8 months, 3 weeks ago

Will GCC’s designated dumping sites address the problem of C&D waste?

Greater Chennai Corporation has earmarked designated spots for dumping construction and demolition waste in every zone. “Currently, the standard operating procedure given to us talks about clearing waste from areas where it is not supposed to be found as this results in pollution and environmental degradation,” says a GCC engineer. There is also a toll free number that residents can call on to avail the service.” Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation does door-to-door collection of C&D waste. Dumping of C&D waste in landfills would also reduce,” says Surender.

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1 week, 3 days ago

Council approves draft construction and debris waste management rules

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation Council approved the Draft Construction and Demolition Waste Management Guidelines, 2025, during the meeting regarding the GCC Budget on Friday at the Ripon Buildings. “The guidelines align with the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016, and utilise powers under Section 199 of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 2023,” the GCC said in the …

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Chennai Corporation deploys 57 new vehicles to clear construction and debris waste

The Hindu

Chennai Mayor R. Priya flagged off 57 new vehicles for the removal of construction and debris waste, in addition to the existing 102. A total of 159 vehicles will now be used for intensive cleaning in zones 1 to 15 of the Greater Chennai Corporation. According to a press release, total of ₹13 lakh in fines was collected from 260 …

1 month ago

Chennai Corporation to outsource management of construction and debris waste

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation will go back to outsourcing the management of construction and debris waste. The move follows the GCC resolving payment and technical issues, which have been going for three years, with a private firm previously involved in the management of C&D waste. It may be noted that in January 2025, a total of 19,046.03 tonnes of C&D …

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 …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

All efforts go waste as debris dumping continues on Perungudi-Velachery road

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation’s initiatives to tackle illegal dumping of waste seem to be an exercise in futility as construction and demolition waste continue to be dumped on Perungudi-Velachery MRTS Station Road. It may be noted that the GCC has deployed vehicles to monitor the area, increased fine for illegal dumping and designated free debris disposal locations in every …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Segregation of waste at source key to sustainable solutions, says GCC

The Hindu

Chennai generates over 6,000 tonnes of solid waste every day, creating a pressing need for enforcing efficient waste management systems. The journey To address the growing waste burden, the GCC has implemented a structured system that includes primary and secondary waste collection, decentralised processing, recycling, and legacy waste clearance, he said in the presentation titled ‘Journey of handling garbage in …

4 months ago

BSWML floats tenders for construction and demolition waste processing plants in Bengaluru

The Hindu

The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited has floated a tender for end-to-end construction and demolition waste management under the public-private partnership mode. As part of this, four C&D waste processing units of 1,000 tonnes per day capacity each, will be set up in four corners of the city. Learning lessons from the failure of the C&D waste processing policy of …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Check near you | List of 14 sites where construction and demolition waste can be dumped free of cost from Chennai Corporation to control open debris dumping menace

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation has designated 14 locations for the disposal of construction and demolition debris. In a press release, Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran urged private lorry owners, individuals, and companies involved in debris collection to comply with the Corporation’s regulations. The designated spots include Buckingham Canal Road in Thiruvottiyur Zone, Kamarajar Road in Manali Zone, Avadhanam Papaiya Road for Royapuram …

8 months, 1 week ago

MCG’s plan to dump waste in Baliawas green belt draws flak

Hindustan Times

Gurugram: Scores of locals living in and around Baliawas village on the Gurugram-Faridabad Road are opposing the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram’s plan to dump construction and demolition in an area in the village’s green belt. Locals have alleged that the spot selected by the civic body is a crucial water conservation zone on the Aravalli ridge and added that they …

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Greater Chennai Corporation identifies 25 hotspots where construction debris gets dumped regularly

The Hindu

Construction debris continues to be dumped in many public places across the city, with the Greater Chennai Corporation identifying 25 hotspots. Social media has been rife with complaints about debris being illegally dumped near places including Vadapalani Metro station, Mambalam Canal, and several other parts of T. Nagar. TOP FIVE HOTSPOTS Otteri Nullah Mambalam Canal banks Behind Omandurar Tamil Nadu …

1 year, 1 month ago

‘Some agencies mixing concrete waste with garbage, dumping at landfills’: Delhi Mayor

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Tuesday alleged that some concessionaires involved in trash collection are “mixing construction and demolition waste” with garbage and dumping it at landfill sites, warning them of “tough action”. “It has come to my notice that concessionaires are mixing C&D waste with MSW to increase its weight and dumping it at landfill sites,” the …

1 year, 2 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 …

1 year, 3 months ago

Greater Chennai Corporation issues circular to form ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor illegal dumping of waste and debris in waterbodies

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation’s Solid Waste Management Department issued a circular to officials to form a ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor the illegal dumping of garbage and debris in waterbodies within its limits. The circular issued to regional offices – north, central and south – on December 20 mentioned that the team will be headed by Zonal Assistant Executive Engineers …

1 year, 6 months ago

Greater Chennai Corporation asks other departments to clear garbage and debris from their vacant lands

