ACTING on complaints of severe water shortage in Gurgaon, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on May 20 asked the Central Ground Water Authority, or CGWA, to provide the details of groundwater levels in the fast-expanding industrial and financial hub. It set August 5 as the deadline. In February, the …
About a decade ago, farmers of 15 villages in Mahuva block in coastal Saurashtra could barely grow one crop a year. This was because the groundwater they used for irrigation was saline. Their fortunes changed in 2000 when the Gujarat government created a reservoir—Samadhiyala bandhara— by building a dam at …
PAINTERS and those working in the construction industry are at a risk of developing bladder cancer, according to a report that reviewed the case studies of 3,000 painters with bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is the ninth most common form of cancer that claims 130,000 lives a year worldwide, according to …
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a planning tool now generally accepted as an integral component of sound decision-making. The Environmental Clearance [EC] process for majority of projects will comprise of a maximum of four stages
IVRCL, Nagarjuna Construction & Lanco Have Orders Worth Rs 8k Cr Trushna U & Sai Deepika Amirapu HYDERABAD JUST two days after returning to power, Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has started releasing funds to infrastructure companies implementing big-ticket irrigation projects in the state, valued at over Rs 1.2 trillion. …
The "rice culture" of Kerala is fast vanishing due to the increasing diversion of the land for non-agricultural purposes. The real estate sector is gradually swallowing up the rice cultivating low-lying wetlands. This paper attempts to examine the growth of real estate business and consequent destruction of the wetland ecosystems …
Nagarjuna Construction Company, the Rs 2,900-crore infrastructure major, sees big business opportunities in the large number of Special Economic Zones, expected to come up in the country. Being among the few companies with capabilities to provide complete solutions for water and environment management, the company is well prepared to take …
San Francisco may soon boast the greenest buildings in the US. Last week, the local government took a decisive step towards agreeing what are probably the toughest environmental construction standards in the country. Families and companies planning to build offices and homes will be required to earn green points by …
