Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Balwinder Kaur Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 19/03/2024. Balwinder Kaur, the applicant raised the grievance of risk of thousands of trees felling due to likelihood of land sliding. It was said that illegal mining is being carried out …
A programmer at Sandia National Laboratories in California has recently patented a machine that can mend holes in the road auto-matically. About the size of a single-decker bus, the Rapid Road Repair Vehicle, as it is called, scans the road using an array of sensors on its bumpers. When it …
Cement-eating bacteria are the main causes of deterioration of bridges, roads and other structures. But now, their appetite for destruction can be used for a cleaner world. The microbes can decontaminate nuclear plants by "eating' away radioactivity from the structures. The bacteria produce a chemical that dissolves concrete, loosening the …
The World Bank has approved a US $70 million loan to improve roads and road management in Zambia. A spokesperson for the World Bank said that the funding would enable road repairs to be speeded up, reducing the strain on government resources and boosting the overall economic efficiency. A statement …
the bug of big projects has now bitten the Delhi government. In tandem with Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's anti-environmental crusade, the Delhi government is planning an 80 km-long ring road along the boundaries of the National Capital Region that would cut across the Asola-Bhatti wildlife sanctuary and the …
a rs 1,500-crore link road plan for India's capital city has been drawn up by the Delhi government. The plan entails the building of an express ighway from Narela to Faridabad that will link the four national high-ways (nh) connecting Delhi. The project, which will be built on the build-operate-lease-transfer …
THE rural areas of developing countries disadvantaged in many ways, one rthem being access routes. Heavy and flood conditions completely Mdcte these remote villages when Coa h roads are either washed away mud-swamped. Richard Tufnell, International R%C;@nator of the Dry Stone Walling *Avociation of Great Britain has a method which …
Sundarvan - an animal park in Ahmedabad, where children are encouraged to feed birds, climb trees, touch animals ...anything to excite their curiosity about nature - may soon cease to exist. A new road now being planned will plough right through it. Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environment Education (CEE) has begun …
BAD roads make for unsafe driving. Now, researchers at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK think that they can relieve the problem of worn- out roads by using a longer-lasting surface made of concrete instead of asphalt (New Scientist, Vol 146, No 1980). Each time a heavy …
The Tasmanian government's grandiose plans to build a road right across the Tarkine -- Australia's largest remaining wilderness -- have run into rough weather. Situated in north-west Tasmania, the Tarkine is home to aboriginal sites, temperate rain forests, and a host of rare plants and animals. Environmentalists want to ensure …
A British scientist, Martin Dicks, claims to have developed 'intelligent' road studs that can warn motorists of poor driving conditions by emitting different coloured flashes of light (New Scientist, Vol 146, No 1972). The stud comprises of a microprocessor and several sensors which detect oncoming headlights, temperature and moisture content …
The rain-forests of the Amazon region have once again been set aflame by controversies. This time the fuse has been lit by the "Amazon Charter" - recently finalised by the Fernando Cardoso government. The charter proposes a road through the forests leading to the Pacific Ocean. This Pacific link is …
INDIAN roads, arguably some of the most treacherous in the world, have always been short cuts to disaster. But 3 major accidents involving the bulk transport of hazardous chemicals in early March are evidence of just how lethal the country's macadam is. On March 7, on the Delhi-Hardwar highway, a …
Britain's us $28 billion roads programme will now receive a touch of green. End-January, the government unveiled plans to establish a new unit which will lead in planning, construction and maintenance of the country's 30 trunk roads and motorway schemes. A bulk of the work will involve coordinating the Highway …
An ambitious masterplan to tackle Bombay's perennial water-logging problem during its ferocious monsoons will use an innovative, sub-surface "no dig" technology. The new system, part of a Rs 616-crore project drawn up by the Bombay Municipal Corporation, which is up to its neck in public grievances, repairs pipes and stormwater …
THE WATERS may be calm, but the bridge has been certainly troubled. After 18 months and much controversy the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), approved the 17-km long, 50-feet high skyway, proposed by the Karachi Development Authority (KDA). The Sindh government also has passed the project following the Canadian report. …
Every year, during monsoon, it is the same story for roads across India. Potholes, potholes and more potholes. It requires a small intervention to not only help reduce costs incurred in repairing a damaged stretch but also increase groundwater levels. Yet, the government has failed to do so. The potential …
मोदी ने कुंडली मानेसर पलवल हाइवे के कुंडली-मानेसर हिस्से का उद्घाटन किया. ये वेस्टर्न पेरिफेरल एक्सप्रेसवे है, जिसका गुरुग्राम में उद्घाटन किया गया. उम्मीद है कि इससे भारी ट्रैफिक में निजात मिलेगी. दिल्ली में कम ट्रक अंदर आएंगे और ये दिल्ली के प्रदूषण को कुछ कम करने में मदद करेगा. …
Ministry of Physical Planning and Works established in 2000 during the course of the reorganization Government of Nepal. The main aim of reorganization was to bring important infrastructural development under the umbrella of a single Ministry and to harmonize the policies and bring efficiencies and effectiveness in the provision of …
