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. …
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 …
PWD Minister Churchill Alemao on Sunday unveiled plans to boost availability of drinking water in Bardez and Salcete within the next 8-9 months. Admitting that Bardez has been facing water disruptions due to leakages, Alemao said the PWD has sanctioned a 50 mld water treatment plant at Assonora and the …
Hyderabad, Nov. 8: Plans are afoot to clean up the waters of the lakes. Mr Zafarullah Khan, executive engineer (lakes department) with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), says there are plans to set up 40-odd sewage treatment plants so that untreated sewage is not dumped in the lakes. He …
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Thursday criticised the Delhi Government for its failure to treat the sewage that has been flowing into the Yamuna and polluting the river. Speaking at a function organised by the Delhi Government to launch
Buoyed by the success of generating power from sewage, an urban local body here has sought carbon credit for its green gas project. "We are not only been able to reduce the green house gas emission but also minimising the grid power consumption through our sewage-based power plants. Now we …
When a world-class casino, hotel and spa resort in California wanted to build an efficient and easy to operate wastewater treatment plant, it chose an innovative technology that could handle high-strength wastewater from the hotel and the large weekly variations in flows and loadings. The technology, a combination of sequencing …
