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 …
Bowing to the pressure from farmers and environmental NGOs, Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited it is learnt to have decided to drop the idea of constructing a 38-km-long tunnel in the much-hyped 775 MW Luhri hydro project. Social activist Manshi Asher said Sutlej Bachao Jan Sangharsh Samiti activists have expressed …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to immediately provide clean drinking water in six western districts of the state. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the state chief secretary to provide potable water to Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Saharanpur, through …
The Himachal Niti Abhiyan, an NGO, has appealed to the state government to implement the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Guman Singh, state convener of the NGO, in a statement here today underlined the need for implementing the Act on priority to protect rights of villagers and farmers in the state. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Haryana government not to issue any permission for fragmentation of the Mangar forest, as it falls under the Aravali range. The order was issued after a city-based NGO filed a petition seeking prohibition of construction in the area. "The state government or …
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) on Sunday launched a massive drive to plant 31,000 trees in the city. The drive was launched at the city forest on the banks of Hindon river where GDA officials, members of civil defence and Paryavaran Sachetak Dal planted 3,000 trees. "The city forest has …
Though it is mandatory to install a rainwater harvesting system in any construction over 3,171 sq ft, hardly 10% such buildings in the city have followed the rule. Individual and small flat schemes rarely go in for this system, which stores rain water enough for two months, saving precious potable …
The felling of Ashoka trees along a stretch on the Mall road last week has again raised concerns over the issue among various NGOs. Raising an alarm over the dwindling green cover and protesting against the felling of trees, most of them have lost hopes of recovery of the green …
The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has claimed that the 400-kilometer Siak River dividing the resource-rich province of Riau is in a condition of deterioration. “The river’s quality has deteriorated drastically,” executive director of Riau Walhi Riko Kurniawan said in Pekanbaru on Wednesday. He said that both locals and …
COIMBATORE: A group of entrepreneurs from the city has come together to raise funds and increase awareness on the conservation of tigers. They will launch their initiative 'Wild Tiger Foundation' on Wednesday, coinciding with the 'International Tiger Day'. Wild Tiger Foundation will be mentored by leading tiger conservationist K Ullas …
Struggling to market their brand for higher profit At an altitude of 1,600 metres, farmers at Meenakshipuram near Sirumalai range of forests have started a revolution of sorts in organic farming. As many as 100 farmers in the remote village belonging to Madurai district have been cultivating pepper, chow-chow and …
The committee set up under the Pune divisional commissioner to monitor progress in curbing pollution of the Panchganga river has not submitted the mandatory quarterly reports before the Bombay high court. While hearing the public interest litigations filed by some individuals and NGOs seeking court's attention to the Panchganga pollution …
A parliamentary panel has flagged a number of environment-related issues which, it found, have been causing damage to Mumbai and Visakhapatnam and asked the Union environment ministry and respective state governments to take up urgent steps for improving infrastructure and strengthening pollution mitigation measures in these two coastal cities. The …
PUNE: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has persistently ignored reports on biodiversity concerns and risk assessment studies along the Mumbai-Pune Expressway prepared by experts such as scientists and ecologists. In 2014, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, had prepared a detailed report on the rockfall risk assessment of …
NAGPUR: Farmers' suicide numbers over the last two years in Vidarbha have been worse than those recorded in the early 2000s, when the phenomenon first caught the nation's attention. Observers have so far considered 2006 as the peak of the phenomenon, but 2014 figures have surpassed even those numbers. Figures …
AHMEDABAD: Nearly half of the households in Gujarat lack toilets, according to the 2011 census. Of the 1.20 lakh households in Gujarat — the census says — 47.25% do not have toilets. The Gujarat figure, though grim, is better than India's: around 61% of the country's households do not have …
A Seychelles free from plastic bags! That is what a group of young people living in the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago of 115 islands would like to see in the future. SIDS Youth Aims Hub (SYAH) - Seychelles has embarked on a new campaign aimed at encouraging the archipelago's population …
Expressing concern over expensive life-saving drugs and other essential medicines for major diseases, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the government to revisit its new National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy, 2012, for fixing prices of essential medicines in the country and also the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO 2013), notified …
The Delhi government on Wednesday came under fire from the Delhi high court for dithering on its stand on Sainik Farms. “Either you regularize or we flatten the unauthorized area,“ the bench observed. Giving two weeks time to Delhi government and further two weeks to Centre to finalize their policy …
The National Green Tribunal has asked five mineral-rich states to survey all the asbestos and associated mineral mines and file a report stating the impact of overburden or waste lying at these mines and pits. A bench headed by judicial member UD Salvi observed that it is a matter of …
NAVI MUMBAI: Different planning bodies, including NMMC, have welcomed the Bombay high court's suggestion of setting up a committee to monitor complaints about mangrove destruction in the city. Sources said that it will end the blame game and ensure shared responsibility. Once set up, the high-level committee will be headed …
