Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Installing a green roof can dramatically reduce energy use and costs - as well as supporting biodiversity, reducing flooding and combating climate change. Roofs offer an opportunity for more green spaces in the heart of the city That was the message for delegates at an afternoon seminar organised by CIRIA, …
Installing a green roof can dramatically reduce energy use and costs - as well as supporting biodiversity, reducing flooding and combating climate change. Roofs offer an opportunity for more green spaces in the heart of the city That was the message for delegates at an afternoon seminar organised by CIRIA, …
Even after concerted efforts made by central and state governments, housing shortage has assumed frightening proportions. It is estimated that there is a housing shortage of nearly 25 million dwelling units affecting 67 million households. Most of this housing shortage pertains to low income families. Deploying the political economy approach, …
Energy balance measurements were carried out in a suburban vegetated areas of southern part of Delhi. These measurements were made on several days during winter and summer of 1998 and 1999 respectively.
ITT India, a subsidiary of ITT Corporation, today signed an MoU with Selecto Systems Pvt Ltd to help make GreenSpaces, the most energy-efficient commercial building in the world. GreenSpaces is an IT/ITES SEZ being set up in Faridabad. ITT Corporation has agreed to provide world-class fluid technology solutions for the …
Four deer, out of 14 that were released in the eco park near Jamuna Bridge in Sirajganj, have died within four days of the park's inception. Sources in forest department and park authorities said two deer died of illness on Wednesday night. Another deer died on last Monday after it …
In Little League dugouts, community parks, professional athletic organizations, and international soccer leagues, on college campuses and neighborhood playgrounds, even in residential yards, the question being asked is "grass or plastic?' The debate is over synthetic turf, used to blanket lawns, park spaces, and athletic fields where children and adults …
The Azadpur Gaon Welfare Association has urged the Delhi High Court to halt the project of building a mall-cum-Metro station by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) at Ring Road Azadpur as it is being built at the reserved green area. Puneet Mittal, counsel for the …
London: The construction work on the world's first "green city' has started in the Gulf. Masdar City, on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi city in the United Arab Emirates, will be zero-carbon, zero-waste and car-free. The city will be built at a cost of
there is very little clarity and much wrangling between Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and the Maharashtra government over Mumbai's open space policy. The state government asked the corporation to put a stay on the policy. The local body in turn asked for a clarification on the stay order from …
Le Corbusier Foundation, Paris, plans to put Chandigarh in UNESCO's modern heritage list. m n sharma, the first architect to work with Le Corbusier, tells savvy soumya misra about an urbanization drive and other problems killing the city Unplanned growth Chandigarh is among the best planned cities in the world. …
An ambitious riverfront development project has been drawing many visitors in Kolkata. The Millennium Park runs along Strand Road, for a kilometre on the eastern bank of the Hooghly river and has been a successful attempt to bring it back to the forefront of the city's landscape. Two sections of …
at the beginning of the 20th century, the Swiss Canton of Graubunden banned all cars from its streets. The canton of Uri clamped a similar ban, a year after. The bans might seem ante-diluvian in this age of auto-intoxication. But the action of the Swiss cantons remains salutary for a …
This article features Dusty Gedge an actor and circus performer, who had been an avid birdwatcher since the age of seven. In 1997, a conservation officer in Deptford, south-east London, recruited him to do a birdwatching survey for a creekside regeneration project. The black redstart is protected under the 1981 …
One last time, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya promised last year. How can such a noble event be denied its "traditional' home? Next year, we'll have an alternative venue ready. The Indian Army, custodian of the maidan, reluctantly agreed and hundreds and thousands of feet trampled the maidan's already …
J&K; project through: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently granted a stay on a decision by the state government to cancel a contract for the 1,200-MW Sawalakote hydroelectric power project. The project is coming up on the river Chinab in Doda district. Based on a petition filed by the …
An interim report on the uk's land-use planning was released on July 4, 2006, fuelling a debate on the possibility of relaxing regulations in the planning system to encourage rapid market growth. Kate Barker, member of the monetary policy committee of the Bank of England and author of the 2004 …
The Rajasthan High Court has given its approval to the out-of-court settlement reached with the state government for developing a public park and retaining a golf course and polo ground in the Rambagh complex which is seen as a
The Rajasthan high court has given its approval to a settlement to develop a public park and retain a golf course and a polo ground in the Rambagh Complex. The complex is considered to be the green lung of Jaipur. The settlement is a result of a number of litigations …
