Solid Waste Management
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UP: Spitting in public to attract Rs 250 fine as Varanasi cracks down on littering
Uttar Pradesh | Oct 30, 2025, 01:32 PM ISTTransporting garbage in uncovered vehicles or damaging municipal bins and vehicles carries a Rs 2,000 fine. The highest penalty of Rs 5,000 will be imposed on anyone creating water stagnation or unsanitary conditions that endanger public health.
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Bengaluru residents to pay more for disposing trash as BBMP imposes 'garbage cess' from today
Karnataka | Apr 01, 2025, 10:36 AM ISTThe solid waste management company will now make a cess on trash every month. Different types of tax are being levied for shops, hotels, and residential buildings. According to BBMP, hotels previously paid Rs 5 per kg of garbage. The cess has now been raised to Rs 12.
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3,800 tonnes of solid waste going untreated in Delhi every day, SC calls it "horrible"
Delhi | May 13, 2024, 08:52 PM ISTA bench of Justices A S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan called for the immediate measures to be undertaken to ensure that the quantity of untreated solid waste does not increase till proper facilities are put in place to treat them.
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Delhi Jal Board to upgrade all 20 biogas plants to handle municipal solid waste
India | Dec 02, 2021, 12:48 PM ISTIn a review meeting on wastewater treatment, the DJB also fixed the tariffs for supplying farmhouses and institutional facilities with treated water for irrigational purposes.
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Environmentalist raises concerns over wedding of tycoons' sons in Auli
India | Jun 13, 2019, 12:13 PM ISTLawyer and environmentalist Akash Vashishtha, in his letter, states that he would be compelled to seek legal action, if the government does not act ahead of the event.
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NGT summons Swachh Bharat joint secretary over implementation of Solid Waste Management rules
India | Oct 22, 2018, 08:04 PM ISTThe tribunal has also appointed three committees to monitor disposal of garbage in an eco-friendly manner across the country.