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  Cities œconverted into slums need urgent improvement of waste management: Government

  Politics | February 10, 2016 16:56 IST

  New Delhi: Terming lack of proper urban planning as a "major" failure for the country, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said the government will finalise comprehensive waste management rules next month to deal with

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  70 pc of Indian sewage treatment plants dysfunctional: Javadekar

  India | November 22, 2014 10:12 IST

  Gandhinagar: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that 70 per cent of all sewage treatment plants in India do not work due to high running cost.Through his recorded video message at 'Wastech', an international summit

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  India can learn waste management from Norway, Finland: President

  India | October 18, 2014 11:37 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, expressing satisfaction at the outcome of his visit to Norway and Finland, on Friday said India can gain from the two countries' expertise in areas such as clean technology and

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  HC asks authorities to expedite handing over sites for waste management

  India | July 28, 2014 20:54 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today asked civic agencies to expedite the process of handing over two sites, measuring about 200 acres, in the city to municipal bodies so that they can use the