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BMC issues tender to clear Deonar landfill for Dharavi rehousing

MUMBAI: The BMC plans to clear 20 million tonnes of waste from Deonar dumping yard to rehabilitate Dharavi slum-dwellers, despite health concerns.

Mumbai, India - March 27, 2018: Fire at Deonar Dumping ground, India, on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Photo by Praful Gangurde/ Hindustan Times) (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Apr 19, 2025 08:42 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Chakia generates max waste, Jayantipur least

Prayagraj generates 540 tonnes of waste daily, with only 384.57 tonnes collected, leaving 160 tonnes unattended. Efforts are ongoing to improve collection coverage.

Garbage left unattended at Karbala crossing in the city. (HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 18, 2025 06:06 AM IST

ByKenneth John, Prayagraj

Delhi: Cleaned 4.38km stretch of Yamuna floodplain, MCD tells NGT

MCD’s submission was made during a hearing on a plea filed by a local resident alleging that tonnes of municipal solid waste was lying along the river

Garbage along the Yamuna. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 05, 2024 10:54 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Delhi’s untreated waste issue a public health emergency: SC

As a measure to tackle solid waste, the bench directed the Delhi government to take a time-bound decision within three weeks on a proposal by MCD

The apex court nudged the Centre as well as Delhi, Haryana and UP to work out immediate steps to resolve this crisis. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2024 05:30 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

Waste crisis panel explores introduction of composting plants in slums, urban villages

With approximately 6.5 lakh property IDs registered, the proposed revenue model is expected to bring in financial gains for MCG

The committee proposed integrating user charges for garbage collection into the NDC portal or property tax to streamline revenue collection. (Parveen Kumar/HT)

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Updated on Jul 13, 2024 06:26 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankar

Manesar civic body fines violators of solid waste management rules

The civic body has launched a campaign to lift solid waste from roadsides and vacant plots in Manesar

The MCM commissioner has asked the assistant executive engineers of the corporation to submit reports related to the sanitation/cleaning work to his office twice a week. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 04, 2024 05:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Gurugram

Haryana govt declares ‘solid waste exigency’ in Ggm

The initiative aims to tackle the city’s growing waste crisis by implementing comprehensive measures to manage and reduce untreated waste effectively

Firefighters trying to control the fire at the waste treatment plant in Bandhwari landfill in Gurugram earlier this month. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 13, 2024 06:18 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Innovations and understanding chemical components of waste will boost its reuse: Experts

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Published on Jun 09, 2024 06:56 PM IST

PTI |

CHandigarh MC planning to set up plant to segregate mixed waste at Dadumajra dump

The civic body collects around 500 tonnes of waste daily, of which around 300 tonnes is wet waste, including horticulture waste, while the remaining is dry waste

The automated waste segregation plant is planned to come up at a cost of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5.22 crore. (Keshav Singh/HT)

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Updated on Jun 09, 2024 07:42 AM IST

ByMandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh

Solid waste situation horrifying, says SC

SC questions untreated solid waste in Delhi, neighboring cities violating citizens' right to pollution-free environment. Urges urgent action to curb pollution.

A fire at the Ghazipur landfill site in late April. (PTI)

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Updated on May 14, 2024 07:26 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas, New Delhi

Supreme Court seeks ‘concrete action plan’ to fix Delhi’s garbage woes

The court was hearing a petition on pollution in Delhi filed by environmental activist and lawyer MC Mehta in 1985

Firefighting vehicles at the Ghazipur Landfill area in New Delhi on April 22, 2024.(Vipin Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2024 04:38 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

Pune civic body slaps fine on three persons for throwing garbage at public place

Acting on a tip-off, the Kothrud-Bavdhan regional ward office staff recently followed people who arrived at a place in vehicles and left after throwing garbage

PMC solid waste department has installed CCTV cameras at some spots where citizens generally throw garbage. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Published on Mar 02, 2024 10:32 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Delhi’s waste needs to be managed better

Delhi's civic body now needs to effect a series of measures that will need to work in lockstep to dial down the volume of untreated waste.

Garbage dumped near railway tracks at Sarai Rohilla in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 06, 2024 09:44 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

City’s sanitation overhaul puts efficiency in the spotlight

Payments to the company will be released after technology-driven verification, combined with physical inspections by the project implementation unit.

LMC will pay the company after assessing the weight of solid waste collected from every house and street. (Sourced)

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Published on Jan 31, 2024 11:22 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

CIDCO seeks expert guidance to manage solid waste

Of the total seven landfill cells available for disposal of inert material, officials said that five cells are scientifically closed as these have reached their capacity limits.

