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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 …

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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 …

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Town panchayats in Coimbatore district struggle to keep up with solid waste management
9 months, 1 week ago

Town panchayats in Coimbatore district struggle to keep up with solid waste management

The Hindu  

With a rise in open dumping of waste by panchayats in Coimbatore district, data provided by the District Rural Development Agency reveals that only 18 out of 33 town panchayats have micro composting centres and many of these require repairs year-round. Annur panchayat president Paramasivam explained, “Waste is temporarily redirected to other panchayats until local issues are resolved, straining operational …

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Colaba residents, plagued by Sassoon Docks stink for years, gear up for 3rd hearing of PIL
1 year ago

Colaba residents, plagued by Sassoon Docks stink for years, gear up for 3rd hearing of PIL

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Last June, residents of Colaba filed a Public Interest Litigation against the Mumbai Port Authority for failing to properly treat fish waste and offal generated by vendors at Sassoon Docks, as stipulated in the Standard Operating Procedure for solid waste management in Mumbai. Colaba residents, plagued by Sassoon Docks stink for years, gear up for 3rd hearing of PIL …

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Rampant open dumping of waste leaves officials in a fix in Ward 37 of Coimbatore Corporation
1 year, 7 months ago

Rampant open dumping of waste leaves officials in a fix in Ward 37 of Coimbatore Corporation

The Hindu  

Officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the open dumping of waste by the public and a few small industries near drains and farmlands. The sewage culvert which runs parallel to a road connecting Nanjappan Street and between gated communities and upper middle income group houses in Navavoor under the West Zone of the Corporation, is currently clogged with plastic, thermocol, …

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Coimbatore city still struggles to control open dumping of garbage
1 year, 8 months ago

Coimbatore city still struggles to control open dumping of garbage

The Hindu  

With open dumping of garbage continuing in the city, the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation workers and officials struggle to find solutions for unsegregated waste. The chances of these animals becoming rabid by taking the stale meat and food is high, thereby adding to the problem.” C. Jaya, a supervisor at the Material Recovery Facility near Tatabad under Ward 32, says …

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Eco-protection boosted by open waste disposal units
1 year, 10 months ago

Eco-protection boosted by open waste disposal units

China Daily  

Residents can see how household trash is used to generate electricity as the nation works to perfect a greener style of living. WANG ZIRUI/FOR CHINA DAILY The "Opening Environmental Protection Facilities to the Public" mechanism was launched in May 2017, when the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued a guideline that ordered …

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Coimbatore residents want open dumping of waste at Marudhamalai foothills stopped
1 year, 11 months ago

Coimbatore residents want open dumping of waste at Marudhamalai foothills stopped

The Hindu  

Open dumping of waste, allegedly by Somayampalayam panchayat, at Marudhamalai foothills in the district remains unattended to even after multiple petitions, claim the local residents. The village panchayat with over 6,000 residents generates nearly four tonnes of waste a day and these are dumped on a six acre site about 10 feet away from the reserve forest area, say sources. …

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Narrow vision
7 years, 5 months ago

Narrow vision

The Hindu  

One of the prime development agendas of the National Democratic Alliance under the stewardship of Narendra Modi was to launch a major sanitation and cleanliness drive. The government report card, three years later, states that individual household toilet coverage rose from 42 per cent in 2014 to 64 per cent in 2017 and 1.5 lakh villages, 137 districts, and three …

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