Sewage Management

A former engineer of a ship management company in Mumbai allegedly extorted Rs 1.97 crore from the managing director of the firm by threatening to send a video of one of his vessels discharging untreated sewage in US, police said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the order of the National Green Tribunal imposing a fine of Rs 100 crore on NOIDA for failing to prevent untreated sewage from flowing into the Kondli irrigation canal.

Centre is planning a follow up scheme to the existing Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, which will cover all urban areas.

More than five years after it was launched, the Smart Cities Mission has completed only 17 per cent of total worth of projects sanctioned under it.

Delhi Police has framed charges against five employees of Vivanta Ambassador hotel and the managers of a firm involved in running the hotel's sewage treatment plant, where three men died after inhaling toxic gases, sources said.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today issued notices to major waste generators in the city including 5-star hotels, malls, hospitals, educational institutions with hostels and housing societies which have not complied with Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.

The National Green Tribunal today directed the CEO of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board to furnish a report giving details of the municipal solid waste (MSW) and sewage treatment plants (STPs) installed there.

Our government needs to come up with a million dollar innovation prize to deal with its sewage and sanitation problem.

Railways will use water released from sewage treatment plants for non-potable purposes like washing trains and platforms.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued statutory notices to municipal commissioners of 184 towns to ensure proper management of domestic sewage and solid waste, an official said on Tuesday.

A capital expenditure of over Rs.600,000 crore (approx $100 bn) is needed to cleanse river Ganga of the sewage, industrial effluents and solid waste that is thrown into the river, say experts.

A former engineer of a ship management company in Mumbai allegedly extorted Rs 1.97 crore from the managing director of the firm by threatening to send a video of one of his vessels discharging untreated sewage in US, police said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the order of the National Green Tribunal imposing a fine of Rs 100 crore on NOIDA for failing to prevent untreated sewage from flowing into the Kondli irrigation canal.

Centre is planning a follow up scheme to the existing Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, which will cover all urban areas.

More than five years after it was launched, the Smart Cities Mission has completed only 17 per cent of total worth of projects sanctioned under it.

Delhi Police has framed charges against five employees of Vivanta Ambassador hotel and the managers of a firm involved in running the hotel's sewage treatment plant, where three men died after inhaling toxic gases, sources said.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today issued notices to major waste generators in the city including 5-star hotels, malls, hospitals, educational institutions with hostels and housing societies which have not complied with Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.

The National Green Tribunal today directed the CEO of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board to furnish a report giving details of the municipal solid waste (MSW) and sewage treatment plants (STPs) installed there.

Our government needs to come up with a million dollar innovation prize to deal with its sewage and sanitation problem.

Railways will use water released from sewage treatment plants for non-potable purposes like washing trains and platforms.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued statutory notices to municipal commissioners of 184 towns to ensure proper management of domestic sewage and solid waste, an official said on Tuesday.

A capital expenditure of over Rs.600,000 crore (approx $100 bn) is needed to cleanse river Ganga of the sewage, industrial effluents and solid waste that is thrown into the river, say experts.