Solid waste News

Uma Bharti on Monday launched the Gobardhan scheme from Haryana's Karnal district.

Sidhu said the state government is also contemplating taking loan from the World Bank for harnessing canal water to meet people's requirement.

The surface cleaning of river Ganga, including removal of solid waste such as clothes, parts of dead bodies, will commence from next month, a Parliamentary panel has been informed.

India has not yet started a programme to formally train people in tackling electronic waste which has been increasing three times faster than any other solid waste, an expert said here on Monday.

The cleaning of solid waste like clothes, parts of dead bodies from the surface of the mainstream of Ganga will begin in January next year, the Centre said today.

The National Green Tribunal today warned the authorities of the Okhla waste-to-energy plant of shutting it down if it did not urgently install equipment to segregate solid waste and continued to burn them, causing pollution.