Sensor-fitted collection bins for Arcot municipality residents

Soon, residents of Arcot Municipality will get to dispose household waste in sensor-fitted deep collection bins.

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The Delhi High Court today issued notice to Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), SDMC and DPCC on a PIL related to a polluted artificial waterbody created in the land behind the 14th century Tughlaqabad Fort.

A bench of justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva issued the notice to ASI, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SMDC) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and listed the matter for hearing on March 4. 

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Asks residents to hand it over to conservancy workers who visit the area

The Puducherry Municipality has asked the residents to avoid throwing or dumping the garbage on streets recklessly.

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AGRA: Water being pumped up from underground sources and used for domestic as well as irrigation purposes in several parts of Agra division is high on fluoride content and is alkaline besides containing a high volume of heavy metals. All these are harmful
for both man and animals and affects plants as well. 

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Concerned over rising pollution in the national capital, Narendra Modi government on Thursday said that the environment ministry will ask the AAP government to prepare a master plan to deal with the problem which is affecting millions of people in Delhi.

“It is a very serious issue. We are asking the Delhi government to prepare a master plan (on how to deal with the problem),” Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said.

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