Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
NATION BUSINESS REPORT Messrs Sigma Engineers Ltd is going to set up an water treatment plant in Comilla EPZ. In BEPZA Board of Governors meeting, the decision has been taken that the authority would allow to operate water treatment plant as a service-oriented industry in public-private partnership model. This 100 …
By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, Jan 20: Public Health Engineering and Cooperative Department Minister Gouri Shankar Bisen along with officers of his departments did voluntary labour at the Upper Lake on Tuesday. Minor Forest Produce Federation chairman Vishwas Sarang also participated. Bisen and Sarang offered to donate their one month's …
Mumbai: Municipal Corporation to sell treated water; three bids under scrutiny Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has joined the list of civic bodies planning to sell treated sewage water to private parties, in a bid to make the most out of its resources. Three months ago, the NMMC floated tenders …
Water conservationist and Magsaysay Award Winner, Rajendra Singh, who was in Mumbai last week to talk about the Mithi, lists some of the steps that can be taken to revive the river The sources of the Mithi River
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government today launched the Rs 1125 crore-Naandi Community Safe Water Project which will provide clean drinking water to 100 villages. The water treatment plant is based on reverse osmosis technology. Located in Dujana village of Jhajjar district, the project has been set up with the assistance of …
Staff Reporter CHENNAI: Irrigation tanks, which had become defunct in the wake of urbanisation, could be revived if there is community participation, emphasised speakers at the meeting organised by Neer Exnora in the city on Sunday. Speaking at the
KOLKATA, Jan. 5: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) would install water meters in high-rises and group housings, mayor Mr Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya said today. He was speaking at the launch of a programme to prevent wastage of water, Save Water Project, organised by the PC Chandra Group.
By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, Jan 5: Citizens of the State capital and societies are performing voluntary labour with great enthusiasm for Upper Lake conservation campaign started under the joint aegis of district administration and Municipal Corporation. Under the campaign 315 trips of weeds and mud have been taken out …
This paper mainly emphasizes on the more or less modern concept of green building, mainly emphasizes on the more or less modern concept of green building, mainly emphasizing on their environmental impact, the various materials required and their rating system in India. Few examples of green buildings in India have …
The problem of water availability was a pivotal facet of daily life, particularly in urban areas, where it had to be made perennially obtainable in large quantities. Thus, apart from river water, artificial water reservoirs of massive proportions, and also step wells were constructed on a great scale in most …
In view of the major opportunities and risks associated with it, and the complexity of the subject, bioenergy policy has in a short time become a challenging political task for regulators and planners
BGPPL Unit: Kamalapuram is one of the best unit in South India for manufacturings Dissolving Grade pulp with annual capacity of 98000 TPA, supplying to textile industries. This unit is located in Kamalapuram of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh. This unit has latest state of the art of equipments and entire …
The crop productivity in Siwalik rainfed areas including kandi belt of Jammu and Kashmir is very low. To improve the agricultural productivity of these areas, a holistic approach through watershed management project was introduced in early 1990 to manipulate land and water resources more efficiently for better crop production. The …
Water resources development and management is not only imperative but also crucial for sustainable agriculture in water scarce areas of submontane region. Three small water harvesting tanks/ponds were constructed under the World Bank funded project in the region to harvest rainwater excess. This can be used to apply supplemental irrigations …
Study on qualitative performance of different soil and water conservation measures was carried during 2004-05 in Daregaon watershed, which is located in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state. Soil and water conservation structure namely continuous contour trenches, loose boulder structures, earthen nala bund and cement nala bund respectively were evaluated. The …
Rainwater harvesting is an age-old practice in India. It is a process of collection of runoff from treated or untreated land surfaces/catchments or rooftops and storing it in an open farm pond or closed water tanks/ reservoirs or in situ moisture strorage in the soil itself. Initially an attempt should …
Addressing food insecurity in resource-poor settings is difficult in any context. However, in protracted refugee camp situations, where people are almost entirely dependant on humanitarian assistance, the challenges are even greater. The development and adaptation of multi-storey gardens has been tried in refugee camps in Kenya with impressive success.
The recent guidelines for the withdrawal of ground water especially by the industries and infrastructure units focus on a specific part of ground water management viz. ensuring sustainability of ground water both in terms of quantity & quality and on land based management of ground water resource. The prime objective …
For sustainability and growth of Indian paper industry, the technology has to be upgraded to adapt to Indian conditions in view of scale of paper production, raw material scenario and environmental concerns. Paper industry is looking at innovative ways and means to reduce the production cost, improve quality of the …
