Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
Pune-based start-up develops a new model of construction that cuts cost and reduces labour A masonry product that cuts out the use of cement and sand and does not require water curing is what Punebased Green Build Products has developed as its core product line. At a time when the …
Bombay High Court order on Writ Petition No. 97 2011 with Writ Petition No. 98 2011 on sand mining. The court has directed the Maharashtra government not to award any contract for sand mining or allow further excavation until and unless the agency concerned obtains an environmental clearance.
The present laboratory study reports the results of various engineering properties, such as compressive strength, tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength of fibre reinforced concrete produced from waste plastic fibres and flyash which are the two environmental pollutants.
Mumbai In the wake of recent Bombay High Court order imposing a state-wide ban on sand extraction from river-beds, developers in Mumbai have asked the state government to allow them more time to switch to some other alternative means. The Builders
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai October 05, 2010, 0:25 IST The real estate sector in Maharashtra foresees a loss of Rs 2,000 crore due to the ban on extraction of sand by the Bombay High Court. The realty industry has sought the intervention of the state government to tackle the crisis. …
This paper attempts to formulate Overall Thermal Transfer Value (OTTV) coefficients for Composite, Hot-Dry and Warm-Humid climates, the three main tropical climates in India. Four existing air-conditioned office buildings – two mid-rise and two high-rise were modeled as case studies using eQuest v.3.6, which is a DoE2.2, based building energy …
Vernacular architecture is still very popular and constructed widely in North-East India. In this paper, the result of long-term monitoring of two vernacular houses selected one in Tezpur (warm and humid climate) and other one in Cherrapunjee (cold and cloudy climate) are presented. Long-term monitoring work includes the measurements of …
This study is a survey of the different types of tools and implements used for building operations in the Yoruba Indigenous Architecture of Nigeria. The tools include
Pune Green Build Products, a city-based company that manufactures eco-friendly products used in the construction industry, launched its website on Tuesday. Shashank Paranjpe, MD, Paranjpe Schemes Constructions launched the website. The company, in particular, focuses on construction materials that save water. Using environmental pollutants such as fly-ash and bottom-ash, which …
A kilometre-long arterial link between the National Games Village and NH-33, built at a cost of Rs 2.17 crore in 2008-09, will now require more than double the amount for reconstruction, thanks to substandard quality of building material and administrative apathy. Just a subdued spell of monsoon has already rendered …
M Subramanian Proper waste management is a major concern affecting both small and large constructions. Once the major construction activities are done you will find a lot of debris accumulating in the surrounding area. It is not advisable to dump waste in open land if it does not have filling …
This study presents reusing of locally available waste fibrous materials as concrete composites. Mechanical strength properties (compressive strength, split tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture and shear strength) of synthetic fibres (nylon, plastic and tyre) with volume fractions (0.5%, 1% and 1.5%) and aspect ratios (30, 60 and …
Municipal authorities in Mumbai could take a cue from Navi Mumbai on managing building debris dumped in landfills. Maharashtra’s City and Industrial Development Corporation (cidco) and a non-profit, Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA), have jointly set up a plant in Navi Mumbai that converts debris into relatively cheap …
It seems like alchemy: a Silicon Valley start-up says it has found a way to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants and lock them into cement. If it works on a mass scale, the company, Calera, could turn that carbon into gold.
German architect Andre Alexander has been restoring old buildings in the Tibetan capital Lhasa for 15 years now. Over the past few years he has extended his work to Leh. Ravleen Kaur caught up with him over a cup of chhaang (barley wine) at a party where the artisans celebrated …
The first national executive meeting of the CII India Green Business Council was in the recesses of the Lonavala hills in Maharashtra. For the businessmen present here was an opportunity not only to reduce the pressure on the planet
