Toxic trinkets: an investigation of lead in childrens jewellery in India 2010
In a concerted effort to bring out information on toxic substances and their use in everyday products in the public domain, vis-
In a concerted effort to bring out information on toxic substances and their use in everyday products in the public domain, vis-
<p>The responsibility of municipalities to provide crucial services is being increasingly passed on to the resident welfare associations located in middle and upper middle class areas in cities. Similar tools of intervention are absent in the slums and low-income neighbourhoods and even the local ward committees fail to represent their needs and aspirations.
The Municipal Corporation has decided to buy out eight prototype high-end toilet complexes built on its land from private developers following the Lieutenant-Governor's direction to scrap the project's further extension owing to heavy public criticism. The decision was announced after a meeting of the MCD on Monday attended by Delhi Mayor P. R.
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With summers arriving in the city soon, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday said it will procure chemicals, biolarvicides and other material to prevent mosquito-breeding. The Standing Committee of the MCD has approved four proposals for purchase of chemicals to prevent vector-breeding
MCD Health Committee chairman VK Monga and Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta on Thursday criticised the Delhi Jal Board for its failure to provide potable water to Delhiites.
Following the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's recent findings of 18 per cent contamination in the Delhi Jal Board's water samples, the Health Committee of the civic body that had commissioned the earlier survey has written to all councillors to furnish details of water contamination complaints from the people. MCD Public Health and Medical Relief Committee chairman Dr V. K.
Petition terming proximity to colony as eco-hazard submitted to Ramesh Residents of Sukhdev Vihar in South Delhi are up in arms against a waste-to-energy plant coming up 150 metres away from the colony
The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has said that the only way Khan Market can undergo complete redevelopment would be if it takes a page out of the Panchkuian Road model, which involved the relocation of 220 furniture shops to the Delhi Metro
Measuring efficiency of electric appliances fails to take off in India
The Refuse Incineration-cum-Power Generation Plant in Delhi is up for grabs. In 1987, the ministry of non-conventional energy sources (MNES) commissioned the plant, which was bought from the
Banana leaves can now be converted into an energy-rich fuel. Researchers at the Centre of Biochemical Technology (CBT), New Delhi, have devised two methods to generate fuel from banana leaves. V C
• The need to check poaching of migratory birds at the Pong sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh has recently been stressed upon by a forest officer who has conducted a six-year-long study in the area.
search for a substitute: To ascertain the viability of propane as an eco-friendly fuel, the SC directed the Central government on December 9, to launch a project for conducting tests for 50
Grassroots innovations are often better than high tech equipments, shows a new geyser
Energy Conservation is the need of the hour. And, awareness about it is the key. Keeping this in mind, the BYPL has planned the Bijli Gyan Abhiyan that targets students across 500 schools in East and Central Delhi. Delhi education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely launched the Abiyan at the Delhi Secretariat today. A Bijli Gyan CD was also released. The CD carries information on energy conservation. "The content of the 10-minute long CD has been carefully chosen and scripted by professionals,' said a BSES official. Besides covering topics like
With the Capital's power generation unlikely to increase till 2010, the Delhi government has started emphasising on energy conservation. In a bid to promote optimum electricity utilisation among youngsters, the power and education departments have come together to spread awareness among schoolchildren. The awareness initiative will be first implemented in about 500 schools in east and central Delhi, before being carried out in other parts of the city. Termed Bijli Gyan Abhiyan, the discom which caters to these areas
This week Newsline takes a look at power generation, supply and demand POWER CRUNCH
Delhi finance minister Dr A K Walia has done a P Chindambaram act in this election year budget by waiving off the Delhi Vidyut Board-era arrears to the tune of Rs 2,539 crore.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said that energy efficiency and renewable technologies would have to go hand-in-hand to overcome present power shortage. She appealed to all concerned persons in the Capital to ensure that Delhi emerged as the greenest city not only due to the greenery as a result of trees but also because of a paradigm shift towards greater use of green energy.