Pvt contractors to handle bulk waste in city from March

Chennai: From March, the city will get relief from indiscriminate dumping along beaches, river banks and street corners, by ...

Protesting teachers, GCC workers play game of cat-and-mouse with police

Chennai: A cat-and-mouse game has been going on between protesting govt employees and the city police for more a week now.
The Hindu

Kasturba Nagar SWM model to be replicated

Supported by the Urban Ocean Program, the We Segregate project has been active in Kasturba Nagar, using a series of tools to “nudge” residents of three streets in that neighbourhood towards better ...
The New Indian Express

Mountain of waste at ‘unused’ site irks Manali locals

CHENNAI: For the past two months, unprocessed waste is being dumped at the ‘abandoned’ segregation site near the closed 10-tonne incineration plant in Chinna Mathur, Manali, according to residents.
The Hindu

Open dumping of waste continues; GCC yet to impose fines

The city continues to struggle with widespread open dumping of waste, even as the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) conducts awareness drives and announces penalties. K. Raj, a private cab driver, ...
The New Indian Express

Madurai corporation to intensify door-to-door waste segregation drive

MADURAI: Growing resistance from residents against garbage transit centres across the city has pushed the corporation to step up its door-to-door waste segregation drive. Officials say the opposition ...