With merely 48 hours to go, is Bengaluru ready for its new waste management programme? While it has been reported that there is a lot of confusion among people on garbage segregation and disposal, a

Is the October 1 deadline for segregation of waste at source in the city a mere eyewash? It does seem like it as with just two days left for the city to embrace a new waste management scheme, BBMP sti

The Chennai Corporation remains a sleeping giant with regard to solid waste management, even as more than two crore tonnes of waste is piled up at its major garbage dumping yards.

It all started in

For 28-year-old Durai in Chennai, it was a daily struggle to feed his family. Besides rummaging through the huge mounds of waste in the corporation dump yard to pick up recyclable stuff and earn a liv

The city corporation on Saturday installed a surveillance camera at Edappally Muttar Junction to check waste dumping.

The first phase of the Rs 10 lakh-project was inaugurated by mayor Tony Chammany

You may not want to smile if caught on this candid camera. Instead, you will have to pay a hefty amount as fine and face penal proceedings.

In a first of its kind project in the state, the city corp

When the people of Mavallipura protested against Bengaluru’s garbage being dumped in their village, the government and BBMP went looking for an alternative site to dump in. As if the garbage problem i

The Garden City, which could more appropriately be called ‘garbage city’ in the past few days, is getting back to its normal, better-smelling self.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has

Failing to learn from the present garbage crisis set off by its unscientific disposal, the BBMP has now identified two private landfills with a capacity to hold 2,000 metric tonnes of garbage, to cle

Chennai mayor Saidai Duraisamy has said the top brass of the corporation would review water-logging at Guindy, Maduvankarai and Alandur areas to ensure that the localities do not suffer inundation dur