Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): Alstom as a part of its CSR initiative, in collaboration with NGO partner United Way Bengaluru (UWBe), kickstarted 'Rural Rising'- an integrated rural development program at Selakarachal Gram Panchayat, Sultanpet Block in Coimbatore to improve the overall condition of the gram panchayat in the areas of environment, sanitation and education.

Ahmedabad Nov 24 PTI Gujarats Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation AMC has formed 100 teams to ensure that its no vaccine-no entry rule is being implemented in the city to prohibit those people who have not taken anti-coronavirus vaccine doses so far from visiting public places like malls and restaurants an official said on Wednesday The civic body launched the drive on Tuesday evening to identify and warn unvaccinated people he said Out of the 3000 people that these teams checked inside several malls hotels and restaurants on day one they caught 28 people who were yet to get either the second dose or both the doses he added The drive was launched across the city by the Solid Waste Management SWM department of the corporation from Tuesday evening and will continue in the coming days to ensure that eligible people take COVID-19 vaccine doses said H J Solanki director of the SWM department Last month the AMC had asked the management of malls commercial complexes hotels and restaurants to restrict the entry of those who have not taken the anti-coronavirus vaccine doses The civic body had ordered that people above 18 years of age who have not taken their second or even the first dose must not be allowed to enter such private establishments In order to check if this rule is being followed the AMC has formed 100 teams for all the seven zones of the city and launched a drive from Tuesday evening he said adding that these teams visited nearly 180 establishments such as malls hotels and restaurants in the city from Tuesday evening and caught 28 persons who had entered these places without taking either both the doses or the second dose said Solanki We warned these 28 people and asked them to take their doses at the earliest In all our teams checked nearly 3000 persons inside these malls hotels and restaurants yesterday Our drive will continue in the coming days Solanki said A top health official of the AMC had on Tuesday admitted that at least four lakh residents of Ahmedabad city have not taken the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine despite being eligible for the same To ensure 100 per cent vaccination the AMC has already launched a door-to-door survey to trace those people who have not taken the doses the civic bodys medical officer of health Dr Bhavin Solanki had said As per an official release the AMC has administered 7727 lakh doses so far including 4743 lakh first and 2983 lakh second jabs PTI PJT NP NP

New Delhi Sep 21 PTI The National Green Tribunal has formed a committee to look into a plea against alleged unscientific dumping of waste on the land allotted for Solid Waste Management SWM project at Jhuriwala village at Panchkula in Haryana A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A K Goel constituted a committee comprising officials from the Central Pollution Control Board CPCB Haryana State Pollution Control Board and Chief Wildlife Warden Haryana We have considered the matter We are of the opinion that the issue needs to be first considered by a joint Committee of statutory regulators The committee may hold its first meeting within 15 days undertake a visit to the site interact with the stakeholders and take remedial action in exercise of their statutory powers following due process of law It will be open to conduct meetings online except the site visit the bench in its September 17 order said The applicant may provide a copy of this order along with a set of documents to CPCB State PCB Chief Wildlife Warden Haryana and file affidavit of service within one week the NGT said The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by Haryana resident Sanjay Kumar against unscientific dumping of waste on the land allotted for Solid Waste Management project at village Jhuriwala Panchkula Haryana According to the applicant the site in question is 140 metres away from Khol-Hai-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary and safeguards are necessary to avoid negative impact of landfill on the ground water The plea filed through advocate Nandita Dhar stated that in breach of undertaking given while taking the Environmental Clearance steps are not being taken for composting of municipal solid waste landfill being limited to inert waste transportation through pipeline and treatment in Common Effluent Treatment Plant The Municipal Corporation Panchkula has been dumping all kinds of waste at the project site in violation of conditions on the basis of which the National Board for Wildlife permitted the project it said PTI PKS SA

Kolkata The Kolkata Municipal CorporationKMC has decided to act tough against a section of people who will be found littering lanes and bylanes in an indiscriminate manner causing inconvenience to their fellow citizensThe third time they will be served a notice and dragged to the municipal courtThere are such provisions in the ambit of KMC law and we will ensure strict implementation of the same Chairman Board of Administrators KMC Firhad Hakim saidHakim expressed concern and apart from directing the Director General Solid Waste Management to clean up the area he asked the concerned SWM team in the borough level to be vigilant against suchactivitiesHe asked DG SWM to convene a meeting with SWM officials in the borough level and issue instructions on the responsibility of the person concerned to curb such practices of littering