throwing trash from a moving car, the Pune Municipal Corporation on Tuesday decided to keep it between Rs 200 to Rs10,000. Earlier, …

Metro matters: The seat of Swachh Bharat campaign must come clean
7 years, 10 months ago

Metro matters: The seat of Swachh Bharat campaign must come clean

Hindustan Times  

For a city that launched the nationwide Swachh Bharat campaign three years ago, Delhi should have set the benchmark for any cleanliness contest by now. Instead, in the Swachh Survekshan ranking of 434 cities released last week, the area under New Delhi Municipal Council — a VIP zone where at a police station Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded the broom …

Uttarakhand HC Issues Landmark Guidelines On Solid Waste Management [Read Judgment]
8 years ago

Uttarakhand HC Issues Landmark Guidelines On Solid Waste Management [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Every citizen, at the same time, has a fundamental duty to maintain cleanliness in and around his abode, the court observed.The Uttarakhand High Court has issued landmark guidelines on solid waste management while disposing a public interest litigation filed by Sai Nath Seva Mandal.The Society, through the PIL, had brought to the notice of the court that the municipal waste …

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 …

Revised rules for waste management by 15 July to achieve Swachch Bharat | IndiaTV News
9 years, 10 months ago

Revised rules for waste management by 15 July to achieve Swachch Bharat | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that that the government will come out with revised rules by 15 July on waste management which will help achieve Swachch Bharat within the next five years. After seeking public comments, the revised rules will be notified by July 15,” Javadekar said on the sidelines of a stakeholders' consultation meeting on the …

Clean India campaign is Delhi’s best chance to make waste recycling compulsory
10 years, 5 months ago

Clean India campaign is Delhi’s best chance to make waste recycling compulsory

Hindustan Times  

Mundane civic issues like cleanliness in public spaces rarely go national. Even the otherwise inert civic agencies have launched an extended drive to clean the streets, drains, public toilets and parks across Delhi. The ongoing Clean India drive should have come with a plan to reduce the quantity of waste going into the landfills. So now, stuffing everything from kitchen …

Trashing the suburbs
12 years, 6 months ago

Trashing the suburbs

The Hindu  

The growing incidence of violent confrontations between peri-urban communities and municipal authorities in big cities over mindless dumping of garbage underscores the urgent need for environmentally sustainable solutions. Other solutions in the West include scientific landfills capable of removing methane emissions, and waste-to-energy projects which are expensive and carry significant environmental risks. India’s own response should therefore be to prioritise …

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