This brochure offers decision-makers in the real estate and energy industries, as well as urban and municipal developers, a broad overview of the topics of decentralised energy generation and supply, and raises awareness of the goal of decarbonisation by 2050 at the latest. The advancing digitalization in the construction and …
EFI invites residents’ welfare associations and volunteers to conduct workshops related to various aspects of conservation The Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) is conducting ‘Green Gramam’ workshop aimed at engaging people in environment conservation efforts including cleaning waterbodies. The workshops are held at Perungalathur, Mudichur, Karasangal (near Padappai), Ottiyambakkam (Rajiv …
Kolkata: People of Bagnan will now have access to affordable energy solutions. ONergy, a multiple award-winning solar enterprise, through its 18th Renewable Energy Centre inauguration is bringing innovative solar energy solutions that's lighting a path toward economic empowerment. ONergy's innovative solar power solutions are providing energy to meet India's development …
A draft notification on definition of forests prepared by the environment ministry may finally resolve ambiguity over whether large tracts of the Aravalis are “forests“. However, if approved, the notification may exclude scrub forests in the ecologically fragile hills that have less than 10% crown cover. Large Aravali stretches are …
DEHRADUN: The springs which are known to be fountainhead of all the rivers are drying up in the state. However the state government has not taken any initiative to revive them so far. However hope is rekindled this time, as chief secretary Shatrughan Singh assured concrete action when he came …
Bhubaneswar: The wildlife wing of the forest department seems clueless about the deaths of 39 elephants even months after their carcasses were found. Sources said at least 39 elephants died within a span of 14 months between April 2015 and June 12, 2016. But the forest department could not explain …
Mumbai: The Mumbai traffic police will partner with activists fighting noise pollution to kickstart a campaign against honking in the city. The 'Tell the Driver' campaign was earlier carried out in Thane, where it succeeded. "We want citizens to tell the driver, whether their chauffeur, a bus driver or a …
Mumbai: The state government will collect waste plastic from school children, besides NGOs and housing societies, to mix with bitumen for road construction, public works department (PWD) officials said on Wednesday. This, they said, will help eliminate waste plastic, which is destroying the environment. Contractors will pay 8 paisa per …
The NGOs opposing “development work” atop Chamundi Hills are banking on environmental and heritage laws to stall the project in court. The protests are being spearheaded by Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) and Let’s Do It Mysore, besides individuals who will also organise a candlelight vigil on June 18 at 6.30 …
Petitioners also challenged the constitutional validity of section 62 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 The Supreme Court will hear PILs challenging three government notifications declaring nilgais, wild boars and Rhesus monkeys as vermin, thereby paving the way for their hunting and killing in Bihar, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh …
Pointing out that some of the equipment used during construction work can produce noise levels of up to 100dB, Awaaz Foundation, an NGO that works towards reducing noise pollution, has demanded that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation withdraw its notification that increases the permissible time frame for construction work in one …
Pune: NGOs and activists in the city protested against the environment ministry's decision to allow mass killing of Nilgai in Bihar. A few days back, women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi had sparred with environment minister Prakash Javadekar over the killing. Gandhi is also a well known animal rights …
Dehradun: A prominent Dehradun-based NGO, which tested drinking water quality of 60 wards of the city including some VIP areas, has come out with alarming conclusions. The one-month long study found high level of chlorine and some other toxic elements in the water supplied by Jal Nigam. Surprisingly, the NGO …
Gurgaon: Four months after the Haryana government demarcated a large part of the Mangarbani groves as a 'no construction zone' in February this year, it has failed to come up with a gazette notification declaring Mangarbani and its buffer area as a protected 'forest'. Environmentalists on Sunday wrote a letter …
Shimla will soon have a wildlife crime control wing to check the poaching of snow leopards, pheasants, musk deer and bears. To make a quick buck, poachers target the rare species in the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP), Kullu, and Pin Valley National Park, Spiti. The GHNP authorities burnt as …
Assam's Guwahati became the first city in the country to have its own city animal with the district administration declaring the Gangetic river dolphin as the mascot. In a press conference, Kamrup metropolitan deputy commissioner M Angamuthu said that the animal, locally known as 'Sihu', would be the city animal …
10 lakh new trees and 5 lakh saplings to be planted across the city Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said his government has asked the land-owning and green agencies in the national Capital to carry out a tree census in their jurisdiction while announcing that 10 lakh new trees and …
Ever wondered what finally happens to your electronic waste? Such questions were answered at an event organised by NGO Chintan at Select Citywalk on Sunday with thousands of people disposing their old electronic items there for recycling. On World Environment Day , the NGO educated people about how their electronic …
Even as local BJP leaders continue to extend support to the traders against a no-vehicle zone around the Golden Temple, many city-based NGOs have unanimously favoured the government’s move. A delegation of these NGOs met the heads of the government departments concerned and lobbied for the zone and felt it …
Ahmedabad: The number of vultures recorded in Ahmedabad district ( city and rural) has come down to 45 in 2016 from the 126 that was there in 2012. Experts say initial count indicates the presence of only 10 Gyps vultures and an equal number of Egyptian vultures left in Ahmedabad …
BENGALURU: Ramanagara district in Karnataka would soon see the launch of a household biogas project wherein 7,620 household biogas units would be built, providing an equal number of biogas stoves to as many families in the district. An initiative of Infosys , 22 crore would be spent on the project …
