A major fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi on April 21. The fire continued to blaze for 2nd day on April 22 despite massive operations by firefighters. As per Delhi Fire Service, the fire was caused by gas produced in the landfill. Smoke from the blazing landfill has created a blanket of haze in the surrounding area causing trouble for locals. The nearby locals blamed the Delhi Government for negligence. It is suspected that the fire broke out due to methane gas. The fire started by itself or was started by someone. Corporation and police are investigating the matter. Watch video for more.
22 April,2024 11:37 AM IST
Curious about the potential of taming Mumbai’s most capricious river, urbanist Sahil Kanekar and environmental engineer Kartiki Naik of WRI India fashion five opportunities that can alter the course of its future
19 March,2023 01:23 PM IST | Mumbai
Actors Saif Ali Khan and Vrajesh Hirjee are set to voice star in "Marvel's Wastelanders: Star-Lord", the first installment in the upcoming Hindi Audible Original podcast series. Audible, a leading company that produces audio entertainment content, on Thursday announced that the new Hindi series will premiere exclusively on the platform throughout 2023 and 2024.
13 February,2023 10:59 AM IST | Mumbai
More than 700 volunteers from school kids, college students to other Mumbaikars joined hands to clean-up the Mahim Reti Bunder beach on the occasion of International Coastal Cleanup Day
17 September,2022 10:55 PM IST | Mumbai
Self-taught artist and Versova fisherman Vishnu Hegde and the architect duo behind an ingenious fishing net contraption that is trapping plastic waste in a Versova creek, let mid-day in on the evolution of a project that’s quirky for its jugaad and promising for its potential
21 August,2022 03:12 PM IST
The government of India has doubled down on its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and has set a target for the coming years and decades. Watch Narayana Rao, a hotelier from Vishakhapatnam talk about climate change and why he decided to replace windows with solar panels in his hotel.
18 August,2022 05:02 PM IST | Mumbai
The first mini waste-to-energy plant by the BMC will be commissioned by the civic body on Friday at Haji Ali. The plant will convert two metric tonnes of wet waste into 300 units of electricity per day.
03 September,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has come with a new initiative to utilize the compost produced from wet waste. Mid-day spoke to a civic official who said that the city the city gets fruits and vegetables from Nashik and Pune on a daily basis and while returning from Mumbai many of the trucks and tempos go empty. Hence, the BMC can send the compost in those vehicles without having to worry about transportation. Watch this video to find out more.
03 March,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
Arjun Kapoor has gained a lot of weight recently and this may dishearten Salman Khan as he inspired Arjun to attain his macho look
14 October,2014 09:03 PM IST
Reiterating the u00e2u0080u0098absurdityu00e2u0080u0099 of the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) accusation against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with regard to an alleged scam in the Delhi and District Cricket Association ( DDCA), Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said giving importance to useless accusations would be a u00e2u0080u0098sheer waste of timeu00e2u0080u0099.
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