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By Aastha Dhiman, Mitesh Rajput, Ravneet Kaur* Solid waste management in India is one of the most misunderstood topics in the country. It is one of the most pertinent issues due to the wave of rapid urbanization and subsequent lifestyle changes that come across along with it. The per capita waste generation of urban areas in India is around 200-600 grams per day. This waste includes different types of garbage that are not appropriately segregated at the point of generation and, therefore, never...

Finally, BBMP to upgrade 7 bio-methanation plants Finally, BBMP to upgrade 7 bio-methanation plants ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Dec 25, 2020, 06:00 IST Palike had announced the revival of the defunct plants last year; more plants on the cards A year after the announcement, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ( BBMP) has finally taken a call on upgrading seven out of 13 bio-methanation plants in the city. The civic body had announced in December 2019 about its plan of rev...

Disaster declaration extended, Council approves agreement with EDC FacebookTwitterEmail The Plainview City Council voted to purchase new equipment for the city, renewed the city’s contract with the Plainview/Hale County Economic Development Corporation and extended the latest disaster declaration, among other items, during its latest open meeting earlier this month. The Council also voted to extend the current COVID-19 disaster declaration to Jan. 7. It was noted that the governor’s office ...

Former Frost HQ renovation now costing City of San Antonio $141M Posted By Ben Olivo San Antonio Heron on Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 5:14 PM click to enlarge Ben Olivo / SA Heron The City of San Antonio is renovating the former Frost Tower at 100 W. Houston St. T...

  Of the 57 approved SWM plans, 32 are from the cities/municipalities of Luzon, 18 from Mindanao, and seven from Visayas.      According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns Benny Antiporda, this latest development is a “huge feat” in addressing the solid waste problems in the countryz   “The approval of this new batch of 10-year SWM plans proves that we are on track in instilling respo...

Action plan to restore Periyar to be ready by February Updated: Updated: It follows a directive from the National Green Tribunal Share Article It follows a directive from the National Green Tribunal The State government has assured the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it will prepare a comprehensive action plan for the restoration of the Periyar river by February, 2021. The southern bench of the tribunal, comprising Justice K. Ramakrishnan and expert member Saibal Dasgupta, had asked the Chi...

President and CEO, New York Power Authority While New York won national acclaim last year for passing landmark climate change legislation, Gil Quiniones has spent nearly a decade pursuing ambitious green energy policies at the helm of the New York Power Authority. Besides running NYPA, a major energy producer and utility largely driven by hydropower, Quiniones has shaped the governor’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative, which aims to harness private markets and technological innovations...

GPS a must for pay-day: BBMP’s 2021 resolution ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 06:00 IST Palike makes it mandatory for contractors to install GPS in auto tippers for transparency The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is yet to implement the much-needed mechanism of garbage collection from every house, despite contractors allegedly using auto tippers meant for one ward in another. The BBMP Commissioner, in a meeting held on November 30, made it clear th...

Service charge for garbage collection rolled back Updated: Updated: There has been a lot of opposition from several quarters to the proposal Share Article AAA The proposed fee is for door-to-door collection of different streams of waste.   | Photo Credit: Bhagya Prakash K There has been a lot of opposition from several quarters to the proposal On Thursday, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Administrator Gaurav Gupta, while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the launch of Benga...

Published December 17, 2020, 5:00 PM The Department of Agriculture (DA-7) has urged the various local government units (LGUs) in Central Visayas to revisit, update and craft their respective localized Food Security Plan (FSP) to address food accessibility and availability in local communities in a DA-LGU Harmonization of Agricultural Initiatives conference on December 11 held in Balamban Cebu. DA7 Regional Executive Director Atty. Salvador Diputado, the Local Chief Executives (LCEs) that they n...