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Policy & others
Salt Lake City launches efforts to improve SWM

Salt Lake City launches efforts to improve SWM

The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA), which is the key agency responsible for the Sector V township, has announced several initiatives for improving waste management in Salt Lake City. This includes mapping of wet and…

Sorting/MBT
Kolkata to start its first bio-mining project at Mollar Bheri

Kolkata to start its first bio-mining project at Mollar Bheri

Kolkata has proposed to introduce biomining for the first time in the city to tackle its Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) problem. The project will be undertaken at the Mollar Bheri dumping ground. A portion of…

Landfilling
Salt Lake City civic body finally starts implementing NGT directive

Salt Lake City civic body finally starts implementing NGT directive

The Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City) Municipal Corporation has stopped dumping garbage at the environmentally sensitive Mollar Bheri ground and will dispose of its waste at the Dhapa facility. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has granted it…

Policy & others
Salt Lake City civic body fined for contaminating wetlands

Salt Lake City civic body fined for contaminating wetlands

The National Green Tribunal has fined the Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City) Municipal Corporation for failing to comply with its order to cordon off a dumping site to prevent contamination of East Calcutta Wetlands. The Telegraph…