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Ludhiana: NGT directs regular cleaning, monitoring of Sidhwan Canal

The NGT has ordered regular inspections to ensure that the work is maintained and the canal remains free from waste. (HT Photo)

Published on Aug 15, 2025 03:48 AM IST

Floating invaders continue to haunt Gomti

(Mushtaq Ali/HT)

Published on Jul 08, 2025 07:40 AM IST

BMC issues tender to clear Deonar landfill for Dharavi rehousing

Mumbai, India - March 27, 2018: Fire at Deonar Dumping ground, India, on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Photo by Praful Gangurde/ Hindustan Times) (HT PHOTO)

Published on Apr 19, 2025 08:42 AM IST

Chakia generates max waste, Jayantipur least

Garbage left unattended at Karbala crossing in the city. (HT Photo)

Published on Mar 18, 2025 06:06 AM IST

Delhi: Cleaned 4.38km stretch of Yamuna floodplain, MCD tells NGT

Garbage along the Yamuna. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 05, 2024 10:54 PM IST

Delhi’s untreated waste issue a public health emergency: SC

The apex court nudged the Centre as well as Delhi, Haryana and UP to work out immediate steps to resolve this crisis. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 27, 2024 05:30 AM IST

Waste crisis panel explores introduction of composting plants in slums, urban villages

The committee proposed integrating user charges for garbage collection into the NDC portal or property tax to streamline revenue collection. (Parveen Kumar/HT)

Updated on Jul 13, 2024 06:26 AM IST

Manesar civic body fines violators of solid waste management rules

The MCM commissioner has asked the assistant executive engineers of the corporation to submit reports related to the sanitation/cleaning work to his office twice a week. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 04, 2024 05:42 AM IST

Haryana govt declares ‘solid waste exigency’ in Ggm

Firefighters trying to control the fire at the waste treatment plant in Bandhwari landfill in Gurugram earlier this month. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 13, 2024 06:18 AM IST

Innovations and understanding chemical components of waste will boost its reuse: Experts

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Published on Jun 09, 2024 06:56 PM IST

CHandigarh MC planning to set up plant to segregate mixed waste at Dadumajra dump

The automated waste segregation plant is planned to come up at a cost of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5.22 crore. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Updated on Jun 09, 2024 07:42 AM IST

Solid waste situation horrifying, says SC

A fire at the Ghazipur landfill site in late April. (PTI)

Updated on May 14, 2024 07:26 AM IST

Supreme Court seeks ‘concrete action plan’ to fix Delhi’s garbage woes

Firefighting vehicles at the Ghazipur Landfill area in New Delhi on April 22, 2024.(Vipin Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 23, 2024 04:38 AM IST

Pune civic body slaps fine on three persons for throwing garbage at public place

PMC solid waste department has installed CCTV cameras at some spots where citizens generally throw garbage. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Published on Mar 02, 2024 10:32 PM IST

Delhi’s waste needs to be managed better

Garbage dumped near railway tracks at Sarai Rohilla in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Published on Feb 06, 2024 09:44 PM IST

City’s sanitation overhaul puts efficiency in the spotlight

LMC will pay the company after assessing the weight of solid waste collected from every house and street. (Sourced)

Published on Jan 31, 2024 11:22 PM IST

CIDCO seeks expert guidance to manage solid waste

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Updated on Jan 24, 2024 05:04 PM IST

Ghaziabad: Municipal corporation seeks 40 acre of land for solid waste disposal

The city, with 100 residential wards, generates about 1,400 metric tonnes of daily solid waste and it is currently getting processed at an 11 acre site on Pipeline Road. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 01, 2023 06:04 AM IST

Waste No More! Lucknow’s 20 lakh tonnes of garbage set for scientific elimination

Shivri waste treatment plant (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 30, 2023 07:09 PM IST

NGT takes a stern view of solid waste dumping in Ghaziabad

The officials of the UPPCB in their joint committee report said the site in Morta has legacy waste which will be cleared by May 2024. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 30, 2023 05:54 AM IST

MCD garbage issue: No evidence to prove trucks were carrying solid waste, say police

Mayor Dayal, however, said she still maintains that it was solid waste, and not RDF, which the trucks were ferrying. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Published on Nov 24, 2023 10:45 PM IST

Encroachment from 4 parks in Ghaziabad’s Vaishali to be removed after NGT order

Garbage at Ambedkar Park in Vaishali’s Sector 4 in Ghaziabad on Thursday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 10, 2023 05:32 AM IST

MC launches Chandigarh’s first decentralised waste processing plant

The project is aimed at making Ward Number 35, comprising Sectors 48, 49, 50 and 63, self-sufficient in tackling daily wet waste under its Aatmanirbhar Ward pilot scheme. (HT File Photo)

Updated on Nov 08, 2023 08:08 AM IST

Remove waste from Sidhwan Canal by Jan, Green tribunal tell MC chief

The MC had in July told the National Green Tribunal that they have removed 90% of the waste from the water body and were eyeing to remove the remainder in three months. (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 06, 2023 05:22 AM IST

LMC may get NGT’s ‘Red Card’ as 100 football fields of waste loom over Lucknow

Shivri waste treatment plant (HT File)

Published on Oct 19, 2023 08:24 PM IST

MCD to double waste processing capacity at Delhi’s 3 waste landfills

Delhi generates 11,332 tonne of solid waste every day, according to an MCD estimate, of which 4,360 tonne ends up at the city’s three landfill sites. (HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 16, 2023 02:17 AM IST

Waste Nightmare: 20L metric tonnes of untreated garbage at Shivri plant stifle Lucknow

Garbage lying on road. (Deepak Gupta)

Updated on Aug 22, 2023 12:18 AM IST

Dwelling in the ‘Anthroposea’

Mumbai’s sea, like other seas, is an “Anthroposea”: It is made up not just of water, tides, and non-human biota, but also of the matter and metabolic waste of its more than fifteen million human (and nonhuman) residents.( Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Aug 04, 2023 09:08 AM IST

Ghaziabad: Civic body seeking new vendor for waste processing

Officials estimate that to date, about 5-7 lakh tonnes of waste have been received, and approximately 70% of this waste has been processed so far. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 01, 2023 11:59 PM IST

Ghaziabad mayor seize nine trucks, alleges Delhi’s solid waste dumped in Gz

Dayal on Friday said the trucks allegedly bore markings of “MCD” -- Municipal Corporation of Delhi-- and were stopped midway between Nandgram and Pipeline Road and handed over to police. Three of these trucks were later taken to Nandgram police station. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 01, 2023 12:22 AM IST

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