Tipping point for trash in Chennai
11 years, 7 months ago

Tipping point for trash in Chennai

The Hindu  

The crisis is upon us. The Chennai Corporation would require solid waste management facilities in Kuthambakkam and Minjur for processing municipal solid waste as an alternative to the existing Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dumpyards. The Chennai Corporation intensified its search for sustainable technology in the wake of the National Green Tribunal setting aside the environmental clearance granted by the State government to an integrated solid waste management facility at Perungudi. Chennai Corporation has already informed the National Green Tribunal that environmental safeguards and approvals for the proposed solid waste management facility at Kuthambakkam would be obtained before starting any construction activity on the identified land. Needed: Novel Alternatives *Innovation needed on bringing in non-burn technology, unlike incinerators *Investment on incinerators is far too heavy and there are problems of mixed waste going into them *There are some instances of non-burn technology such as alkaline hydrolysis as an alternative method Recycling of disinfected waste should be taken forward more actively *Hospitals should focus on emerging challenges such as eliminating toxic substances such as mercury *Important to achieve better levels of segregation, more number of hospitals should tie-up with common treatment facility My Chennai My Right, an inititative by The Hindu Send us pictures of extreme instances of garbage affecting normal life in Chennai.

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NGT directs Chennai Corporation to submit waste management plan after closure of composing centres
3 weeks ago

NGT directs Chennai Corporation to submit waste management plan after closure of composing centres

The Hindu  

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed the Greater Chennai Corporation to submit a report on alternative waste management solutions. The bench, consisting of Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana and expert member Satyagopal Korlapati, on Monday, took suo motu notice of a news report and raised concerns about the GCC’s plans for waste management. Justice Sathyanarayana asked the GCC’s …

Chennai Corporation to outsource management of construction and debris waste
3 weeks, 5 days 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 …

Garbage Dumping Yards To Be Eliminated by Oct. 2026: Pattabhiram
1 month ago

Garbage Dumping Yards To Be Eliminated by Oct. 2026: Pattabhiram

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Swachh Andhra Corporation chairman K. Pattabhiram declared that as per the mission spearheaded by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, AP will have a fully clean and green environment by October 2026, when the need for dumping yards will end. “The Swachh Andhra strategy involves collaboration of all 90 government departments, with designated nodal officers appointed at both the state …

22,270 tonnes of waste cleared in Chennai since January 7
1 month, 3 weeks ago

22,270 tonnes of waste cleared in Chennai since January 7

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation removed 22,270 metric tonnes of waste, including 16,370 metric tonnes of construction debris and 5,900 metric tonnes of garbage, from January 7 to January 28, 2025. According to a release, intensive cleaning was carried out on roads, inner streets, bus stops, parks, burial grounds, flyovers, and areas beneath flyovers and subways. Garbage, construction and debris waste, …

Chennai Corporation launches cleaning drive, removes over 600 tonnes of waste from pavements in four days
2 months ago

Chennai Corporation launches cleaning drive, removes over 600 tonnes of waste from pavements in four days

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation has launched intensive cleaning operations across the city, focusing on pedestrian pathways along bus routes. A total of 463 workers and 137 vehicles were deployed to remove 142.24 tonnes of garbage and 489.51 tonnes of debris in four days. Social activist Ravi Kumar highlighted instances of plastic cable burning in Thiru-Vi-Ka Zone, causing severe air pollution. …

Chennai Corporation plans to make one ward bin-free
2 months, 1 week 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 …

All efforts go waste as debris dumping continues on Perungudi-Velachery road
2 months, 3 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 …

Team from Kerala begins cleanup of hazardous wastes dumped in Tirunelveli district
3 months ago

Team from Kerala begins cleanup of hazardous wastes dumped in Tirunelveli district

The Hindu  

A team of 25 members from Kerala arrived in Tirunelveli district to remove truckloads of hazardous waste dumped at various locations across the district, which had been transported from Kerala. The waste found in the places including Pazhavoor, Kodaganallur, Kallur and Kondanagaram comprised biomedical materials including syringes, blood samples and other hazardous waste mixed with solid wastes. The Bench comprising …

Chennai residents, pressure groups ask GCC to scrap proposed waste-to-energy incinerator in Kodungaiyur
3 months ago

