The Dhanbad Municipal Corporation and Hyderabad-based agency, Ramky Enviro Engineers, were at loggerheads again on Tuesday when the agency’s trucks were not allowed to dump garbage at the Hirapu...
Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has rated its cleanliness service three stars in an internal assessment ahead of Swachh Survekshan in January. The civic body defended the three-star rating by clai...
On Sunday morning, a group of people, in surgical caps and face masks, were seen going around Baisakhi Abasan grounds. Some were spraying bleaching powder, some wielded the broom while some others mad...
Policemen on Wednesday almost threw up as they directed traffic amid unbearable stink and splashes of sewer water on the road near Sujata Chowk, barely 100 metres away from an upscale hotel where top ...
Trash, including plastic and rotting food, was found dumped at a playground in a residential area of densely populated Sonari on Tuesday, mocking the civic body’s preparedness for the annual Swachh ...
Sir — Winter is synonymous with picnics. Unfortunately, even today, picnickers use plates and cups made of plastic or styrofoam to serve food, water, tea and so on. These products pollute the enviro...
Garbage littered across the state’s biggest public bus hub, the Birsa Munda Bus Terminus at Khadgarha, will, hopefully be an inconvenience of the past with Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) decidin...
The parking lot of the big multi-story apartment building next door has a reasonably impressive collection of cars. Rubbing side view mirrors with mid- to high-end sedans are Mercedes and Audis, lower...
Residents will themselves have to hand over household waste to the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) in the new version of the door-to-door garbage collection programme that chief minister Nitish Kuma...
The civic body could not clear garbage dumped beside roads and near drains on Thursday as 150 tractors that are used to transport the trash to dumps remained off-road during duty hours — 8am to 2pm ...