New waste collection norms in JSR
Jamshedpur: The Tata Steel Utility and Infrastructure Services Ltd (TS UISL) has asked households within Tata Steel's command areas to discard wet and dry waste in separate bins before disposing of it.
The company has informed its customers that cleaning workers visiting door-to-door to collect trash will not take unsegregated garbage. Additionally, sanitation workers will collect dry waste twice a week (Monday and Thursday), while wet garbage will be collected daily.
The move, officials said, is aimed at increasing the efficiency of its newly commissioned waste processing plant in Kadma which became functional on June 5. "For the waste to be processed in higher volume, the facility has to run efficiently, and for that, segregation of the waste is necessary," said TS UISL spokesperson Rajesh Pandey. Over 60,000 households, which account for nearly 7 lakh population, generate 290 metric tonnes of municipal waste daily within TS UISL limits.
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Time of India
3 hours ago
- Time of India
36 seconds to disaster for Ahmedabad plane crash: ‘Mayday' call from black box may reveal why AI171 crashed
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Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. The Civil Aviation Ministry earlier confirmed a distress message was sent seconds before the crash. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal is believed to have said: 'Mayday, mayday…' with reports suggesting he also added '… no power… no thrust…'. That phrase, if confirmed, could shift focus squarely onto the aircraft's twin engines. 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- Hindustan Times
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