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Updated on Jan 24, 2024 05:04 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi

Ghaziabad: Municipal corporation seeks 40 acre of land for solid waste disposal

The officials of the corporation said the waste-to-energy plant in Galand, a project conceived in 2018, has not progressed and they are facing land availability issues to dispose of the city’s daily solid waste

The city, with 100 residential wards, generates about 1,400 metric tonnes of daily solid waste and it is currently getting processed at an 11 acre site on Pipeline Road. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 01, 2023 06:04 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Waste No More! Lucknow’s 20 lakh tonnes of garbage set for scientific elimination

Now, Bhoomi Green Energy has stepped in, pledging to treat and eliminate this colossal waste within a tight timeframe of 15 months.

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Updated on Nov 30, 2023 07:09 PM IST

ByAnupam Srivastava

NGT takes a stern view of solid waste dumping in Ghaziabad

The petitioner told the NGT that the Morta dumping site is close to an area that has around 50 educational institutions besides being situated just 8km from the Hindon airbase, increasing risk of bird hits

The officials of the UPPCB in their joint committee report said the site in Morta has legacy waste which will be cleared by May 2024. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 30, 2023 05:54 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

MCD garbage issue: No evidence to prove trucks were carrying solid waste, say police

The issue started on June 30 this year, after mayor Sunita Dayal on June 30 seized nine trucks, which she claimed were from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), ferrying solid waste to Ghaziabad’s Morta for processing.

Mayor Dayal, however, said she still maintains that it was solid waste, and not RDF, which the trucks were ferrying. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Published on Nov 24, 2023 10:45 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Encroachment from 4 parks in Ghaziabad’s Vaishali to be removed after NGT order

District magistrate RK Singh held a meeting on Wednesday and formed a committee to remove encroachments from the four parks within a week

Garbage at Ambedkar Park in Vaishali’s Sector 4 in Ghaziabad on Thursday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 10, 2023 05:32 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

MC launches Chandigarh’s first decentralised waste processing plant

Set up using MPLAD funds, the plant was inaugurated by MP Kirron Kher in the presence of mayor Anup Gupta and area councillor Rajinder Sharma at Sehaj Safai Kendra, Sector 49, Chandigarh

The project is aimed at making Ward Number 35, comprising Sectors 48, 49, 50 and 63, self-sufficient in tackling daily wet waste under its Aatmanirbhar Ward pilot scheme. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Nov 08, 2023 08:08 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Remove waste from Sidhwan Canal by Jan, Green tribunal tell MC chief

In case of a failure to remove the waste, the commissioner will be summoned to a virtual hearing scheduled for January 11, 2024

The MC had in July told the National Green Tribunal that they have removed 90% of the waste from the water body and were eyeing to remove the remainder in three months. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 06, 2023 05:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

LMC may get NGT’s ‘Red Card’ as 100 football fields of waste loom over Lucknow

The ominous sight of this football field-sized waste expanse can be witnessed at the Shivri waste treatment plant on the outskirts of Lucknow.

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Published on Oct 19, 2023 08:24 PM IST

ByAnupam Srivastava

MCD to double waste processing capacity at Delhi’s 3 waste landfills

According to the plan, one additional agency per landfill site will be deployed. Each agency will have to process 3 million tonne of garbage

Delhi generates 11,332 tonne of solid waste every day, according to an MCD estimate, of which 4,360 tonne ends up at the city’s three landfill sites. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 16, 2023 02:17 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Waste Nightmare: 20L metric tonnes of untreated garbage at Shivri plant stifle Lucknow

This looming environmental catastrophe has raised alarms among environmentalists, who assert that authorities are turning a blind eye to the health and ecological dangers posed by this massive accumulation of waste at the Shivri facility.

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Updated on Aug 22, 2023 12:18 AM IST

ByAnupam Srivastava

Dwelling in the ‘Anthroposea’

Human impact on the planet must be confronted head-on. Let’s start with Mumbai's seas which pose a significant predicament for the city’s futures

Mumbai’s sea, like other seas, is an “Anthroposea”: It is made up not just of water, tides, and non-human biota, but also of the matter and metabolic waste of its more than fifteen million human (and nonhuman) residents.( Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)

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Published on Aug 04, 2023 09:08 AM IST

ByNikhil Anand

Ghaziabad: Civic body seeking new vendor for waste processing

Ghaziabad municipal corporation officials are searching for a new vendor to handle the city's waste processing plant after allegations of illegal dumping. The newly elected mayor claimed that trucks marked with "MCD" were carrying solid waste from Delhi for processing by Geron Engineering. However, Geron officials refuted the allegations, stating that the trucks were carrying refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to a new site in Bahadarpur. The corporation has initiated an inquiry into the matter and is suspending work at the plant pending the completion of the investigation.

