Deonar fire: Two-member team to probe incident, says Prakash Javadekar
On the 'serious' issue of fire at Deonar dumping ground which made the entire neigbourhood choke to toxic fumes, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that a two-member special team...
View ArticleThe Deonar fire: Why can’t Mumbai be smarter and manage its waste like the...
Deonar fire: Mumbai could do much better, since this city alone produces much more waste than Sweden does. The post The Deonar fire: Why can’t Mumbai be smarter and manage its waste like the Swedes do?...
View ArticleDeonar dumping ground fire: Residents demand immediate solution in protest at...
Amid rising health concerns over smog spreading in areas adjacent to the Deonar dumping ground where a fire broke out on Saturday emitting toxic gases, a large number of residents on Tuesday protested...
View ArticleDeonar fire: After infant dies from breathing problems, officials refute...
A six-month old boy has died in a locality near Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai where a a fire has been raging since last week, with the parents saying the baby died of suffocation due to toxic gases...
View ArticleWaste management is imperative in Delhi as the national capital inches closer...
The Deonar dumping ground fire in Mumbai has not just exposed the fast deteriorating living conditions in India’s financial capital but also rung the alarm bells for the most notoriously polluted city...
View ArticleBJP trying to take political mileage out of the Deonar fire issue: Shiv Sena
Maharashtra Environment Minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam alleged on Monday that the recent incidents of fire at the Deonar dumping ground were the "handiwork" of BJP and that the...
View ArticleAir quality in Mumbai descends into the ‘poor’ category following recent...
The recent fire at the Deonar dumping ground sent the air quality in Mumbai plummeting down to ‘poor’. A Times of India report on Monday said that pollution in the city went from ‘moderate’ to ‘poor’...
View ArticleTwo months on, environment ministry directs closure of Deonar dumping ground
Over two months after a major fire at the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai, the central government has directed the city's civic to close the dumping area The post Two months on, environment ministry...
View ArticleWill follow scientific process to dispose of Deonar waste, says Mumbai civic...
A day after holding a meeting with Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in the light of the fire incidents at Deonar dumping yard, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday said it...
View ArticleAfter Deonar, officials to curb level of methane at Mulund dumping ground to...
After implementing venting system in Deonar ground to cut down the level of methane gas, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) has planned to replicate the same system for the dumping ground at...
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