Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Seventy per cent of the total municipal sewage and effluent from over 900 cities and towns are being discharged untreated into rivers which are a major source of drinking water, a recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said. In absolute terms, these cities and towns together …
Pune Following the implementation of five projects for the treatment of sewage in the city, Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade has set the level of cleanliness of Mutha river water as the benchmark for deciding whether sewage treatment is complete.
The year 2010 has brought new hope for the Gomti river, the lifeline of Lucknow. The river, which is a major source of drinking water for over 32 lakh people, is polluted the most in its 14-km stretch in the state capital, owing to millions of litres of untreated domestic …
Amongst all the greenhouse gases (GHG) present in the atmosphere methane has assumed considerable significance. Atmospheric concentration of methane has almost doubled after industrial revolution. It contributes to 20% of total GHG effect. In industrial countries, 15% of total GHG contribution comes as methane emission and it is expected to …
This report includes the visit of Effluent Treatment Plants/ Common Effluent Treatment Plants based on advanced / latest technologies established at Ahemdabad(Gujarat), Mumbai, Tirupur & Erode (Tamilnadu). The purpose of the visit was to study the technologies being employed there and to explore the possibility of using the same in …
Pune Despite the gloomy scenario caused by recession, a slew of development projects worth a staggering Rs 1,000 crore came up in the twin industrial township of Pimpri-Chinchwad in 2009. A majority of developments projects
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal inaugurated the Bagmati Infrastructure Construction Development Project (BICDP) at Gokarna on Friday .Speaking at the programme, Prime Minister Nepal spoke of the importance of cleaning up not only the Bagmati and its tributaries, but other rivers in the valley, adding that refugees settling on the …
NEW DELHI: A team of experts from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) visited six project sites under the Yamuna Action Plan II aimed at cleaning the river Yamuna on Wednesday. The projects are being overseen by the Delhi Jal Board.The work at these sites involves rehabilitation and installation of …
RAJLAXMI BHONSALE: "NEARLY Rs. 100 crore has been spent on dredging the river beds." THREE-TIME corporator and currently Mayor, Rajlaxmi Bhonsale has played a pivotal role in preparing Pune
New Delhi: Most parts of south, west and central Delhi will have to go without water on December 18 and 19 due to the closure of a canal that provides water to the Haiderpur and Nangloi water treatment plants (WTP). According to sources, the Delhi subbranch canal that supplies water …
Rituparna Bhuyan New Delhi: The Indian government has linked up its biggest investment idea in recent years with Climate change concerns. The commerce and industry ministry on Monday unveiled its plans to make all special economic zones (SEZs) eco-friendly by mandating the use of renewable energy sources, and energy efficient …
PARUL CHANDRA It was a telling remark on how the Ganga remains polluted despite the crores that have been poured into projects to ensure it remains clean. As Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, "The Ganga is not as clean as it should have been. …
This work introduces a new approach to integrating the discharges of industrial processes with macroscopic watershed systems. The key concept is that environmental quality models (such as material flow analysis) can be inverted and included in an optimization formulation that seeks to determine the maximum allowable target for the process …
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor PATHANAMTHITTA: The direct treatment of water in the Njunangar stream, a tributary of the Pampa, using ferrous chloride has kicked up a controversy. Experts and environmentalists say the system will pose a health hazard as the downstream of the river has several drinking water schemes. The chemical used …
Abhijit Prashar | Chandigarh The residents of as many as 78 towns of Haryana have reasons to cheer, as the State Government is planning to put in place proper sewerage treatment plants for them in a phased manner. Irrigation Minister Captain Ajay Singh Yadav said the move is aimed at …
Chandigarh: Anticipating serious implications of hazardous smoke emanating from consistent increase in the number of motor vehicles, Haryana government has decided to make use of compressed natural gas (CNG) compulsory in all towns of Haryana falling in national capital region (NCR). The order was passed at a meeting of officers …
