Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
Activists say similar plants elsewhere in the country are lying defunct. The small municipality of Bhagalpur in Bihar is considering setting up a waste-to-energy plant in the city. On February 19, the city municipal corporation selected one of the proposals submitted to it to manage the city's waste. The proposals …
Stubble meant for a biomass power plant stacked near Nakodar. Rouli: Even as big power plants take years to go on steam, the smaller ones like the one set in up at Cooperative Sugar Mill, Nakodar, come up in no time and started contributing to the power-starved state. The added …
This document contains the basic information to serve as guide for adopting the renewable energy by common man.The document has two parts: 1) Biogas for Common Man, and 2) Solar Photovoltaic Power for Urban Households.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Wednesday announced budget estimates for the year 2012-13, significantly increasing the councillors' funds in all the wards and focusing on improvement and development of roads and existing infrastructure. With the MCD headed for a split this coming April, Leader of the House Subhash Arya …
KOCHI: The attempt of the Kochi Corporation to set up a bio-gas plants for decentralised treatment of biodegradable waste has failed to yield results despite spending Rs 61.61 lakh. This was owing to the lack of proper monitoring and timely remedial action. This was stated in the Comptroller and Auditor …
At the tip of the 30-mile-long peninsula that hosts one of the busiest ports in the world, Finland's Neste Oil has just finished converting a plot of land reclaimed from the sea into the biggest biodiesel refinery in Europe. The €670 million ($850 million) investment by the state-controlled company in …
Katra: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Katra, has found a novel solution to the problem of waste generated by mules. Over 40 tonnes of dung being excreted by mules every day on the 13-km trek stretch en route to the holy cave shrine, causing stink in the area, will …
Around 3000 homes in 49 villages of Sindh Province have been energised so far through use of solar energy under Rural Electrification Programme. A PC-I for electrification of 300 villages of Balochistan have been approved and will be executed on availability of funds under the programme launched Alternate Energy Development …
Tired of agitating, Sukhdev Vihar residents ‘invite' officials, politicians Many protests, agitations and petitions later, the residents of Sukhdev Vihar – one of the most densely-populated residential colonies located next to the Okhla-Timarpur waste-to-energy incinerator – have a unique proposition for Delhi environment officials and politicians: “Come spend a day …
NEW DELHI: For the next three months, the Delhi environment department and Delhi Pollution Control Board (DPCC) will intensively monitor operation of the Okhla waste-to-energy plant. Reacting to a TOI report about possible emissions from the plant since it became functional on January 3, the environment secretary visited the area …
Despite sustained public protests and lawsuits against the Timarpur-Okhla waste-to-energy incinerator in Sukhdev Vihar, the beginning of trial runs this January 2 has invited the ire of the residents of this densely populated area. “The incinerator is located in a residential area which is surrounded by university, schools, hospitals and …
Asian Development Bank will provide Rs 4.5 billion as soft loan for "Waste to Energy Project" of Capital Development Authority. Total project cost is estimated at Rs six billion. During a press conference, Chairman CDA Engr. Farkhand Iqbal said that ADB will provide 75 percent financing to this project, while …
Say studies have shown that Indian waste is unfit for the purpose. With the fear of losing their means of living looming over them, waste pickers from across the country have opposed Delhi government’s plan to install three waste to energy plants in the city. “How can the proposed energy …
The unused land of the FACT should be utilised for setting up a waste treatment plant, which can produce organic manure, suggested L.N. Sethumadhavan, a former member of the committee which drafted the solid waste management project report for Kochi Corporation. The organic manure production will complement the FACT's established …
There is a debate raging over the government’s reported plan to install a diesel plant, considering billions of rupees needed to import fuel to run the facility. Advocates of hydropower say, at a time when the country’s potential of generating tens of thousands megawatt of clean energy remains untapped, setting …
This study examined the present status of waste management in India, its effects on public health and the environment, and the prospects of introducing improved means of disposing municipal solid waste (MSW) in India. The systems and techniques discussed are informal and formal recycling, aerobic composting and mechanical biological treatment, …
The “Development of Solar Cities” programme by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, is an immense opportunity for contributing towards a sustainable India in the coming years. This programme is a crucial step towards supporting Indian cities for the development of renewable energy and energy …
After CNG, the national capital is all set to run its public transport fleet on biogas. Ambitious as it may sound, but Delhi plans to run its buses on biogas. In collaboration with the Swedish government, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy plans to set up a biogas …
London: Scientists have developed a “bio battery” which generates energy by digesting waste paper. The eco-friendly battery, created by researchers at electronic giant Sony, uses a special enzyme called cellulose to convert paper into glucose needed to produce electricity. Cellulose will serve as a catalyst so that it can be …
The Meghalaya Government has embarked on a hi-tech waste management project to clean up its cities and turn garbage and wastes to productive use as a spin-off. An Expression of Interest floated by the government recently for such a pilot project here has had as many as seven Indian and …
