Delhi remains the most polluted city in India, as of December 20. Air pollution in Delhi mostly originates from human activities such as burning coal; petrol, diesel, and gas; biomass in industries; and coal-based power plants. According to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, thermal plants emit sulphur dioxide at levels 240 times higher than stubble burning. …
The Pune Municipal Corporation has received a series of complaints about the illegal burning of garbage across the city, a practice that has sparked health and environmental concerns. Citizens have taken to ‘X’ to report instances of garbage burning and dumping in areas such as Wagholi, Guru Nanak Nagar, Narayan Peth, and Warje. Priya Jat, a resident of Wagholi, said, …
Given the issue of rampant garbage burning in the Ahmednagar Road ward office jurisdiction, the Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to appoint security at chronic spots in the area. Despite flying squads and drives conducted at ward office levels by PMC to act against waste burning, illegal garbage burning remains a perennial issue in several parts of the city. Kishori …
While open dumping is a cause for concern in the Coimbatore Corporation over the last couple of years, residents allege that conservancy workers set fire to the dumped garbage at street corners during night to simply do away with the unsegregated waste. N. Gunasekaran, secretary of Peelameedu Welfare Committee, alleged that conservancy workers burnt the waste every night as there …
New Delhi : Empowered communities, strict enforcement and more efficient municipal waste collection. Experts say that these are among measures that can lead to an improvement of Delhi’s problematic air quality by curbing the open burning of municipal solid waste across the city. East Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal said that one team each for “day and night …
