"garbage-menace"

BRS working president KT Rama Rao criticized the Congress government for poor civic hygiene in Hyderabad and other towns, citing unmanaged sewage, garbage, and rising seasonal diseases, while contrasting it with proactive BRS administration measures before monsoons.

City battles littered streets, piles of garbage, putting citizens’ health at risk

Residents are venting out their ire on social media by sharing pictures and videos of deplorable civic conditions in their place of residence

The city, which generates an estimated 300 metric tonnes of garbage daily, is witnessing heaps of uncollected waste in the market area and the main roads. Left unattended for more than a day, the garbage may decompose adding to the risk of disease outbreaks

Nepal increases permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by 36 per cent to $15,000 and also introduced a slew of measures aimed at controlling garbage pollution on the world's tallest peak

Officials have set up a plastic baling machine at Mannanur, besides tying up with an organisation which deals with recycling of plastic waste