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GURGAON, India, April 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Godrej Properties Ltd. (GPL), one of India's leading real estate developers, today announced the launch of 'Neighbours With Nature,' a long-term platform focused on hyperlocal ecological restoration and neighbourhood wellbeing. The initiative brings together the company's ongoing environmental efforts under a unified identity, designed to create visible, community-level ecological impact in the neighbourhoods surrounding its developments. The launch ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, which came into force on April 1, mandate strict four-stream waste segregation at source and introduce enhanced accountability measures to improve recycling and reduce landfill dependence. Replacing the 2016 framework, the new rules require segregation of waste into wet, dry, sanitary and special care categories, supported by a compulsory four-bin system. They also introduce digital waste tracking and enforce the 'polluter pays' principle ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The capital city will turn vegetable waste from four major markets into automobile-grade CNG easing the burden on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation's waste handling system and reducing foul smell from decomposing market refuse.Under the new waste handling project, remnants of cabbage, cauliflower and other biodegradable vegetable waste generated in city markets, haats and by bulk waste generators will be collected and channelled for scientific processing.Official sources said around ...Read More >
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Kohima, April 6 (MExN): As per directives from the Ministry of MoHUA, all dumpsites should be cleared and the city should be dumpsite free by October 2026. In regard to this enforcement of Mandatory Source Segregation of Solid Waste within Kohima Municipal Jurisdiction whereas, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, mandate segregation of waste at source under Rule 4(1)(b) and prohibit disposal of waste in an unscientific manner under Rule ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Entry of goods vehicles into Delhi will be restricted to those compliant with BS-VI norms or CNG and electricity from Nov 1 onwards. Non-essential traffic inflow will also be regulated.This decision came as chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday unveiled the Air Pollution Mitigation Action Plan, 2026.In periods of severe pollution, govt may introduce staggered office timings, announce work-from-home directives and more restrictions on polluting vehicles, Delhi govt said.Govt last year h ...Read More >
New Delhi : Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday announced the rollout of the Air Pollution Mitigation Action Plan 2026, positioning it as a shift towards measurable, outcome-driven clean air governance. However, even as the government outlined an ambitious multi-sector strategy, experts cautioned that without strong enforcement, tangible targets, and long-term consistency, the plan risks repeating the shortcomings of previous efforts. Gupta held a review meeting and stressed that clean air and ...Read More >
Abhinav RajputNew Delhi: Entry of goods vehicles into Delhi will be restricted to those compliant with BS-VI norms or CNG and electricity from Nov 1 onwards. Non-essential traffic inflow will also be regulated.This decision came as chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday unveiled the Air Pollution Mitigation Action Plan, 2026.In periods of severe pollution, govt may introduce staggered office timings, announce work-from-home directives and more restrictions on polluting vehicles, Delhi govt said.Go ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, which came into force on April 1 (Wednesday), following directions from the Supreme Court. However, implementation on the ground, particularly by the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), continues to lag, with source segregation yet to be effectively enforced. The new framework replaces the earlier rules and seeks to tighten compliance, improve segregation and introduce accou ...Read More >
The drawing of lots for the retirement of nine members of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) standing committee was delayed on Monday when the meeting was adjourned abruptly after protests from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), demanding that the minutes for the previous few meetings be circulated first. The committee now only has one day left to complete the process which they are mandated to do according to the Delhi Municipal Act, (1957). The standing committee consists of 18 members, of whic ...Read More >
Kishangarh: Endless white plains glowing under the sun, no pine trees, no chill in the air, yet the scenery looks straight out of a winter postcard. Many confuse it for Bolivia's Salt Flats, snow-clad Gulmarg or even scenic Switzerland. This picturesque location, which has become a popular reel destination, is Asia's largest marble waste dumping yard in Kishangarh in Ajmer district of arid Rajasthan. The dumping site, where over 700 tankers carrying around 22 lakh litres of marble slurry are e ...Read More >
Authorities have warned that households failing to follow the rules will face penalties. A fine of Rs 500 will be imposed for the first violation and Rs 1,000 for the second. A stricter push towards scientific waste management is set to come into effect in Bengaluru from April 1, as authorities move to enforce mandatory segregation of household waste across the city. Under the Solid Waste Management Rules-2026, residents will be required to segregate waste into four categories -- wet, dry, san ...Read More >
An investigation by the Environment Agency has revealed that waste, including asbestos, was dumped at a landfill site in the period shortly before it was closed. Bosses revealed this week that they had found "a single discrete pile of waste" in the north west corner of the Walleys Quarry site in Silverdale, Staffordshire. It was deposited outside the landfill cells in November 2024, they said, at a time after its operators had been ordered to stop accepting waste material in March that year. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday visited Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)'s Bhalswa landfill to review the ongoing bioremediation work aimed at flattening the mountain of garbage.While inspecting the site, Sandhu told officials to address the issue of not only legacy waste but also the continuous inflow of fresh waste.He noted that while significant progress has been made since PM Modi, on Swachhata Diwas 2021, flagged the three landfill sites in Delhi -- Bhalswa, Ghazipur and O ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor (LG) of Delhi, Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to address the continuous inflow of fresh and legacy waste into landfills, officials said. The directions came while the LG was inspecting the ongoing bio-mining work at the Bhalswa landfill site. Spread over 70 acres, the Bhalswa landfill had 7,300,000 metric tonnes (MT) of waste in November 2022. While 4,500,000 MT was bio-mined till December 2024, another 3,980,000 ...Read More >
