Garbage Collection

पिंपरी – रस्त्यांलगत कचऱ्याचे ढीग, पसरलेली दुर्गंधी, डासांचा प्रादुर्भाव, बांधकामांचा राडारोडा असे टप्प्याटप्प्यावर दिसणारे चित्र आंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तरावर नावारूपाला आलेल्या हिंजवडी गावात बघायला मिळते. मैलापाण्यापाठोपाठ “कचरा‘ ही हिंजवडीतील गंभीर समस्या. नव्हे, प्रत्यक्ष आयटी पार्क आणि हिंजवडी परिसरात हे चित्र मोठाच विरोधाभास दर्शविते. झपाट्याने वाढलेल्या लोकसंख्येमुळे ग्रामपंचायतीवर येणारा अतिरिक्त ताण आणि दुसरीकडे एमआयडीसीची कुचकामी यंत्रणा, यामुळे हिंजवडी […]

With more than 2,000 tonnes of excess, the civic body hopes its ties with Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers will solve the problem Containing the garbage generated from the city has been a knotty affair for quite some time now. The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) effort to find a veritable solution seems to have hit a

About 50 metric tonne of hotel waste in Pimpri Chinchwad would be processed and turned into biogas. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has earmarked a 2,000 sqm area for the biogas plant at the Moshi garbage depot. The plant will be constructed on public-private partnership basis by private contractors. The civic body has invited

Petition Against PMC To Be Confined To Relocation The hearing of the plea against unscientific disposal of garbage by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) would now be confined to the main prayer of relocation of the landfill sites from Uruli Devachi and Phursungi and the consequential issues arising from it.The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench on

Irrigation dept and PMC push cleaning responsibility around as residents face stench and swarms of mosquitoes, fear further issues with rains set to begin It is unfortunately not uncommon in this city to see its waterbodies, large and small, choked to the brim with garbage and toxic waste nor is it unexpected to find authorities

राज्य शासनाने पिंपरी महापालिकेच्या वगळलेल्या क्षेत्राच्या विकास आराखडय़ाला मंजुरी दिली आहे. त्यानुसार, पुनवळ्यातील ६५ एकरात नवीन कचरा डेपो उभारण्यास आणि मोशीतील ‘बफर झोन’ ५०० मीटरऐवजी १०० मीटर करण्यास मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांनी मान्यता दिली आहे. गेल्या अनेक वर्षांपासून रखडलेल्या आराखडय़ास मान्यता मिळाल्याने समाविष्ट गावांमधील आरक्षणे ताब्यात घेण्याचा मार्ग सुकर झाला असून आतापर्यंत रखडलेली कामेही वेगाने

PUNE: The Pune municipal corporation (PMC) has installed global positioning system (GPS) devices on a trial basis for three ghanta gadis (garbage collection vans). PMC officials said this during a meeting of the PMC sanitation staff and members of the National Society for Clean Cities (NSCC). The officials said that once the trial system is

The visitors to Fergusson College Road (FC Road) on Monday evening had a pleasant surprise when they saw clean streets and vendor-free pavements. The second cleanliness drive, conducted by Deccan Gymkhana Parisar Samiti (DGPS) and FC Parisar Samiti (FCPS), in association with the staff of Ghole Road ward office, made this possible.   The volunteers

That burning heap of garbage could cause more than just bad odour and smoke. Experts say that burning waste contributes to open biomass burning, which is a source of hazardous pollutants such as PM 10 and PM 2.5. Inhaling these pollutants could cause increase in asthma-related diseases, asthma attacks in case of those who already suffer from

Pune Municipal Commissioner has announced the creation of a special site for dumping construction debris from the city on Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis. The municipal commissioner presented the annual budget for the year 2014-15 to the Standing Committee with various plans in it. He has made a budgetary provision of Rs 66.07 crore