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation intends to write other departments, including the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board, Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewage Board, and Chennai Metro Rail, to address the issue of open dumping in their respective vacant lands. The move came after Corporation Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan recently inspected a vacant site at a housing board in Pattinapakkam in …

1 year, 8 months ago

MCG to penalise vehicles involved in illegal C&D waste dumping, streamline process

Hindustan Times

To control the illegal dumping of construction and demolition waste in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has formed teams to keep a watch on all sites where waste is being dumped illegally at night. Commuters travelling on Gurugram-Faridabad Road said more than 20 C&D waste dumping spots have come up along the stretch and despite officials conducting regular …

2 years, 4 months ago

Residents around waste processing plants unhappy, but BBMP says adequate steps taken

The Hindu

To avoid the dumping of garbage in the landfills, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, in the last few years, has set up seven wet waste processing plants in various parts of the city, which, over the period, has had to face citizens’ protests over stench from these plants. Prasanna Kumar, a resident who is running a shop near the plant, …

3 years, 5 months ago

East Delhi corporation reduces construction waste dumping sites

Hindustan Times

Trying a new approach to tackle illegal dumping of construction and demolition waste, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to reduce the number of designated notified spots where the debris can be dumped. The idea behind the new order is to push the bulk generators of construction waste to directly deposit the C&D waste in the Shastri Park processing …

4 years, 10 months ago

Consider setting up more sites to dump construction waste, NGT tells Chief Secretary

The Hindu

‘Set up more sites to dump demolition waste’ While observing that dumping of construction and demolition waste at the Bhalswa landfill site could not be allowed as it had crossed its capacity, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Chief Secretary to coordinate with agencies concerned and consider setting up additional sites so that the waste is not dumped …

5 years, 9 months ago

Delhi Lieutenant Governor orders preventing waste dumping in Delhi for proper drainage

India TV News

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday chaired a meeting convened by the Environment Pollution Control Authority and reviewed the problem related to drains and violation of disposal rules in Delhi, subsequently direct officials to ensure proper flow of drains. He also directed that the land owning agency should keep a strict vigil to prevent dumping of construction and demolition …

6 years, 8 months ago

“Garbage Mounds A Legacy Of 6 Decades. Clean Up Herculean Task. Steps Being Taken”, Delhi LG Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Live Law

Days after serious charges leveled by a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur that he claimed to be a “superman” but did nothing to address the worsening garbage disposal problem in Delhi, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has told the Supreme Court that it was difficult to find a solution overnight as the overflowing landfill sites was a “legacy problem …

6 years, 8 months ago

“Garbage Mounds A Legacy Of 6 Decades. Clean Up Herculean Task. Steps Being Taken”, Delhi LG Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Live Law

7 years, 11 months ago

Gurgaon to get site for dumping construction and demolition waste

Hindustan Times

With a view to removing the construction and demolition waste in the city, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board this month will start work on the proposed dumping site which will come up in Basai area. According to the NGT norms, the construction and demolition waste causes health issues and it should not be dumped outside residential areas. Read I …

9 years, 10 months ago

Four new debris recycling plants for Delhi by year-end

The Hindu

Choked by construction and demolition waste, the Capital is set to get some respite from its alarming levels of pollution with the operationalisation of four C&D debris recycling plants by the end of this year. The Public Works Department is going to set up three C&D debris recycling plants in Delhi, each of which will have a minimum installed capacity …

Will GCC’s designated dumping sites address the problem of C&D waste?

History of this topic

Council approves draft construction and debris waste management rules

Chennai Corporation deploys 57 new vehicles to clear construction and debris waste

Chennai Corporation to outsource management of construction and debris waste

Chennai Corporation plans to make one ward bin-free

All efforts go waste as debris dumping continues on Perungudi-Velachery road

Segregation of waste at source key to sustainable solutions, says GCC

BSWML floats tenders for construction and demolition waste processing plants in Bengaluru

Check near you | List of 14 sites where construction and demolition waste can be dumped free of cost from Chennai Corporation to control open debris dumping menace

MCG’s plan to dump waste in Baliawas green belt draws flak

Greater Chennai Corporation identifies 25 hotspots where construction debris gets dumped regularly

‘Some agencies mixing concrete waste with garbage, dumping at landfills’: Delhi Mayor

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

Greater Chennai Corporation issues circular to form ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor illegal dumping of waste and debris in waterbodies

Greater Chennai Corporation asks other departments to clear garbage and debris from their vacant lands

MCG to penalise vehicles involved in illegal C&D waste dumping, streamline process

Residents around waste processing plants unhappy, but BBMP says adequate steps taken

East Delhi corporation reduces construction waste dumping sites

Consider setting up more sites to dump construction waste, NGT tells Chief Secretary

Delhi Lieutenant Governor orders preventing waste dumping in Delhi for proper drainage

“Garbage Mounds A Legacy Of 6 Decades. Clean Up Herculean Task. Steps Being Taken”, Delhi LG Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

“Garbage Mounds A Legacy Of 6 Decades. Clean Up Herculean Task. Steps Being Taken”, Delhi LG Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Gurgaon to get site for dumping construction and demolition waste

Four new debris recycling plants for Delhi by year-end

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