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Life in the Garbage Heap

T.R. Shankar Raman 05/06/2019

In the waste thrown out of home and market,...

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Warangal’s Plan to Defeat Open Pooping Centred on New Sewage Treatment Plant

Rashme Sehgal 10/04/2019

Until recently, Warangal had few public toilets and a...

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Delhi’s DDA Okays Dumping Site on Yamuna Floodplain

The Wire Staff 28/03/2019

The Yamuna river-zone is an eco-sensitive zone according to...

A garbage dump near Kenduwal village, where solid waste from Baddi is dumped. Credit: Manshi Asher

The Farce of ‘Integrated Waste Management’ in Himachal Pradesh

Manshi Asher 17/07/2018

What is an open dumping yard in reality is...

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National Green Tribunal Asks Commercial Buildings in Shimla to Set up Sewage Treatment Plants

All commercial buildings with waste discharge of over 5...

A garbage dump in Shadipur. Credit: kalishakti/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Will India Need a Landfill the Size of Bengaluru By 2030?

Ramesh Ilangovan 01/02/2017

Forty-three million tonnes of solid waste are collected annually,...