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 …
Two planters for normal and dryland agriculture -one tractor- drawn and the other animal-drawn have been developed by scientists at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad. Maintaining precision in terms of depth of placement and uniform spacing within rows, these planters can cover two to four hectares (ha) …
"IF you give a person a fish, he will have food for one day. But if you teach him to fish, he will have food for the rest of his life." This ancient Chinese proverb serves as the motto for a group called Tear Fund - a UK-based NGO. The …
THE rural areas of developing countries disadvantaged in many ways, one rthem being access routes. Heavy and flood conditions completely Mdcte these remote villages when Coa h roads are either washed away mud-swamped. Richard Tufnell, International R%C;@nator of the Dry Stone Walling *Avociation of Great Britain has a method which …
BEFORErefrigerators became the norm of the day, earthen pots were used to store cool drinking water. The water in the pot reaches the outer surface through the pores in the earthen pots which on evaporation, humidifies, cooling the air around it. This in turn cools the water in the pot. …
TRADITIONAL honey hunters in India have so far relied on crude methods for gathering honey which mainly involves lighting a fire under the hives to drive out the bees. The honey is then manually squeezed out of the combs. While this technique serves the main purpose - gathering honey - …
To allow villagers access to many4on technologies available to them 140 before they decide to implementAIM them, the Society for Rural %IV Industrialisation (SRI) in Ranchi,A@ Bihar, has set up a rural technology park in the Chaingati village *in Ranchi district. The park is the firstem of its kind in …
Drip irrigation may be centuries old NGr but its revival in a novel form deserves mention. The department of horticulture in Orissa has evolved the 'pitcher-method-drip-irrigation' where earthen pitchers filled with water are placed under plants%? which require a constant flow of water. A hole at the bottom of the …
Weeds are more often a nuisance., and so was the case with Banmara or Eupatorium adenophorum which was the bane of farmers in the eastern Himalaya and Uttar Pradesh. Shunned even by animals, the weed had no uses except for being used as an antiseptic and anti-bleeding agent at times …
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WIND power has been used for centuries to lift water in farms, especially in countries like Australia and the us. Some problems inherent in the existing windpump designs - high initial cost, difficulty in local manufacturing, and the need for regular maintenance - have rendered this age-old technology nonviable in …
ALTHOUGH the majority of rural folk have always been lacking access to clean hygienic water for a considerable time, traditional water purification techniques have generally been overlooked. Some of these traditionally proven methods use locally available plant seeds much in contrast to the modern treatment of water. Functionally significant, these …
Designed to preserve essential and vaccines in remote villalps I ing electrical power, a solar rdri ator has been developed by research and development wim Bharat Heavy Electricals Lisni Hyderabad, under the World Hs Organization specifications. The solar refrigerator is di ent from a conventional refriger in that it is …
Traditional Indian potters fig" 14 extinction today due to their ig rance of improved technology ceramics and poor financial cod tion. However, now any good op, lity clay available to potters all co the country at throw-away o could be used to produce glazed 0 tery that bears a huge …
An Indian Institute of TechnoN Delhi, researcher has devised a, to produce potable water fi impure water using solar ent efficiently. The device, a solar a produces 20 per cent more w than other stills and gives 3 1 litres of clean water per sq metre day, reports Science For …
MANY villages in developing countries have partial or virtually no access to electricitv because of unreliable power supply frorn existing grids and prohibitive costs of laying conventional power- lines to remote areas. In addition, the fuel used to power electric generators is expensive. Under such circumstances, can modern health care …
As a substitute for a pair of bullocks, a farm implement called Mech Bull has been developed for small farmers who cannot afford tractors and power tillers. Sponsored by Vigyan Ashram in Pabal village in Pune, Mech Bull is a multipurpose farm implement that carries out various agricultural operations such …
WHAT happens when a teabag is placed in a cup of hotwater? The colour of tea immediately diffuses into the hot water. But when the same experiment is tried in a cup of cold water, the colour change is significantly slower. Now, a Russian scientist, Vithold Bakhir, has demon- strated …
The legend goes that drops of nectar being carried to heaven fell on earth and out grew garlic plants. Though the role of garlic in curing various human ailments has long been established, recently its spray has been found to ward off infestation of ergot-causing fungus Claviceps sorghi in cereal …
In a bid to ease workload on rural wometi in coastal areas, a simple yet effective fish scaler has been developed under a Food and Agriculture Organization project (IRED-Forum, No 53). The scaler comprises of meticu- lously eleaned jagged-edged bottle tops nailed to a square, wooden bat in a way …
It is normal for people in many countries to build their own houses, especially among the poor. Now, a British architect, Walter Segal, has developed a timber-frame building system based on off-the-shelf materials, with a minimum of cutting, and a simple sequence of step by step operations (Appropriate Technology, Vol …