Officials estimate that to date, about 5-7 lakh tonnes of waste have been received, and approximately 70% of this waste has been processed so far. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 01, 2023 11:59 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad mayor seize nine trucks, alleges Delhi’s solid waste dumped in Gz

Mayor said the trucks were seized after she went on an inspection following a tipoff she received about Delhi’s waste being dumped in Ghaziabd

Dayal on Friday said the trucks allegedly bore markings of “MCD” -- Municipal Corporation of Delhi-- and were stopped midway between Nandgram and Pipeline Road and handed over to police. Three of these trucks were later taken to Nandgram police station. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 01, 2023 12:22 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

After inquiry, Ghaziabad garbage unit to be updated, says civic body

On Tuesday, the mayor inspected the site and declared it a “dumping ground” rather than a waste processing facility

The waste management unit at Ret Mandi opened in 2022 and handles approximately 250-300 metric tonnes of solid waste per day generated by the corporation’s city zone. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 22, 2023 11:15 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Div comm expresses ire over waste disposal in Lucknow

In a strictly worded letter to municipal commissioner, Inderjeet Singh, Jacob has asked about the fund given to the LMC for the purchase of vehicles

Divisional commissioner, Lucknow, Roshan Jacob (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 09, 2023 06:03 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

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MUMBAI: The BMC plans to clear 20 million tonnes of waste from Deonar dumping yard to rehabilitate Dharavi slum-dwellers, despite health concerns.

Prayagraj generates 540 tonnes of waste daily, with only 384.57 tonnes collected, leaving 160 tonnes unattended. Efforts are ongoing to improve collection coverage.

MCD’s submission was made during a hearing on a plea filed by a local resident alleging that tonnes of municipal solid waste was lying along the river

As a measure to tackle solid waste, the bench directed the Delhi government to take a time-bound decision within three weeks on a proposal by MCD

With approximately 6.5 lakh property IDs registered, the proposed revenue model is expected to bring in financial gains for MCG

The civic body has launched a campaign to lift solid waste from roadsides and vacant plots in Manesar

The initiative aims to tackle the city’s growing waste crisis by implementing comprehensive measures to manage and reduce untreated waste effectively

Innovations and understanding chemical components of waste will boost its reuse: Experts

The civic body collects around 500 tonnes of waste daily, of which around 300 tonnes is wet waste, including horticulture waste, while the remaining is dry waste

SC questions untreated solid waste in Delhi, neighboring cities violating citizens' right to pollution-free environment. Urges urgent action to curb pollution.

The court was hearing a petition on pollution in Delhi filed by environmental activist and lawyer MC Mehta in 1985

Acting on a tip-off, the Kothrud-Bavdhan regional ward office staff recently followed people who arrived at a place in vehicles and left after throwing garbage

Delhi's civic body now needs to effect a series of measures that will need to work in lockstep to dial down the volume of untreated waste.

Payments to the company will be released after technology-driven verification, combined with physical inspections by the project implementation unit.

Of the total seven landfill cells available for disposal of inert material, officials said that five cells are scientifically closed as these have reached their capacity limits.

The officials of the corporation said the waste-to-energy plant in Galand, a project conceived in 2018, has not progressed and they are facing land availability issues to dispose of the city’s daily solid waste

Now, Bhoomi Green Energy has stepped in, pledging to treat and eliminate this colossal waste within a tight timeframe of 15 months.

The petitioner told the NGT that the Morta dumping site is close to an area that has around 50 educational institutions besides being situated just 8km from the Hindon airbase, increasing risk of bird hits

The issue started on June 30 this year, after mayor Sunita Dayal on June 30 seized nine trucks, which she claimed were from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), ferrying solid waste to Ghaziabad’s Morta for processing.

District magistrate RK Singh held a meeting on Wednesday and formed a committee to remove encroachments from the four parks within a week

Set up using MPLAD funds, the plant was inaugurated by MP Kirron Kher in the presence of mayor Anup Gupta and area councillor Rajinder Sharma at Sehaj Safai Kendra, Sector 49, Chandigarh

In case of a failure to remove the waste, the commissioner will be summoned to a virtual hearing scheduled for January 11, 2024

The ominous sight of this football field-sized waste expanse can be witnessed at the Shivri waste treatment plant on the outskirts of Lucknow.

According to the plan, one additional agency per landfill site will be deployed. Each agency will have to process 3 million tonne of garbage

This looming environmental catastrophe has raised alarms among environmentalists, who assert that authorities are turning a blind eye to the health and ecological dangers posed by this massive accumulation of waste at the Shivri facility.

Human impact on the planet must be confronted head-on. Let’s start with Mumbai's seas which pose a significant predicament for the city’s futures

Mayor said the trucks were seized after she went on an inspection following a tipoff she received about Delhi’s waste being dumped in Ghaziabd

On Tuesday, the mayor inspected the site and declared it a “dumping ground” rather than a waste processing facility

In a strictly worded letter to municipal commissioner, Inderjeet Singh, Jacob has asked about the fund given to the LMC for the purchase of vehicles

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