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. …
Mangaloreans asked to pay more for less water to help repay loan Flawed policy and politics over water have left Mangaloreans high and dry. The city has been witnessing fights over water pricing, but the people are not convinced these are actually out of concern for them and not for …
A 15 million-gallon water treatment plant coming up in Garden Reach promises to ease water woes of Behala, Thakurpukur and the adjacent localities. The Calcutta Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority (CMWSA) project is expected to be ready in a year and a half. Jamshedpur Utility Service Company will execute the …
Biodiversity Conservation India Limited (bcil), which was set up in Bangalore in 1995 by Chandrashekar Hariharan, is known for its eco-friendly sustainable homes like tzed and TownsEnd. The company has its roots in the ngo background of its promoters who, for many years, worked on basic resources of water and …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today appreciated the acumen and ability of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who are facilitating the formalisation of the nuclear deal. This would make India a super power apart from ensuring uninterrupted power in all times to come in all parts …
The predominant cause of water pollution in India is the presence of Fecal Coliform, mainly due to large amount of untreated sewage discharged into the water bodies. Many a times, even if treated sewage is discharged into a water body, still high Coliform levels remain as a significant pollution issue. …
The water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector in India suffers from chronic inefficiencies, including limited coverage and poor service quality. To address these shortcomings, the focus of interventions in the sector has predominantly been directed at the supply-side factors, such as capital investments the creation of infrastructure. Benchmarking of WSS …
The raw water quality available in India varies significantly, resulting in modifications to the conventional water treatment scheme consisting of aeration, chemical coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection. The backwash water and sludge generation from water treatment plants are of environment concern in terms of disposal. Therefore, optimization of chemical …
Work on the 20 million gallon per day capacity plant will be completed within 21 months Project to improve substantially water supply in many colonies Scheme of payment of water bills through 92 post offices to continue NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board on Wednesday gave its approval for construction …
Bid to make the Capital a water-efficient city Joint task force to take policy decisions Bureau of Water Efficiency planned NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board signed a memorandum of understanding with the Confederation of Indian Industry in the presence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit earlier this week with the …
Biking along the Yamuna from Delhi to Agra, ravleen kaur hears constant calls for saving the river, but witnesses little action. Photographs by vaibhav raghunandan The roaring of motorcycles shattered the early morning calm on the Yamuna floodplains in Delhi. On World Environment Day on June 5, a group of …
If anybody needed a reminder of how crippling bureaucracy can be, consider the campaign to clean up the sacred Yamuna River in Delhi. The river oozes through town like a putrid ribbon of black sludge. Its level of fecal bacteria is 10,000 times higher than what's deemed safe for bathing. …
Rajahmundry, June 30: The people of Rajahmundry are going to get major relief from the overflowing and stinking drains and inundation of several low-lying areas during rains as the civic authorities are going to take up an underground and storm water drainage network in the municipal limits. The project would …
This paper presents, result of laboratory experiments for the recovery of alum from sludge obtained from tertiary treatment of effluent collected from waste stabilization pond after grab sampling. The study was conducted on wastewater from a stabilization pond having capacity of 54 mld, which was treating municipal wastewater from Ujjain …
Urge Centre, State to find an alternative to sand in construction industry "Regulate inter-country, inter-State and inter-district transport of sand' "Construction of reservoirs across the Ponnai in Andhra Pradesh will hit Vellore' VELLORE: Farmers speaking at the monthly agriculturists' grievances day meeting at the Collectorate here on Friday complained of …
