Six villages in Gujarat's Rajkot district that were affected by pollution due to a landfill will collectively get Rs 25 lakh compensation following a recent order of the Supreme Court, an NGO said on Wednesday.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will launch an inquiry into the fire that broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site a day back, Mayor Shelly Oberoi said on Monday.
A political slugfest erupted on Monday over the Ghazipur landfill fire incident with the BJP attacking AAP-led MCD over the blaze which left local residents gasping for breath and racked with other health issues.
Toxic fumes from the Ghazipur landfill on Monday sent residents gasping for breath and cursing politicians over the garbage mountain that still blights the city.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Monday visited the Ghazipur landfill where garbage caught fire a day before and charged it was an example of "corruption" of the AAP government.
The massive fire that broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi on Sunday evening continued in the night. Efforts were underway to douse the fire.
A major fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi on Sunday evening, officials said.
Saroj, a 55-year-old construction worker residing near the Bakkarwala landfill site, embodies the challenges faced by informal sector workers amid the escalating air pollution crisis in Delhi.
Microsoft Corp's plan to end support for Windows 10 operating system could result in about 240 million personal computers (PCs) being disposed, potentially adding to landfill waste, Canalys Research said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Bhalswa landfill site on Saturday and said about 45 lakh tonnes of waste from it is expected to be processed and reduced by May next year.
The Waghris - a nomadic community - has been operating this informal, often invisible old-clothes recycling trade for more than a hundred years now
MCD on Saturday clarified that it has awarded integrated contract for biomining of legacy waste at Bhalswa and Ghazipur dumpsites after Ghaziabad Mayor seized MCD's trucks over allegedly dumping wastes from Delhi's landfill in the Ghaziabad area.
A fire broke out at Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi on Monday, officials said. A call about the incident was received around 1.30 pm, they said.
A decomposed body of a month-old leopard was found near Bandhwari landfill on Friday morning, officials here said.
With the AAP coming to power in the MCD, the Kejriwal government has nearly doubled the fund allocation for local bodies in the Delhi Budget 2023-24 while setting a target to flatten the city's three garbage mountains by 2024.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Thursday said the target of the Delhi government is to remove 50 lakh metric ton of waste that is remaining at the Bhalswa landfill site by March next year.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today visited the Okhla landfill site and said the target is to clear the city of all three mountains of garbage by December 2024.
Delhi's newly elected Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Wednesday said the AAP-led municipal corporation will carry out an inspection of landfill sites in the next three days.
The Mumbai civic body's proposal to shift the city's Mahalaxmi racecourse to an abandoned landfill in Mulund has opened up a new front between the Eknath Shinde-BJP government and the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray.
BJP MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday said that reduction of height of the Ghazipur landfill has been his priority from day one, and claimed that in three years the massive dump will be "decimated totally".
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said clearing landfill sites, redevelopment of markets, regularisation of temporary employees and timely payment of salaries will be the top priorities of the AAP if it wins the civic body polls.
The AAP will display models of the three landfill sites in Delhi to highlight the BJP's "garbage mismanagement" during its 15-year-old governance of the civic body ahead of elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday alleged that the BJP-led MCD has taken out garbage from the Ghazipur landfill and dumped it in nearby areas to show that its height has come down.
The detection highlights how piles of garbage - which generate the potent greenhouse gas - are triggering some of the world's strongest and most persistent methane emissions.
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