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. …
A group of NGOs says that by treating waste locally, the city can make its drains clean as well as cut down pollution in Yamuna by 80% It could turn out to be the perfect solution for the Yamuna
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday spoke of an eight-point programme of her government that would help preserve natural resources and also serve as a code of conduct for the citizens of Delhi. Inaugurating a conference on
Guidelines for categorization of hotels, requirement of consent under Water & Air Act and pollution control measures/treatment facility for waste water.
Oslo's wastewater pipeline network has an aging stock of concrete, steel, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipelines, which calls for a good portion of expenditures to be directed toward maintenance and investments in rehabilitation. The stock, as it is in 2008, is a direct consequence of the influx of pipelines of …
Airport operator yet to comply with directive to reuse water the Delhi airport is getting its swanky makeover with illegally extracted groundwater that is used for construction and other purposes. The private consortium operating the airport, Delhi International Airport Limited (dial), is extracting 9 million litres of water a day …
The scheme's main aim is to check the discharge of urban sewage into the Cauvery river THE government has approved a Rs 209.23-crore underground drainage (UGD) project for Erode. According to official sources, Rs 71.14 crore will be given as loan to facilitate the long-pending project while Rs 62.77 crore …
City-based Apollo Victor Hospital have told the Goa Pollution Control Board that the institution would soon rectify the sewage treatment plant installed at the hospital premises to contact discharge of waste water in the nullah. Replying to the show cause notice served by the Pollution Control Board to immediately stop …
Karthik Madhavan Confusion over who will take up maintenance of the plant deadlocked: Veerappan Chatram Municipality has failed to take up the maintenance of the sewage treatment plant constructed by the Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board. ERODE: The sewage treatment plant and gas collection unit the Tamil Nadu Water …
The Noida Jal Nigam has proposed to install four new sewerage treatment plants (STP) with upgraded technology at the cost of Rs 150 crore. In the Master Plan 2021, the installation of STPs would not only ensure good environment but would also ensure better quality of treated water, which can …
Mumbai municipality readies norms for wastewater from kitchens future housing projects in Mumbai would need to have grey water recycling plants to treat wastewater from kitchen, washing clothes and bathing. The treated water is to be used for horticulture and other non-drinking purposes. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai drafted …
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday that the Yamuna Action Plan I and II have not yielded any tangible result despite crores of rupees having been spent on cleaning the river. She admitted that the project would take at least seven …
India will spend more than $290 million cleaning up two iconic lakes in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), which have been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt, India
The DJB plans to set up a big sewerage treatment plant for Commonwealth Games 2010.More plants are likely at Delhi Gate, Delhi Cantt, Pappan Kalan and Nilothi. The Delhi Jal Board has a lot of work at hand this fiscal as it plans to improve water supply in the capital …
Mohali: Even after a year of its commissioning, the sewage treatment plant (STP) in Mohali remains a non-starter. Reason: The Northern Railways is not allowing a pipeline to be laid under its tracks. To treat Mohali
