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The Government of Punjab has unanimously passed a bill to renegotiate FiTs under Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in place between the public utility Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) and renewable energy generators. Reportedly, the…
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Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Mr Hardeep Singh Puri has said that public-private partnerships will be vital for financing, low-cost technologies, new business models and innovative monitoring mechanism to meet the growing demand…
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The Faridabad Municipal Corporation (FMC) has announced it will achieve 100 per cent waste collection by early next year. For this purpose, the civic body has procured 110 vehicles to collect segregated waste in the…
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The State of Telangana is focusing on using municipal solid waste (MSW) for recovery purposes, according to recent statements by the Telangana Special Chief Secretary (Energy). However, the official did not provide information on any…
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The supposed export ban for waste paper to India, as stated in a new EU regulation, is the result of an oversight (an unintentional error) made in a response by the Indian Government. This has…
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The Odisha State government has roped in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for strengthening waste management systems in the state. The Directorate of Municipal Administration and Directorate of Technical Education and Training (DTET) has signed an…
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Almost a month after the ceremonial launch of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Urban 2.0 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 1, 2021, the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Mr Hardeep Singh Puri launched its…
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The Ghaziabad municipal corporation has issued notices to 968 bulk waste generators for allegedly failing to comply with solid waste disposal norms. These include 436 residential societies and high-rises, and 532 establishments, like banquet halls…
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The Ghaziabad municipal corporation will soon be initiating the concept of ‘zero waste wards’ which will include 10 residential wards on a pilot basis. Officials of the corporation said that waste generated from the wards…
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The Union cabinet has approved the continuation of Swachh Bharat Mission (urban) and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for five years till 2025-26. The financial outlay for Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) till 2025-26 is an…
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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $150 million program to support the Government of Tamil Nadu to transform Chennai into a world-class city that is more green, livable, competitive, and resilient…
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Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi has launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0. The goal of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0’ is to make the cities garbage-free, he said. The…
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will launch the Clean Andhra Pradesh (CLAP)-Jagananna Swachha Sankalpam on October 2. The CM will flag off 2,600 garbage collecting vehicles at Benz Circle in Vijayawada…
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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is implementing a pilot project for 100% segregation at source in the suburb of Andheri West. Self-help groups will be involved in sorting and reusing of dry waste,…
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Following the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Cabinet’s approval to the Uttar Pradesh Solid Waste (Management, Operation and Sanitation) Rules last week, it will soon be compulsory for households to segregate waste at source. Urban local bodies…
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Legacy waste continues to be a serious problem and it is high time such sites are cleared and solid waste collected is disposed of scientifically, the National Green Tribunal has said. Legacy waste has the potential to…
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Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released a study assessing how transparent state pollution control boards (PCBs) are, in terms of putting out environmental and governance information into the public domain. The study…
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Awareness and capacity building Decentralised resource recovery Improvement of disposal site operations Circular investments These are the four action areas in solid waste management for Mangaluru, as identified by the UN Habitat using its proprietary…
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched a loan interest subvention scheme in association with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) to provide financial assistance for innovative waste to energy bio-methanation projects. As…
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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) plans to involve waste picker organizations for segregation activity at waste unloading sites. The corporation has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) seeking response from registered waste picker organizations…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has announced it will implement the SWM Rules 2016 strictly once again. Rules were relaxed since March owing to a sharp rises in cases during the second wave of the…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) is planning to install CCTV cameras at garbage black spots in the city to catch offenders. The state government has approved the BBMP’s plans to install 2415 CCTVs at,…
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The Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation (GCMC) has asked bulk waste generators to segregate biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste on their premises. Failure to do so by a fixed time limit will lead to a penalty. As…
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The Ludhiana civic body has agreed to increase its tipping fee by Rs 101 to Rs 425, following pressure from the private contractor after it gave an ultimatum to stop lifting waste. The final decision…
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The Kerala government was asked by the National Green Tribunal to expedite the biomining of legacy waste at Brahmapuram. A private firm had submitted a proposal to carry out biomining of the waste several months…