Chennai residents, pressure groups ask GCC to scrap proposed waste-to-energy incinerator in Kodungaiyur

New Indian Express  

Chennai residents and the Alliance for Incinerator-Free Chennai members submitted a petition to the Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner on Tuesday demanding the scrapping of the proposed Waste-to-Energy incinerator plant in Kodungaiyur. Over 200 residents, civil society organisations and environmentalists endorsed the representation letter, said environmental activists and contributors for Citizen Matters, Vishvaja Sambath and Lokeshwaran ES. According to them, the …

Plea to restrain authorities from dumping waste near highway stretch
3 months, 1 week ago

Plea to restrain authorities from dumping waste near highway stretch

The Hindu  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday sought response from the State to a public interest litigation petition complaining about waste getting dumped along the National Highways and the road margins. The junction had turned into a dumping yard and waste was being dumped along the stretch in violation of the Solid Waste Management Rules. He sought …

TN government may hand over 96 acres of reclaimed Perungudi dump site to forest department
3 months, 2 weeks ago

TN government may hand over 96 acres of reclaimed Perungudi dump site to forest department

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The State government is planning to hand over 96 acres of reclaimed Perungudi dump site, located inside the Pallikaranai Ramsar site, to the forest department. Ltd, which was awarded the tender to dispose of the legacy waste at the Perungudi dump yard by Greater Chennai Corporation in February 2021, announced it has completed its task and processed 1.73 million …

Waste dumping on open plots: Tambaram municipal corporation fines owners Rs 1.4L
4 months, 1 week ago

Waste dumping on open plots: Tambaram municipal corporation fines owners Rs 1.4L

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: To stop vacant lands from turning into dumping grounds and prevent water stagnation, the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation has imposed a penalty of Rs 1.4 lakh on 42 land owners for failing to fence or put up boundary walls on vacant properties. According to a statement from the corporation, unfenced land gives room for garbage accumulation, stagnant water, and …

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
5 months, 2 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 …

Public face garbage woes as conservancy workers, Chennai Corporation lock horns over solid waste management privatisation
6 months, 1 week ago

Public face garbage woes as conservancy workers, Chennai Corporation lock horns over solid waste management privatisation

The Hindu  

As the Greater Chennai Corporation and nearly 1,000 conservancy workers locked horns over the privatisation of solid waste management, the public were affected by overflowing garbage bins. It is 9.30 p.m. now and no official has come forward to hold talks even as several women workers have been waiting in the hall since evening, said K. Bharathi of Left Trade …

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  

Despite efforts by the Greater Chennai Corporation to address garbage collection issues through mass cleaning drives, residents in several parts of the city continue to face challenges. Sandhya Vedullapalli, resident of M Block in Anna Nagar and Vice President of Federation of Anna Nagar Residents Associations, said, “Generally, the ward’s supervisor or the Conservancy Inspector respond to our complaints. Complaints …

Supreme Court seeks ‘concrete action plan’ to fix Delhi’s garbage woes
11 months ago

Supreme Court seeks ‘concrete action plan’ to fix Delhi’s garbage woes

Hindustan Times  

It’s a “shocking state of affairs” that Delhi is producing 3,000 tonne more municipal solid waste every day than it can treat, the Supreme Court lamented Monday as it sought responses from the civic bodies and called for a “concrete action plan” by May 10 from the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas. Alarmed …

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

Chennai Corporation makes arrangements to clear several tonnes of plastic waste from YMCA grounds post PM Modi’s public meeting
1 year ago

Chennai Corporation makes arrangements to clear several tonnes of plastic waste from YMCA grounds post PM Modi’s public meeting

The Hindu  

The YMCA Grounds in Nandanam, falling under zone XIII of the Chennai Corporation, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a public meeting of the BJP, was said to be littered with plastic waste on Monday, March 4, 2024, following the meeting. Workers of Urbaser Sumeet, the private agency to which Greater Chennai Corporation has outsourced solid waste management in a …

NGT seeks report from TNPCB on compliance of bulk waste generators with waste disposal in State
1 year, 1 month ago

NGT seeks report from TNPCB on compliance of bulk waste generators with waste disposal in State

