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 …
Heaps of garbage are being cleared by BBMP workers at the KR Market on Tuesday. KPN Members of Solid Waste Management Round Table (SWMRT) on Tuesday said that the landfills and incineration plants in the City were unscientific with multiple side effects. Speaking on the sidelines of a discussion on …
Panaji: In its rejoinder filed in the case of the renewal of iron ore mining leases before the Supreme Court, Goa Foundation stated that the only option before the state government was to hold a public auction. Goa Foundation has challenged the renewal of 88 mining leases before the apex …
Floodwater has receded in almost all parts of the city but doctors working at several health camps are not just warning about the almost inevitable outbreak of diseases in the coming weeks, but also about the spread of infectious diseases like TB and the possible resistance to drugs. After touring …
New Delhi: Dinesh Singh doesn't remember the last time he ate fruit or a bowl of vegetables. For the last three years he has practically lived on an unvarying lunch of six puris and aloo sabzi at a Jan Ahaar canteen near Red Fort. The 50-year-old rickshaw puller sometimes skips …
SHIMLA: The policy of promoting hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh's fragile and eco-sensitive zones will have geological and hydrological impacts and there is need for strict compliance with environmental and safety norms by project authorities, an environmental group said on Wednesday. Two days after two workers were killed in an …
CHANDIGARH: Putting its weight behind the Smart City Project, city-based non-government organization Yuvsatta has written to the UT adviser in which it has sought proper cycle stands and tracks for proomoting a culture of cycling in the city. Giving the example of foreign countries, the NGO has said that all …
NGOs working for the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy today slammed the central government for its failure to take up the UN-aided assessment of current toxic contamination at and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory, the site of world's worst industrial disaster. Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh …
GURGAON: There has been an overall 10% increase in cases of AIDS in the district this year, while the number of women infected with AIDS has gone up by 25% compared to last year, according to the district Integrated Counselling & Testing Centres (ICTC) for AIDS. In the last 10 …
Minister of state for mines Raj Kumar Rinwa on Wednesday claimed that his department has succeeded in checking 80% of the illegal mining activities in Rajasthan. Under a special drive to check illegal mining, the department collected revenue of Rs 18 crore from across the state, the minister added. Rinwa …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre, Vedanta and others on a PIL challenging the Goa government’s decision to renew 88 iron ore mining leases in the state. A bench headed by justice J S Khehar issued notice to the environment ministry, the Goa government, the CBI, …
NGO says it will affect bio-diveristy Activist forum — GM-Free Bengal – has opposed government alleged efforts to approve genetically modified (GM) mustard for commercial cultivation. Claiming that this was an attempt by multinationals to “enter the Indian market indirectly with the educational system”, the activists warned of severe impact …
MUMBAI:Trombay was the noisiest area in the city during the festive days of Diwali and Gandhi Market while Matunga was the quietest, shows data recorded by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. While noise pollution was lower compared to last year, air pollution levels shot up considerably, found the board. The …
Alleging that the Centre is going to approve the commercial cultivation of a “genetically modified (GM) mustard seed” under the guise of “hybrid mustard”, Coalition for a GM-Free India urged the State Government to continue ban on use of GM crops in Bengal. GM-Free India is a platform of NGOs …
Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) or Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is probably the only Indian airport that has voluntarily started carbon mapping. It is ready with a five-year road map to reduce carbon emissions by 25 per cent and has already reduced its carbon footprint by 11 per cent in …
KOCHI:The Rajya Sabha Committee on Science, Technology, Environment and Forests will hold talks with NGOs, civic organisations and experts at the Government Guest House here on Sunday. “Members of the committee headed by Aswini Kumar MP are already in the city to seek suggestions and opinions of organisations and experts …
Pollution levels during Diwali remain an area of concern in Chandigarh. RESIDENTS OF City Beautiful have a reason to worry as the quality of air in the city has deteriorated, with the quantity of particulate matter being beyond permissible limits. However, they can take solace in the fact that the …
If you haven't installed the rainwater-harvesting unit at your house yet, then cough up a huge penalty from December. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has decided to levy incremental penalty on erring property owners. The harvesting unit is a must in houses built on sites of dimension of …
So far, there is not too much progress at Challakere by these institutions. Several NGOs and activists believe there is still a chance to get the projects cancelled permanently. Defence and space behemoths BARC-DRDO and Isro are under pressure after being “directed to provide copies of their applications for environmental …
With Diwali round the corner, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and NGO Awaaz Foundation tested firecrackers for compliance with noise standards at RCF ground in Chembur on Wednesday. Around 25 types of crackers — from different manufacturers — were tested and the noise levels were found to be within …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Environmentalists have written to the Centre stating that the proposed amendments to the Environment Protection (EP) Act will not only dilute existing forest laws but also curtail the powers of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The proposed amendments include constituting an adjudicating authority, which could be approached by stakeholders …
