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In Damage Control Mode, Delhi Lt Governor Bans Garbage Dumping In Ghazipur
As Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party tried to corner the BJP-led municipal corporation and the centre over the two deaths in the Ghazipur landfill collapse on Friday, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal moved swiftly today to ban dumping of any more solid waste at this location.
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Move Tanneries, Set Guidelines For Ganga's Ghats, Uttar Pradesh Is Told
In its latest move to protect the Ganga river, the country's top green court has banned the dumping of any kind of waste within 500 metres of the river's edge; anyone caught littering the river will be charged Rs 50,000. It has also instructed the government of Uttar Pradesh to move polluting tanneries and to set up guidelines - along with the hill...
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Green Court NGT Bans Open Defecation, Waste Dumping On Yamuna Floodplains
The National Green Tribunal or NGT has banned open defecation and dumping of waste on the floodplains of the Yamuna river and announced an environment compensation or penalty of Rs 5,000 for those who violated the rule.
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Sri Lanka Bans Anti-Garbage Protests After Dump Disaster
Sri Lanka has outlawed protests over Colombo's garbage crisis following rallies over the city's waste disposal after a landslide at a giant rubbish tip killed 32 people and destroyed 145 homes.
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Disposable Plastic Banned In Delhi NCR From January 1: National Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal today banned the use of disposable plastic in Delhi and NCR with effect from January 1, 2017 and directed the city government to take steps to reduce dumped waste.
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Australia Orders Waste Dumping Ban on Great Barrier Reef
Australia has ordered a ban on dumping dredge waste on most of the Great Barrier Reef, the environment minister said today, as part of a push to stop the UN declaring the site in danger.
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Australia to Ban Dredge Waste Dumping on Barrier Reef
Australia said today it will ban the dumping of dredging waste on most of the Great Barrier Reef in a move welcomed by environmentalists as a first step towards a total halt.
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New law to ban India's 'untouchable' toilet cleaners
With both hands holding the basket of human excrement on her head, widowed grandmother Kela walks through a stream of sewage, up a mound of waste and then dumps the filth while cursing.
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In Damage Control Mode, Delhi Lt Governor Bans Garbage Dumping In Ghazipur
As Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party tried to corner the BJP-led municipal corporation and the centre over the two deaths in the Ghazipur landfill collapse on Friday, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal moved swiftly today to ban dumping of any more solid waste at this location.
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Move Tanneries, Set Guidelines For Ganga's Ghats, Uttar Pradesh Is Told
In its latest move to protect the Ganga river, the country's top green court has banned the dumping of any kind of waste within 500 metres of the river's edge; anyone caught littering the river will be charged Rs 50,000. It has also instructed the government of Uttar Pradesh to move polluting tanneries and to set up guidelines - along with the hill...
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Green Court NGT Bans Open Defecation, Waste Dumping On Yamuna Floodplains
The National Green Tribunal or NGT has banned open defecation and dumping of waste on the floodplains of the Yamuna river and announced an environment compensation or penalty of Rs 5,000 for those who violated the rule.
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Sri Lanka Bans Anti-Garbage Protests After Dump Disaster
Sri Lanka has outlawed protests over Colombo's garbage crisis following rallies over the city's waste disposal after a landslide at a giant rubbish tip killed 32 people and destroyed 145 homes.
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Disposable Plastic Banned In Delhi NCR From January 1: National Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal today banned the use of disposable plastic in Delhi and NCR with effect from January 1, 2017 and directed the city government to take steps to reduce dumped waste.
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Australia Orders Waste Dumping Ban on Great Barrier Reef
Australia has ordered a ban on dumping dredge waste on most of the Great Barrier Reef, the environment minister said today, as part of a push to stop the UN declaring the site in danger.
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Australia to Ban Dredge Waste Dumping on Barrier Reef
Australia said today it will ban the dumping of dredging waste on most of the Great Barrier Reef in a move welcomed by environmentalists as a first step towards a total halt.
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New law to ban India's 'untouchable' toilet cleaners
With both hands holding the basket of human excrement on her head, widowed grandmother Kela walks through a stream of sewage, up a mound of waste and then dumps the filth while cursing.
