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The housing societies are blaming the wrong timing and poor implementation of the waste segregation rules by the civic administration.

More fresh municipal solid waste is dumped at the Ghazipur dumpsite than it is capable of processing, according to the report

A day after the NGT asked the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation to deposit Rs 100 crore as interim compensation for creating pollution, city residents have demanded that the tribunal should also take a similar action against the Amritsar Municipal Corporation for its failure to contain pollution in the

Two days after the National Green Tribunal ordered Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, to deposit Rs 100 crore with the District Magistrate (DM) in a matter related to a hut (jhuggi) fire incident near the MC’s main garbage dumpsite, near Kakka village on Tajpur Road, and accumulation of 25-30 la

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Ludhiana Municipal Corporation to deposit Rs 100 crore with the District Magistrate as interim compensation in relation to the fire that broke out at a garbage dumpyard in the city in April, killing seven people.

Under the Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban 2.0, cities have to attain garbage-free status. How can cities manage their solid waste effectively to attain this goal and what are the challenges and best practices?

City’s domestic hazardous and biomedical waste will start getting processed by the first week of August.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Ludhiana Municipal Corporation to deposit Rs 100 crore with the District Magistrate as interim compensation in relation to the fire that broke out at a garbage dumpyard in the city in April, ...

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Engagement of formal waste management system remains low in the cities due to funds crunch, low sectoral development & lack of know-how