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 …
Chennai: The floodwaters that swept away goods and swamped living rooms in the city without much warning, has on an average caused damage worth Rs 50,000 to 75,000 per houshold, according to a survey carried out by a group of NGOs. The group of NGOs surveyed nearly 610 people, including …
Hardly a week after Kerala Minister for Panchayats and Social Welfare M.K. Muneer claimed that only 14 infant deaths were reported from Attappady in 2015, a non-governmental organisation has come out with statistics proving there were 24 such cases during the period. The Centre for Tribal Education, Development and Research …
The National Green Tribunal today came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for "inaction" and "unsatisfactory" implementation of its order to provide clean drinking water in six western districts of the state. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar slammed the state government, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today banned mining along the Neugal river between Alampur and Bundla in Palampur. The tribunal passed the order on the petition filed by Baljeet Singh Bhateria in Delhi today. The petitioner had brought to the notice of the NGT that illegal mining was on along …
Real Assembly of real people took place in Guirim, not Porvorim, historian Prajal. Sakhardande led blockage, joined by scores of ordinary people, who hugged trees Guirim: A well-known historian and teacher and many students taught the Goa government a lesson or two about people power and the strength of protest. …
Pune: Aditya Ranade's 10-month-old daughter finds it difficult to sleep during the day and the night, and it's got nothing to do with being fretful. The thundering of superbikes passing by Ranade's roadside home in Mayur Colony in Kothrud is the cause of her discomfort. The family is edgy, yet …
NGO expresses concern over high number of fatalities on city roads PUNE: Pedestrians First, a NGO, working for road safety and sustainable transport has expressed concern over the fact that more than 400 lives are lost every year on city roads. A total of 435 people lost their lives in …
Pandey said if the scheme is successful, the experiment may also be replicated for door to door garbage collection. Beggars and ragpickers may soon manage toilet complexes in the national capital, with the NDMC planning to launch a novel initiative for their empowerment. “Under the ‘Atm Nirbhar’ (self-dependent) scheme, the …
FAO and the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD have joined efforts to prepare this discussion paper on sustainable financing for FLR. It provides an overview of existing funding sources and financial instruments that could be used and adapted specifically for the implementation of FLR efforts at the national, regional and …
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has slammed green activists for attempting to stall State projects by approaching the National Green Tribunal (NGT) while failing to intervene in the Mhadei water dispute case. “There is objection to everything, be it the third Mandovi bridge, creating infrastructure for garbage treatment or other State …
Satpuda Foundation, a NGO working for the last 15 years in Central Indian Satpuda tiger landscape for wildlife protection, conservation and tribal development, has urged union environment minister Prakash Javadekar to take effective mitigation measures to stop frequent wild animal deaths due to NH6 cutting through Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) …
Bathinda shivered as cold wave conditions continued unabated in the city and its adjoining areas. Two more people died today, taking the death toll due to the extreme cold, to eight. One unidentified homeless person was found dead at the railway station road, while another was found at the grain …
Greater Noida: Two industrial units in Chhapraula, which has come to be called Greater Noida's cancer belt, have been asked to shut down following an NGT order directing strict action against polluting factories in the region. The order came on a petition that drew the NGT's attention to groundwater contamination …
Naveen Patnaik seeks more help in the field of education and governance Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Odisha government for making collaborative efforts for reducing malnutrition among women and children in the State. The MoU was signed in presence of Chief …
For the third consecutive time, Dow Chemical has failed to turn up before a court here in connection with the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case following which the hearing has been posted for July next year. This is the third time that Dow, which wholly owns Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), …
Indiscriminate dumping of garbage and release of untreated effluents by industries along the Uppanar are being cited as main reasons Indiscriminate dumping of garbage and release of untreated effluents by industries along the Uppanar River in Thevanampattinam in Cuddalore is posing a threat to the survival of mangrove forests. Mangroves …
Ahmedabad: City-based road safety expert Amit Khatri won India Road Safety Mission 2015, instituted by Maruti Suzuki last year, in individual category. His was the only nomination from Gujarat across the categories such as government, corporate, educational institutes, NGOs and individual efforts for the year 2014-15. Khatri received the award …
JAISALMER: World-famous tourist spot Jaisalmer is now all set to become polythene free like Shimla and Mussoorie. The efforts made by district collector Vishwa Mohan Sharma are now visible. Markets and government offices have tea being served in kulhads instead of plastic cups. At weddings too, people are giving up …
Even as various environmental groups have protested against the proposed Metro car shed in Aarey Colony — which they claim should be declared forest land — an NGO Janadhar Samajik Pratishthan (JSP) and a few locals have taken a contrasting stand. JSP has opposed the stand taken by these groups …
Where to walk? Garbage and debris are seen covering a footpath in Bengaluru Were you forced to walk on the road because the sidewalk you were about to take was rickety, or had a monstrous transformer, or vehicles parked on it? The latest on-field survey of 3,500 km of the …
