Climate change cell being established
The Punjab Environment Protection Department is establishing a climate change cell for offering technical advice to the stakeholders on climate change and carbon trading.
The Punjab Environment Protection Department is establishing a climate change cell for offering technical advice to the stakeholders on climate change and carbon trading.
Dense population, high industrial growth, increasing pollutant loads and a lack of wastewater infrastructure in Dhaka have jointly created a serious threat to the city's sustainability. The industrial wastes caused severe degradation of the watersheds.
NEW DELHI: Delhi Urban Development Minister A. K. Walia on Thursday said management of solid waste has become a huge problem for Delhi which produces about 8,500 metric tonnes of garbage daily.
Diversified U.S. manufacturer SPX Corp and Indian engineering firm Thermax Ltd will jointly make air pollution control systems in India, in a venture that could bring in annual revenues of up to $100 million in five to 10 years.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is launching solid waste project in six talukas under the North Sindh Urban Services Corporation (NSUSC) with an estimated cost of Rs18 billion. The identified areas include Larkana, Shikarpur, Old Sukkur, Sukkur City, Rohri and Khairpur, said Larkana Ta luka Nazim Qurban Ali Abbasi on Tuesday. The ADB had already acquired 200 acres for the project in Larkana.
The Margao Municipal Council is bracing up to meet on August 31 to finalise the company to set up the 50 ton waste treatment plant at Sonsodo, but the Civic body is yet to appoint a technical consultant to evaluate the technical bids received from Fomento-IL&FS combine and Hyderabad-based Ramky Enviro Engineering Ltd.
WASTE is a major problem for any city, and a city without a proper solid waste management system is a hazard to public health. Islamabad is one such city. The municipal dumping site in H-10 sector is not the only place that stinks in Islamabad.
Pune The row over garbage disposal that had reached a crescendo three months ago has been buried, at least for the time being, with the focus shifting on swine flu that has claimed 20 lives in the city.
New Delhi: Delhi is the highest municipal solid waste producer in the country followed by Mumbai, says a survey by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Taking the crusade of
Ashutosh Kumar
Recently, Wal-Mart has been rolling out plans for what it calls a sustainability index
The United States, Europe, China and South Korea lead global "green" spending plans after committing about $500 billion to boost low-carbon technologies and protect the environment, under wider plans to boost the global economy. Green spend accounts for about 15 percent of total economic stimulus cash of $3 trillion, according to HSBC in a report published on May 22. More detail follows.
There is no merit in the opposition of Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao or his brother PWD Minister Churchill Alemao to the Department of Science and Technology
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Wednesday told the House that municipal councils would be helped to select technology for treatment of garbage. He made the statement speaking during Question Hour in response to the question tabled by Fatorda MLA Damu Naik. Naik had sought information about proposals to acquire new sites for garbage disposal in municipal areas.
Ranchi, Aug. 4: A citizen
P. Sudhakar They also dug two pits for vermicompost units RESPONSIBLE: Students of MDT Hindu College at Pettai near Tirunelveli cleaning their premises.
The Valley
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: Having taken the lead by turning green, the eco-friendly Rashtrapati Bhavan Estate here will soon have its own sewerage treatment plant that will generate all the water needed for the huge gardens on the sprawling complex.
Pune The Pune Construction Engineering Research Foundation (PCERF), has organised Waste Busters, a symposium on the utilisation of waste materials for construction industry at Dr Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, Karve nagar on August 2.