Miyawaki forest in Chennai’s Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar plagued by garbage woes
2 months, 1 week ago

Miyawaki forest in Chennai’s Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar plagued by garbage woes

The Hindu  

Once a thriving Miyawaki forest, the green space in Ward 68 of Thiru-Vi-Ka Zone of the Greater Chennai Corporation has now turned into a hub of illegal activities, open defecation, and garbage dumping. Located opposite a fish and vegetable market — which Corporation officials say is being run without authorisation — the Miyawaki forest, now reduced to just a guava tree and a papaya tree, is littered with dry leaves, broken signage, rusted equipment, plastic, and glass bottles. G. Saranya, a resident, said the forest, which was created after illegal tenements were removed four years ago, was thriving until two years ago. Conservancy workers said that despite placing 10 dustbins — three for biodegradable waste and seven for mixed waste — in the area, garbage piles remain, with blood leaking from improperly discarded meat waste from shops nearby.

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Will city recover from open dumping? | Solid Waste Management pitfalls: Garbage woes persist despite Chennai Corporation’s cleaning drives
7 months, 1 week ago

Will city recover from open dumping? | Solid Waste Management pitfalls: Garbage woes persist despite Chennai Corporation’s cleaning drives

The Hindu  

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Proposed Miyawaki forest site becomes debris dumping ground in Medavakkam
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Proposed Miyawaki forest site becomes debris dumping ground in Medavakkam

The Hindu  

Work on a Miyawaki forest, expected to house 18,000 plants, planned in a five-acre Open Space Reservation land under Medavakkam panchayat has been delayed indefinitely, due to rampant debris dumping by the contractor appointed by the local body for building a stormwater drain, claim residents of the apartment complex adjacent to the land. S. Raja Mohamed, a retired joint director …

Punish those who do deplantation: JS
1 year, 4 months ago

Punish those who do deplantation: JS

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Jana Sena corporator Murthy Yadav appealed to take action against those who cut the trees and vegetation in the GVMC 22nd ward. After meeting the city mayor, GVMC commissioner, he spoke to the media and said, “The GVMC staff was unfairly uprooting big green trees in my ward which is against the provisions of the AP Walta Act.” He …

This IAS Officer is Turning a Chennai Garbage Yard Into a Lush Forest
4 years ago

This IAS Officer is Turning a Chennai Garbage Yard Into a Lush Forest

News 18  

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Gurgaon: Citizens protest dumping of construction waste by MCG in Aravalli forest
7 years, 10 months ago

Gurgaon: Citizens protest dumping of construction waste by MCG in Aravalli forest

Hindustan Times  

Residents complain construction and demolition waste are dumped in the Aravalli forest area near Sunset Boulevard Road, opposite Shiv Nadar School, in Gurgaon. The area is notified forest and protected under Section 4&5 of the Punjab and Haryana Land Protection Act 1990 and any kind of non-forestry activity is prohibited and the National Green Tribunal Even as the area is …

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