The Hindu  

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has sought a report from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on bulk waste generators and regulation mechanisms for such entities. Taking suo motu cognisance of bulk waste disposal issues in the State, based on an article published in The Hindu on February 4, 2024, the NGT directed the TNPCB to file …

Greater Chennai Corporation Council gives approval to reclaim 252 acres of Kodungaiyur dump through biomining
1 year, 1 month ago

Greater Chennai Corporation Council gives approval to reclaim 252 acres of Kodungaiyur dump through biomining

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation Council approved a proposal to reclaim 252 acres of the Kodungaiyur dumping ground through bio-mining over the next two years. Approximately 66.52 lakh tonnes of legacy solid waste exists at the site as of March 2022, which will be processed for an estimated ₹640.83 crore, with funds under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and KfW Bank, …

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

Burning issue: Bhogi bonfires spark debate on waste disposal
1 year, 2 months ago

Burning issue: Bhogi bonfires spark debate on waste disposal

The Hindu  

“Listen, there were many trees earlier, and only organic items were burnt on Bhogi. “Nobody asked us to refrain from burning waste or this would lead to any ‘global warming’, but the Greater Chennai Police instructed us to do it either after 7 p.m. or by 3 a.m. We ask people to stay indoors. Bulky items left around bins A …

Greater Chennai Corporation issues circular to form ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor illegal dumping of waste and debris in waterbodies
1 year, 2 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 …

NGT directs Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner to file report on disposal of legacy and current waste
1 year, 3 months ago

NGT directs Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner to file report on disposal of legacy and current waste

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal, South Zone, Chennai has directed the Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner to consult the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and file a detailed report to address the issue of disposal of legacy waste, and for dealing with the current waste. The bench observed that three things that arise for consideration are legacy waste, reclamation of land and treatment …

Chennai Corporation urges residents to segregate firecracker waste
1 year, 4 months ago

Chennai Corporation urges residents to segregate firecracker waste

The Hindu  

With Deepavali around the corner, the Greater Chennai Corporation has reiterated its appeal to residents, emphasising the safe disposal of firecracker waste. This was resolved in the meeting chaired by Mayor R. Priya, held on November 8, Wednesday with officials of Greater Chennai Corporation, Urbesar Sumeeth Company and Chennai Enviro Solutions Private Limited at the Rippon Building Office, to strategise …

Chennai Rains | Canal inspection: One tonne waste removed in a day by Greater Chennai Corporation from micro canal near Virugambakkam, one to be booked for open dumping
1 year, 4 months ago

Chennai Rains | Canal inspection: One tonne waste removed in a day by Greater Chennai Corporation from micro canal near Virugambakkam, one to be booked for open dumping

The Hindu  

One tonne of plastic waste was removed from the micro canal of Virugambakkam’s canal, in Tamilar Veedhi, Choolaimedu, falling under zone 8 of the Greater Chennai Corporation, on Monday, November 6, 2023. GCC Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan said a case would be booked against a woman who was found openly dumping waste near the micro canal during his inspection there. “There …

NGT seeks report from Tamil Nadu, Kerala authorities on garbage dumping in Tirunelveli
1 year, 5 months ago

NGT seeks report from Tamil Nadu, Kerala authorities on garbage dumping in Tirunelveli

The Hindu  

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed authorities in Tamil Nadu and Kerala to file detailed reports on a recent incident of garbage being dumped in Nanguneri town in Tirunelveli. Based on a news report, the NGT has taken suo motu cognisance into ten tonnes of plastic, medical, and domestic waste from Kerala dumped at multiple locations …

Chennai Corporation to start work in October to reclaim 265 acres of Kodungaiyur dumping ground
1 year, 5 months ago

Chennai Corporation to start work in October to reclaim 265 acres of Kodungaiyur dumping ground

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation Council on Friday passed a resolution for reclamation of Kodungaiyur dumping ground in north Chennai through bio-mining technology. The project proposal was placed in the fourth State-level technical committee held on November 8, 2022 and the committee has approved the biomining estimated at ₹640 crore, the officials said. About ₹90-crore loan from Tamil Urban Development Fund …

Greater Chennai Corporation asks other departments to clear garbage and debris from their vacant lands
1 year, 5 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 …

TNPCB instructs corporation to remove solid wastes from two canals
1 year, 7 months ago

