Aafrin Kidwai
In a major effort to reduce waste contamination and promote greener cities, 14 more Madhya Pradesh districts will construct bio-remediation facilities. The projects are estimated to cost roughly Rs 44 crore. “Bio-remediation will be used…
Aafrin Kidwai
Kerala’s local self-government (LSG) department has launched an effort to treat legacy waste across the state for more than ten years. Nearly 54 legacy trash dumps spread across the state are now being cleaned up…
Aafrin Kidwai
The quantity of legacy waste disposed of at three landfill sites in the capital has decreased by 26.1 lakh MT over the past four months (June to September), representing a 462% increase over the previous…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) is expected to begin the process of disposing of approximately 25 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste accumulated at its main dump site on the Tajpur road after facing…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has fined the Haryana government Rs 100 cr for unremediated legacy waste in Gurugram. According to a recent order, it took one year for the authorities to hand over 10…
Aafrin Kidwai
What is legacy waste? Legacy waste typically refers to aged municipal solid waste in landfills or dumpsites. In India, there is no agreement on the minimum age of waste to be considered legacy waste and…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Kerala government has started the process of reclaiming land with legacy waste dumpsites. Faced with inadequate waste treatment infrastructure, the local self-government department (LSGD) has identified around 47 dumps with enormous piles of residual…
Aafrin Kidwai
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) panel met with Ludhiana Municipal Corporation officials to discuss 20 metric tonnes of legacy waste accumulating in the landfill at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). The civic body has missed previous…
Dr Richa Singh
Urban local bodies need a comprehensive policy for reuse of reclaimed land The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recognised that the unlined dumpsites in India are creating various irreversible environmental hazards. The major…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Centre has approved the action plans of three states – Rajasthan, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh – as well as Chandigarh for the remediation of legacy municipal trash at dump yards in 171 municipal areas…
Aafrin Kidwai
New Delhi generates over 11,400 metric tonnes of waste each day. Of this, nearly 6,200 metric tonnes is dumped at landfill sites in Ghazipur, Okhla, and Bhalswa which are administered by the East, South, and…
Aafrin Kidwai
Tambaram Corporation has been ordered by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to pay a compensation of Rs. 21 lakh for breaching the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ruling on proper solid waste disposal in…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee to monitor solid waste management by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation. It has also sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the AMC for the alleged disposal…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon is preparing to speed up the clearing and processing of four lakh tonnes of waste from the Bandhwari landfill site. The officials said that MCG has floated two tenders so…
Editor
At a legacy waste remediation project in Panaji, around 14,000 m³ of RDF have been produced so far. The RDF production was set up by the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) at the Sonsoddo waste…
Aafrin Kidwai
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…
Editor
Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) is about to open a 400 tpd legacy waste remediation plant, producing RDF, at the Lakhnawali landfill site in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Trials have started recently and the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Kerala’s Brahmapuram solid waste management plant never ceases to be in the news. This time, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Kochi corporation to file a status report on the solid waste treatment…
Aafrin Kidwai
The plastic manufacturers and traders’ association in Ludhiana has announced yet another agitation against the state government’s decision to impose a plastic ban starting August 1. In 2016, the state government had announced a ban…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Kochi Corporation Council has given its green signal to Zonta Infratech for carrying out biomining of legacy waste at the Brahmapuram dumpsite. The council also decided to hand over 20 acres at Brahmapuram to…
Aafrin Kidwai
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…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal has expressed displeasure over clearing of legacy waste at Bandhwari landfill site in Gurgaon saying seriousness of the concerned authorities is lacking. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Huballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) is considering biomining at the dumping yards of the twin cities on Karwar Road in Hubballi (17 acres) and at Hosayallpur in Dharwad (16 acres). According to a survey conducted…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stated that remedial action needs to be taken by the Solan Municipal Council and sought an action taken report with all the details, including legacy waste cleared, biomined, quantity…
Aafrin Kidwai
Lonavla, the popular hill-station near Mumbai, has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it will treat legacy waste within the next few months. As per an affidavit filed by the Lonavla Municipal Council before…
Aafrin Kidwai
The NGT has expressed dissatisfaction regarding the management of legacy wastes in West Bengal. The bench has described the capping of the mountain of legacy wastes without biomining as illegal according to the solid waste…
Aafrin Kidwai
Speaking on the occasion of the Swachchata Diwas, Minister of State – MoHUA, Mr Hardeep Singh Puri, underlined the importance paid to urban spaces by the Modi government. Mr Puri said the greatest success of…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following the directive of the High Court (HC) of Bombay at Goa, Goa authorities will begin remediation work of the Sonsoddo dump yard on Thursday. The HC had given a deadline of December 15 for…
Aafrin Kidwai
The processing of legacy waste continues at full swing at the Vairapalayam compost yard in Erode, Tamil Nadu. The bio-mining machine started working in September and till date about 30,000 cubic metres of waste has…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following the National Green Tribunal’s ultimatum to reduce the height of the three landfills in Okhla, Ghazipur and Bhalswa, the three respective Delhi municipal corporations are planning to install 33 trommel machines, with a capacity…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Gurugram Municipal Corporation to clear 25 lakh tonnes of legacy waste at Bandhwari landfill within six months and warned that failure to do so may result in coercive…
Aafrin Kidwai
Local civic body authorities inspected Mormugao Solid Waste Treatment Plant (MSWTP) at Headland-Sada in order to expedite the process of clearing almost 80 metric tonnes of ‘legacy waste’ which has been lying there for the…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Goa government is making progress in its plans to remediate around 4.7 lakh cubic metre of existing dump sites at various locations in Goa. The Times of India has reported that the Goa government…
