The IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IMC) on Thursday organized a seminar titled ‘Making Future Ready Mumbai – The Sustainable Way’. The event covered rainwater harvesting, urban forestry, wastewater recycling, rural sustainability, personal carbon footprint, media and sustainability, plastic use and disaster planning. Notable speakers included activist Bittu Sahgal, water conservation advocate Rajesh Choudhary and Prerana Langa of the Aga Khan Habitat Authority. Rajesh Choudhary discussed rooftop water harvesting and grey water recycling in urban areas. Neelakantan Aiyar of NGO Keshavsrushti focused on converting organic waste into compost. Dhanpal Jhaveri, of Everstone Group, presented a waste-to-energy plant that can process 5,600 tonnes of waste. At a media initiative workshop, Partha Sinha of Bennett Coleman and Co spoke about the relationship between economics and ecology. The workshop was part of IMC’s goal to promote sustainability and reduce carbon emissions.
Woman and daughter suffer burns: Rani Bharatiya and her daughter Menka, aged 39 and 6, suffered burns after an unknown assailant allegedly threw a flammable substance at them while they were sleeping on their veranda in Chakia Dharhara village. An FIR has been lodged and the police are investigating with forensic experts. – **Tamil Nadu plastic waste concerns: One-third of plastic waste producers in Tamil Nadu have failed to comply with the Union government’s extended producer responsibility scheme. By mid-2024, 323 of the 1,095 companies had not registered on the Central Pollution Control Board portal, making their plastic waste management untraceable.
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