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The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has announced it will start collecting user charges for waste collection in July. Residents of slum areas will have to pay Rs 30 per month while those living in non-slum…
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Following a 2019 order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has extended its support to district administrations across the country to prepare a District Environment Plan (DEP), which also…
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On 22 June, 10 councillors and officials of the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) have visited a waste processing plant in the city of Ambala, Haryana to study technology for processing dry waste. However, as further…
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The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT) has announced plans to increase user charges for waste collection from households and commercial establishments. The corporation has proposed to collect Rs 40 and Rs 60 per month from…
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Jodhpur has announced a fine on citizens caught throwing garbage in the open. The penalty ranges from Rs 100 to Rs 5000. As per the new rules, those who throw garbage inside residential complexes, as…
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The Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) latest draft Masterplan 2021 for the national capital titled ‘MPD 2041‘ proposes that no new landfill sites must be created in the city and a focus on ‘minimum waste localities must…
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Gurugram’s new Municipal Commissioner Mr Mukesh Kumar Ahuja who took charge on Tuesday, has announced that effective waste disposal is among his top priorities. Mr Ahuja visited the Bandhwari landfill site and held a meeting…
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The Maharashtra government has approved the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) plan to develop composting plants, material recovery facilities (MRF), and construction and demolition (C&D) projects. This marks a shift from the NMC’s earlier focus on…
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The Ministry of Jal Shakti has announced Rs 40,700 crores to support over two lakh villages achieve solid and liquid waste management (SLWM) under the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) Phase 2 in 2021-22. The…
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The Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) has given its green signal to a slew of solid waste management projects proposed by the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP). These include tipper trucks, screening…
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The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has announced it will retain the tariff for waste-to-energy projects at Rs 7.08/kWh from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. According to Mercom, the Commission had announced a…
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The Pune Zilla Parishad (ZP) has announced a Rs 130 crore project for rural waste management. This project is aimed at enabling all the talukas to better manage their waste. The Pune ZP is the…
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The Odisha government has announced that Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) will contribute to rural waste management efforts in the state. Specifically, the ULBs have been asked to leverage their Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) and Plastic…
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Mumbaikars are awaiting a response from the civic body regarding a second public hearing for the Deonar Waste to Energy Project. Within the span of a week, 300 citizens had written to the BMC regarding…
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Punjab has achieved almost 100 per cent door-to-door collection and segregation of municipal solid waste, Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan has said. The Chief Secretary said that the state would intensify its efforts for the management…
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The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra has said that it would provide land to all municipal councils and nagar panchayats for solid waste management. The announcement was made by Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb…
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The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM-I) to develop a module on Solid Waste Management strategy for replicating the Indore model of cleanliness…
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The competition to earn higher rankings in Swacch Survekshan 2021 is heating up. Various municipalities are deploying different strategies to motivate residents to segregate waste-at-source. Here’s how two of them are dealing with the issue:…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has terminated the contract of more than 740 sanitation workers without any prior notice, reports Newsclick.in. Another 2,200 workers could face the same fate. The termination comes after the GCC…
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The Orissa government has asked district collectors and urban local bodies across the state to to identify all rag pickers and involve them in the works of MCCs and material recovery facilities (MRFs) so that…
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The Pune civic administration has announced that it will stop collecting garbage from the premises of bulk waste generators that fail to comply with the norm of processing wet waste at the source by March-end. …
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Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has made a beginning to make the city dustbin-free. As part of it, the civic body has removed dumper bins in 20 per cent of the city area where door-to-door…
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Ghaziabad municipal corporation (GMC) has announced additional funds for solid waste management in the city. Corporation officials informed The Hindustan Times that Rs 60.5 crore will be devoted towards solid waste management. An additional Rs…
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A day after announcing it will implement a user fee for garbage collection from January 1, 2021, the Greater Chennai Corporation has decided to roll back its decision. The announcement was made following a request…
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The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has directed all premises, including residential and commercial units producing more than 50 kgs of daily waste, to segregate waste at source into biodegradable, non-biodegradable and domestic hazardous waste. It…
