Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
With rapid industrialisation and rising population, there is a need to focus on reusing, recycling and conserving water, a study by Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) said. IDFC’s infrastructure report titled ‘Water policy and performance for sustainable development’ mentions that unchecked growth in demand for water, large variations and inequities …
Israel's national water company signed a financing agreement to build a desalination plant, which officials said could allow drought-ridden Israel to export water to its neighbors upon completion in 2013. Israel's ADL, a subsidiary of state-owned Mekorot, will build and operate the plant in the coastal city of Ashdod for …
The traditional practice of utilizing wastewater into fish pond is a unique example of sustainable socio-economic development pertaining to resource recovery in the Eastern Kolkata wetlands, a Ramsar site in India. This paper revealed the stress of urban pollution and poor land use planning on the world’s largest natural wetland. …
Addressing the challenges of water management and governance in rural and urban areas, this new IDFC report deals with water politics, leakage of water in urban areas as well as the lack of water recycling mechanisms. Addressing the challenges of water management and governance, the India Infrastructure Report 2011 brings …
Biogas plants have a long and successfully history in Nepal. They provide energy for cooking and light dark rooms in a country where energy is a scarce and valuable resource. Consequently, biogas plants have been one of the main sources of green and renewable energy. Biogas can improve people's lives …
The Delhi Jal Board’s (DJB) meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday, gave the green signal for the Board’s ambitious project to involve private players for better management and distribution of water on a pilot basis. Earlier in June this year, the Empowered Committee —set up by the …
KOLKATA, 15 NOV: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has proposed to set up a water treatment plant of 20 million gallon capacity per day at the Garden Reach waterworks to meet the demand of vast areas in South 24-Parganas. This was decided at a high-level meeting held at the KMC …
LUCKNOW: An ailing Yamuna may heave a sigh of relief if claims of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam are anything to go by. The corporation has claimed that the 144 million litres per day (mld) capacity water treatment plant in Agra will start functioning in less than a year. Chairman, UPJN, …
Water experts in the City have termed uneconomical the BWSSB expert committee’s plan to divert west-flowing rivers to fulfil Bangalore’s growing demand for water. The panel, which was set up in the beginning of 2011, had to design projects to fulfil both short-term and long-term water needs of residents. Chaired …
The National Mission for Sustainable Habitat was approved by the Prime Minister's Council for Climate Change in June 2010. One of the deliverables of the Mission is the formulation of National Sustainable Habitat Standards. It is intended that these standards would subsequently get integrated with relevant regulations to ensure that …
The recently approved National Manufacturing Policy has stringent norms to ensure ‘green manufacturing'. These include mandatory environmental and water audit for all industrial and institutional units in the National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs). According to the policy, establishment of NIMZs is a key instrument to catalyse the growth of …
It is an attempt to create clean, green DK dist, says CEO To achieve sustainability in cleanliness drive and to have a proper guidelines on waste management, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has issued 25 point waste management guidelines to all the 203 Gram Panchayats in the district. Under the Karnataka …
How can we save the environment from pollution and global warming? Who is more aware of the environment? And who has been doing what to promote a clean and green environment? Answering these questions were school children from Delhi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar at the ‘Green-I Contest' organised by Carrier …
Delhi must install water regulating agency, cut down demand and use treated water: Experts If Delhi wants to usher in change and manage the water sector better, it will have to “de-politicise” the Delhi Jal Board, re-assess the per capita allocation of water, correct the pricing of water and tweak …
A green building policy proposed to be brought by the State government will aim at reduction of energy consumption of existing buildings by 15 per cent and new buildings by 30 per cent. Public Works Minister V. K. Ebrahim Kunju announced plans for drawing up the policy in the Assembly …
New Delhi: After Durga was immersed with festive fervour, devotees bent their heads reverentially for the sprinkling of ‘holy water’. But they were in fact breathing stench and getting sprayed with drain water. The Yamuna seemed like a dirty nullah choked and frothing with filth and scum. And what’s shocking, …
How does a city-state that has no natural water body, very little groundwater and even less land to store rainwater quench the thirst of its five million people? Singapore faces this question just as one of its 50-year water import agreement with Johor, now a part of Malaysia, expires in …
It is often said that if you see someone in the Lion City (Singa-pura) with oriental features and in good humour, he or she must be either a Filipino or a Filipina. The average Singaporean does not emote freely. They ensure their intentions are not misinterpreted; rarely do they smile, …
After its intensive campaign to popularise rainwater harvesting, Rain Centre is now promoting recycling of grey water in residential complexes using a natural and economical method. For the past eight months, the voluntary organisation has been helping residents across the city recycle the water used for washing and bathing purposes …
With 1.6 crore people, insufficient rainfall and a river that is barely there, Delhi seems destined for water starvation. Yet, even a city like Delhi can stave off the looming crisis if it switches from the spend-now-pay-later consumption pattern.
