Tag Archives: Deonar Dump
Cops to protect our garbage!
In Mumbai, even a garbage dump needs to be safeguarded. The municipal corporation has sought police protection against anti-social elements and ragpickers at the Deonar dumping ground.
Deonar Dump : The Final Resting Place for Karkares Bullet Proof Vest
Hospital sweeper claims he disposed off Karkare’s jacket
Dumpyard closure: PIL against BMC
Even before the work on the partial closure of Deonar dumpyard could begin, yet another public interest litigation (PIL) alleging “irregularity and illegality” in the contract has been filed against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), additional municipal commissioner (city) and the contractor United Phosphorous Co.
Statutory warning: Deonar landfill smoke can kill
Residents of Mumbai’s Chembur suburb blame pollution from the nearby landfill for their lung ailments. A cardiologist, Sandip K Rane, wanted to find out if the Deonar landfill was also causing deaths.
BMC plans water treatment plants at Deonar
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) proposes to set up a water treatment plant at Gorai dumping ground in order to use recycled sewer water to create greenery at Deonar dumping grounds and Gorai
Deonar dump: A whiff of victory for locals
The campaign against air pollution from the Deonar dumping ground got a boost last week when the sessions court asked the municipal commissioner and two other top civic officials to answer why criminal proceedings should not be initiated against them for neglecting the problem.
Deonar Project fact sheet
The Deonar Project was finally awarded in Aug 2008 at an exorbitant and unreasonable public cost of Rs. 4500 crores and based on a technology, which is being questioned.
Deonar Dump Gets 640 Tons of High Tide Rubbish
Data compiled by the BMC shows that the city got as much as 640 tons (6.4 lakh kg) of waste comprising plastic, polythene bags and thermocol from the sea. This is more than four times the average amount that is dumped on the coast in three days.
Jains protest against Deonar abattoir revamp
The Rs200-crore modernisation plan for Deonar abattoir, a feasibility study of which is currently underway, has riled the Jain community no end.
