Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
Improved chulhas (stoves) named Anganbandhu and Anganmitra, with power ratings of 1.0 and 1.4 kw and a thermal efficiency of 40 per cent have been designed by the Central Fuel Research Institute (cfri), Dhanbad, Bihar. The state Mineral Area Development Authority will help in popularising the chulhas whose pollution levels …
Mechanical jaws with multiple uses are set to eliminate many back-straining farm tasks by adding versatility to the standard farm tractor. An Australian farmer, Geoff Lucas has designed the
sugarcane farmers can look forward to the recently developed tractor-drawn sugarcane cutter-planter which has been designed to simplify the cane planting process. Developed at the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research ( iisr ), Lucknow, the two-row, tractor-drawn sugarcane cutter-planter is capable of performing seven operations, involved in cane planting, at …
rural housing is the priority area of the Centre of Science for Villages ( csv ), Wardha, Maharashtra. The latest thrust of research here is on various cost reducing technologies to suit the housing needs of the poor villagers of the district. Their new style of housing involves building houses …
a new set of improved solar devices including the solar cooker, water heater, solar wax melter and solar drier has been developed by the Consortium of Rural Technologies ( cort ), a Delhi based voluntary group engaged in the development of appropriate technology for the villages. The existing devices are …
Coconut shells and ash could soon compete for becoming the new age building materials. A breakthrough by researchers from the Brazil-based Technological Research Institute involves the use of these two materials to promote low-cost housing ( IDRC Report , Vol 23, No 4). Says Vahan Agopyan, the brain behind the …
The Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute's Naroda Centre in Gujarat has devised a new process to develop superior black pottery from common clay. Under a project sponsored by the Rural Technology Institute, Gujarat, common clay is toned with a thin, glossy layer called
Low-cost housing has remained on the agenda of policy makers for long now. Various options have been tried for building a dream house that would not only be affordable to the multitudes but will also retain an aesthetic appeal. The innovative tile built recently by the research team led by …
fishing for a livelihood in deep waters is replete with dangers. Every year, statistics of deaths at high seas only show an upward trend. With the development of a new communication device, however, by the rural electronics division of the Electronics Research and Development Centre (erdc), Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, fisherfolk …
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore, has developed a deVice to help in the dehusking of coconut. The thick outer covering of the nut is difficult to remove and has to be stripped away slowly with the help of a sharp implement which requires time and manual labour. The …
IN A country like India, where illiteracy is rampant and each region has a dialect of ' its own, it is essential to develop visual aids to help impart information. This is especially true of rural India. A project funded by the , Ford Foundation, New Delhi, sought to study …
ONCE Upon a time, potters eked out a comfortable living by producing earthen wares. Today, not too many people use their products and their market has shrunk considerably. Besides, they have to buy firewood at exorbitant rates, while, earlier they collected the same from nearby forests. These two factors have …
Farmers in Burkina Faso's central plateau in Sahel, are turning to traditional practices such as building stone lines, pocket-like pits known as Zaiand permeable stone dams. These increase yields by as much as 80 percent in some of the farms by preventing draining of water, increasing its seepage into soil …
In Thailand -where most of the paddy and corn produced is exported- drying is an essential agricultural activity. There is 18-25 per cent moisture in the crops at the time of harvesting, which has to be reduced to 14 per cent to prevent spoilage. During rainy or cloudy days, slow …
HANDMADE paper or recycled paper is in hot demand these days as wood for the paper industry is becoming a scarce resource. IRED-Forum, No 54, brought out by a Geneva-based NGO, Development Innovations and Networks, offers a simple and easy method to make recycled paper at home. For papermaking, one …
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, has come up with an innovative tractor- drawn groundnut harvester. Groundnut is usually harvested by hand, which consumes a lot of time and energy. The groundnut harvester is applicable for a 35 horsepower tractor attached to a nine-tyred cultivator frame. The harvester comes in …
Portable power sawmills with small engines have been developed by an Australian company. The sawmill, weighing 325 kg, takes only five minutes to reset and can be dismantled into five pieces and carried in the rear of a small vehicle. Made of high tensile steel and galvanised components, the sawmill …
