After already failing to meet multiple deadlines, the UT administration has now pushed the deadline to clear the entire legacy waste at the Dadumajra landfill to December 31. In the status report submitted to the green tribunal, the department noted that in May, nearly 430 TDP of the total 500 TDP solid waste generated in the city was processed. The …
When 39-year-old Anup Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party was elected mayor by a single vote last January, he promised to pull Chandigarh out of its garbage mess, introduce smart parking in all 89 lots, cut water charges and develop villages in the Union Territory. While Gupta takes credit for approving the integrated waste management plant at Dadumajra and smart …
In a status report submitted to the National Green Tribunal on Thursday, the UT administration said 21% of the allocated funds have already been spent on managing the solid waste of the city. The civic body has been dumping the garbage at a dumping ground, spread over 45 acres of land, near Dadumajra colony over the past decades, due to …