TNPCB instructs corporation to remove solid wastes from two canals

New Indian Express  

TIRUNELVELI: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has instructed Tirunelveli corporation to remove solid waste from the entire stretch of the Tirunelveli Canal and Palayam Canal of the city, based on a complaint filed by an activist. In a letter dated August 11, district environmental engineer S Suyambu Thangarani said the corporation should remove solid waste from the two canals and …

Biomining at Perungudi garbage dump showing results, Corporation aims to complete the task by June 2024
1 year, 7 months ago

Biomining at Perungudi garbage dump showing results, Corporation aims to complete the task by June 2024

The Hindu  

July 30, 2023 09:19 pm | Updated 11:16 pm IST - CHENNAI The Greater Chennai Corporation aims to complete the biomining of legacy waste at Perungudi garbage dump by June 2024 as over 70% of the work has been completed. “Our priority is to reduce the amount of legacy waste and it is the responsibility of the Corporation to reclaim …

Unauthorized Waste Dumping: Kerala High Court Asks Municipal Corporations To Provide Complaint Number To Citizens
1 year, 9 months ago

Unauthorized Waste Dumping: Kerala High Court Asks Municipal Corporations To Provide Complaint Number To Citizens

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday asked the Municipal Corporations in the State to put a system in place where residents are provided with a contact number which can be used to alert authorities of unauthorised littering in their area, so that immediate action can be taken. The Additional Chief Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Sharadha Muraleedhar, informed the Court …

Accidental shift to decentralised waste management helps Thiruvananthapuram
1 year, 11 months ago

Accidental shift to decentralised waste management helps Thiruvananthapuram

The Hindu  

At hindsight, the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation authorities might now be thanking the people of Vilappilsala who organised a strong protest movement to close down the centralised waste treatment plant in their village. The protest, and the consequent closure of the plant, made the civic body rethink its waste management practices, which led to the slow but still incomplete shift towards decentralised …

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 …

Holistic action plan needed on solid waste management, says NGT
2 years, 11 months ago

Holistic action plan needed on solid waste management, says NGT

The Hindu  

The southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed a joint committee to ascertain the quantity of waste dumped in the Porur lake and other areas and to find out whether any steps had been taken for disposal of legacy waste in the existing dumps in these areas. The Bench directed the Chief Secretary, the Additional Chief Secretaries for …

TNPCB lifts soil samples from site near Anamalai where garbage was dumped
3 years, 3 months ago

TNPCB lifts soil samples from site near Anamalai where garbage was dumped

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on Thursday collected soil samples from a private land at Semanampathy, near Anamalai, on the Tamil Nadu – Kerala border where garbage, which was allegedly brought from Kerala, was dumped in April this year. The samples were collected as part of the proceedings of a case which the Southern Bench of the National Green …

NGT Orders Municipal Council To Take Remedial Measures For Illegal Dumping Of Waste In Ganwari Village Of Meerut [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

NGT Orders Municipal Council To Take Remedial Measures For Illegal Dumping Of Waste In Ganwari Village Of Meerut [Read Order]

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Meerut Municipal Corporation to take adequate remedial action for removal of waste from the bank of the river Kaali in village Ganwari. An application was filed by Mr. Naveen Kumar and Mr. Vishal Kumar in the Principal Bench of the Tribunal pursuant to which the Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Board had reported to …

No mechanism in place for waste management in brick kilns: CPCB
5 years, 6 months ago

No mechanism in place for waste management in brick kilns: CPCB

The Hindu  

September 08, 2019 01:15 am | Updated 01:15 am IST - New Delhi Following a plea seeking remedial action against paper and road waste used in brick kilns, the Central Pollution Control Board furnished a report to the National Green Tribunal stating that there is no mechanism in place for waste management. Terming the report furnished by the CPCB as …

Garbage rules to be followed strictly
7 years, 9 months ago

Garbage rules to be followed strictly

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Do you know you could be fined heavily if you do not segregate your domestic garbage as degradable and non-degradable waste before handing it over to the civic body for disposal? However, this rule is not followed and mixed garbage gets dumped all over the city, posing serious health and environmental issues”, rued Justice P.Jyothimani, member, National Green Tribunal. …

