The recent Howrah dumping ground disaster is a stark reminder of solid waste mismanagement in West Bengal, and the dire need ...

The Bengaluru residents are now set to pay a new tax starting today after paying more for Bus and Metro rides. Starting today ...

The move comes close on the heels of a landslide in Howrah’s waste disposal ground that experts blamed on unplanned dumping ...

Bengaluru property owners will now pay a Solid Waste Management fee, tiered by the size of their homes, starting 2025-26. The ...

At a meeting, chaired by urban development minister Firhad Hakim, it was decided that the Howrah Municipal Corporation will ...

The recent crisis at Howrah highlights how the towns around Calcutta have failed to create an acceptable waste management ...

Howrah: Protests by local residents on Wednesday forced Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) to scrap the plan to set up a ...

Leading the team of scientists from the International Society of Waste Management ... chairman of Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) — to avert a potential tragedy. These include immediate ...

A 50-year-old IT professional died on Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly jumped off from the sixth floor of his office building in Newtown, Kolkata, police said. The deceased Dwaipayan ...

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has allocated ₹352 crore in its budget presented on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) for solid waste management (SWM). Of this, ₹300 crore is for a biomining ...

Metro Railway, Kolkata, will suspend East-West Metro corridor services every Sunday from March 23 for testing the CBTC system. This follows previous suspensions to evaluate signalling and ...

Lagos produces approximately 13,000 – 15,000 metric tonnes of solid waste, equivalent to approximately 490 trailers per day, a task that the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), the agency ...