Patna: Starting April 1, residents, institutions, hotels, markets, and commercial establishments across all municipal bodies in the state will come under a tough new waste management regime. The reason: The state is implementing the national Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, notified by the Centre in Jan, marking a major shift from the earlier 2016 framework.Under the new rules, every waste generator must segregate household and institutional garbage into four separate streams at source: Wet b ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday visited the Bhalswa Landfill to review ongoing bioremediation work, noting improvement over the past year and stressing on the need for sustained efforts. According to the official statement, the LG emphasised that authorities must focus not only on clearing legacy waste but also on managing the continuous inflow of fresh garbage at the site scientifically and sustainably. "While significant progress has been mad ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, which mandate four-stream segregation of waste into wet, dry, sanitary and special care waste, will come into effect from April 1, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, in response to a written question. Notified on January 27, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, supersede the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season has barely begun, but it has already delivered its first major controversy. Following Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) six-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium, a pointed remark from captain Ajinkya Rahane has triggered a wider debate - forcing Cricket Australia (CA) to step in with a clarification. At the centre of the storm is Cameron Green, KKR's high-profile signing worth INR 25.20 crore, who did not bowl a single over despite ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Integrating the principles of circular economy and extended producer responsibility, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 shall come into effect from April 1 with a specific focus on efficient waste segregation and management, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, said the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, mandate four-stream segregation of solid waste at source into ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Vehicles without a valid Pollution Under Control Certificate will not be provided fuel at petrol pumps in the national capital from Thursday, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said. Amid rising pollution levels, Sirsa announced that all vehicles below BS-VI category and registered outside Delhi will not be allowed to enter the city when GRAP 3 and 4 are in place. The government will not allow any polluting vehicle to enter Delhi, he added. "To control ve ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANS) Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced on Tuesday that vehicles without a valid Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) will not be allowed to refuel at petrol pumps in Delhi from December 18. Addressing a press conference at the Delhi Secretariat, Sirsa said, "To control vehicular tail pipe emissions, all the dealers of the petrol/ diesel/CNG pumps are directed to dispense/sell the petrol/ diesel/ CNG to motor vehicles only on production of a vali ...Read More >
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today e-inaugurated and in virtual mode laid the foundation stone of several key developmental projects worth ₹37.92 crore in Srinagar district, aimed at strengthening urban infrastructure, improving civic amenities and enhancing the quality of life of the people. According to an official press release, the chief minister e-inaugurated the remodelling and repair work of the Wool Mandi at Nowshera in Srinagar, completed at a cost of ₹1 crore. He laid the e ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's waste processing facilities in municipality areas have been increased from 16 to 80.17 percent in over a decade by setting up services such as material recovery facilities (MRFs), transfer stations, composting plants, construction and demolition (C&D) waste plants and waste to energy plants including waste to electricity, bio-methanation plants and others, data available from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) states. "As reported by States and UTs on Swachhatt ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday claimed that the citizens' protest at India Gate, demanding a government policy to curb air pollution in the national capital, was organised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He said that the state government was working to mitigate "poison left behind by AAP". Speaking to reporters here, Sirsa criticised the previous AAP government in Delhi, saying that it destroyed everything in the last 10 years. "AAP is organising this prote ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday claimed that the citizens' protest at India Gate, demanding a government policy to curb air pollution in the national capital, was organised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He said that the state government was working to mitigate "poison left behind by AAP". Speaking to reporters here, Sirsa criticised the previous AAP government in Delhi, saying that it destroyed everything in the last 10 years. Al ...Read More >
New Delhi: South Central Railway (SCR) has initiated a sustainable waste management system at its stations through scientific waste management after noticing that the state government agencies were only collecting and managing waste from their lands. Highlighting the need to take this initiative, a senior railway official (on condition of anonymity) told ETV Bharat, "The railways noticed that the state government agencies were not maintaining the waste management in railway lands, including sta ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 30: Casio India Co. Private Ltd. today announced the successful conclusion of Phase 1 of the second edition of its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, the Recycle Responsibly campaign. In collaboration with SHEOWS and implemented by Allied Waste Solutions (AWS), the campaign has made significant strides in e-waste awareness and recycling across the Delhi-NCR region, reaching an audience of over two million citizens. Also Read | Box Office Fact C ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded an innovative initiative called the Garbage Café, operated by the Ambikapur Municipal Corporation in Chhattisgarh, during the 127th episode of his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat. Highlighting the campaign, PM Modi said, "A unique initiative has been launched in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, to clean plastic waste from the city." Located at the Ambikapur Bus Stand, the Garbage Café is redefining civic responsibility by offering full-cou ...Read More >
Raipur: An innovative idea to tackle the menace of urban waste by the Ambikapur Municipal Corporation (AMC) in north Chhattisgarh has been lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 127th episode of Mann Ki Baat, aired on Sunday. The PM cited how the 'Garbage Café', opened by the AMC in Ambikapur town, has emerged as a singular blend of cleanliness and service, fetching a good lunch or dinner or a breakfast in exchange of plastic waste. "A unique example of cleanliness and social initiative ...Read More >
Pune: Over 100 fire incidents, primarily caused by firecrackers, were reported across Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad during the Diwali festival. Fortunately, there were no reports of fatalities.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits recorded 68 fire incidents from Oct 19 to 23. In the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) areas, 62 fire incidents caused by crackers were documented from Oct 17 to 23.Chief fire officers from both corporations confirmed that the majority of these fires were ...Read More >
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