Plastic waste removal in Kochi hit
8 years, 7 months ago

Plastic waste removal in Kochi hit

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Removal of non-biodegradable waste from the city areas has been partially hit with the city corporation asking health workers not to transport plastic garbage to the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant. As the Brahmapuram yard has been filled with huge piles of plastic waste, the trucks can't enter the site, said V.K Minimol, health standing committee chairperson. "We've asked …

Dumping garbage on streets: NGT seeks response from Delhi govt
9 years, 9 months ago

Dumping garbage on streets: NGT seeks response from Delhi govt

Firstpost  

Amid the looming ‘garbage crisis’ in the capital, the National Green Tribunal on Friday sought the Delhi government’s response on dumping of municipal New Delhi: Amid the looming ‘garbage crisis’ in the capital, the National Green Tribunal on Friday sought the Delhi government’s response on dumping of municipal waste on the streets. A bench headed by Justice Dalip Singh, on …

Chennai's ticking time bomb: City tops in garbage creation
11 years, 1 month ago

Chennai's ticking time bomb: City tops in garbage creation

Firstpost  

By Sriram V Our city of Madras that is Chennai has had many firsts to its credit. Around 6,404 tonnes of garbage is generated every day by the city, with every household contributing 30 per cent recyclable, 60 per cent organic and 10 per cent hazardous waste. The city’s garbage collection job is divided between the municipal corporation’s own staff …

End dirty affair with garbage
11 years, 7 months ago

End dirty affair with garbage

The Hindu  

Do we have a dirty city because we have a throwaway ethic, or is it because our government is not efficient enough to handle the waste generated by a fast-growing metropolis? Since it is flimsy plastic bags with little recycling value that clog the City, the answer to this free-floating problem would be to enhance the price of bags in …

Is Chennai ready to recycle construction debris?
11 years, 7 months ago

Is Chennai ready to recycle construction debris?

The Hindu  

Some 30 per cent of the waste collected and dumped in Chennai is categorised as inert, a major part of it being construction debris. Every week, the city generates more than 8000 tonnes of construction and demolition debris, which includes nonhazardous materials such as soil, brick, plaster, concrete, masonry material, plastic, electrical wiring and metals generated from construction, remodelling repair …

Can Chennai Corporation retain community spirit?
11 years, 7 months ago

Can Chennai Corporation retain community spirit?

The Hindu  

A successful NGO-run source segregation and recycling project in an under-privileged neighbourhood has now been handed over to a private contractor who has so far maintained the same working model. 10 a kg but the corporation hasn’t decided on this aspect though eight months have passed since the project changed hands. The project in Tsunami Nagar, Semmencherry, may well show …

The journey our trash takes in Chennai
11 years, 7 months ago

The journey our trash takes in Chennai

The Hindu  

Total municipal solid waste collected is around 5000 tonnes in 426 sq. km of the city Door-to-door collection in residential areas Tricycles collect garbage at the doorstep of every house — garbage taken to bins on the streets — compactors empty the trash in the bins and take it to nearest transfer stations — tipper lorries transport garbage from transfer …

Waste factories on the fast track
12 years, 2 months ago

Waste factories on the fast track

The Hindu  

By the second half of 2014, solid waste generated in the city may no longer be transported to Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dumping yards. As proposed by the Chennai Corporation, work will soon begin on solid waste management plants in Kuthambakkam and Minjur in the outskirts of the city. This is part of the Corporation’s three-pronged integrated solid waste management initiative …

HC raps Karnataka for not taking garbage crisis seriously
12 years, 4 months ago

HC raps Karnataka for not taking garbage crisis seriously

The Hindu  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday pulled up the State government for its inaction over the garbage crisis in Bangalore even after the court has taken cognisance of the problem. “It is a matter of concern that the government has not yet looked into the problem Bangaloreans despite these proceedings,” observed a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and …

Steps taken to clear accumulated garbage: Karnataka CM
12 years, 4 months ago

Steps taken to clear accumulated garbage: Karnataka CM

The Hindu  

Reacting to a report in The New York Times on garbage problem in Bangalore, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday said Bangalore is a global city and anything happening here grabs international space, maintaining that government is taking steps to clear accumulated trash. The garbage problem would not bring disrepute and defile city’s image, Mr. Shettar said, adding, the …

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