The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has implemented a "garbage cess" under which the residents of Bengaluru will have to pay a solid waste management user fee effective from April 1.
Pune Rural Superintendent of Police (SP) Pankaj Deshmukh stated, "The biomedical waste, including a fetus contained in 10 different glass containers, was found at a garbage site in Daund's Borawake Chowk. The disposal appears to have been conducted in a wrongful manner."
Sanitation workers have found pieces of burnt currency notes near the official residence of Delhi High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma. The new development comes days after a "huge" amount of cash was allegedly found on the premises of the Judge's official residence during a firefighting
Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Friday alleged that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which is run by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is working toward increasing air pollution in the national capital.
Filmmaker SS Rajamouli has voiced his concerns about the lack of civic sense displayed by visitors to Odisha's highest peak, Deomali, during his recent solo trek.
"Just like Kejriwal has been chased out of Delhi, his filth also has to be chased out of Delhi. We will ensure that no hooliganism is allowed in this area," Sirsa told ANI.
This eco-friendly solution, which passively collects waste upon contact with water, is set to play a key role in the cleanup efforts at the upcoming Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. Muthukumaran and his team plan to deploy 1,000 Magic Bags alongside Fureboats to support large-scale waste remova
"Jitu Patwari is doing his job according to his understanding. It (toxic waste of Bhopal's Union Carbide factory) was Congress's garbage. Did he forget that Congress had spread death in Bhopal. If lakhs of people died in the Union Carbide factory gas leak, then it was due to the negligence o
"To begin with, the trash, garbage and silt in the Yamuna River stream will be removed. Simultaneously cleaning operations in the Najafgarh Drain, Supplementary Drain, and all other major drains will start," read the statement.
"In the financial year 2024-25, as compared to the property tax target of Rs 4,300 crore, MCD received a revenue of Rs 1,908.06 crore till January, 2025. In the last financial year 2023-24, a revenue of Rs 1,692.41 crore was received till January, 2024, this year more revenue of about Rs 215
Thackeray also highlighted a new proposal in the BMC budget that would force Mumbai residents to pay a fee for garbage collection, indirectly funding the Deonar cleanup.