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 …
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has commissioned two state-of-the-art plants: the 1 MGD sewage treatment plant (STP) and 1 MGD water treatment plant (WTP) at the Commonwealth Games Village. The plants will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday. The construction of the 1 MGD WTP was awarded …
Pune The state government is planning to introduce the eco-housing programme with an amendment to the Development Control (DC) rules. Principal Secretary, Urban Development, TC Benjamin said the GR is in the final stages of approval. With Pune already having an eco-housing programme since 2007 that was voluntary in nature, …
Chandigarh: Haryana has virtually received a rap on its knuckles for acquiring the agricultural land with standing crop when shamlat deh or common village land belonging to the panchayat was available for the setting up of a sewerage treatment plant in Panipat district. The High Court also scrutinised the action …
Handball competitions in the Commonwealth Games 2010 will provide an additional satisfaction. The Thyagaraj Sports Complex in Delhi is called a green stadium. One look at its features shows why. From using renewable energy to getting the most out of energy sources, from water conservation to use of recyclable materials. …
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has once again pulled up the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for not following norms and causing environmental degradation. The MBCP had found that the renovation of Wankhede Stadium was polluting the air and groundwater. According to a notice issued on May 21 (a …
Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd and GE Power & Water have signed an agreement, to work together and offer environment management solutions, including waste-water treatment and recycling. Under the agreement, the Hyderabad-based Ramky Enviro, part of the Ramky Group, will introduce the concept of mobile water treatment plants in the country. …
An underground pipeline on Sardar Patel Marg will carry an unusual substance: 60,000 litres of treated sewage water from a five-star hotel to a city forest. The Department of Environment and ITC Maurya hotel will utilise the treated waste water from the hotel for creating irrigation facilities at the Central …
Effect of long-term irrigation with treated sewage water was studied on changes in soil pH, electrical conductivity, cation exchange capacity, organic carbon, available macro and micro nutrients and the contents of toxic heavy metals. The soils receiving treated sewage water for irrigation had lower pH than the adjacent control soils …
A comprehensive water sector audit done by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in 2005 resulted in recommendations for improvement at two levels: water distribution and water supply energy efficiency to increase the efficiency of the treatment plants. This audit was the basis for a water sector energy efficiency master plan …
The urban sector is being increasingly recognised as a critical growth driver for the Indian economy. The share of population residing in urban areas is also witnessing rapid growth
Bhopal: On the last day of workshop on water conservation held in government Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya two technical sessions were held in which participants were apprised of various techniques of water conservation. Technical session speaker Ground Water advisor Sudhir Mohan Sharma delivered speech on the topic water for future. He …
There can be no escaping an overhaul of water management systems if India is to develop and industrialise in a sustainable way. Post-reform industrialisation efforts have failed to reckon with a major constraint
The state government has been sitting on a proposal that would allow the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to rate buildings according to whether they follow green norms. The BMC had planned to introduce the rating system for residential, commercial, government and other projects from this April. The corporation had received …
Mumbai: After years of haphazard development that has turned much of the city into an eyesore for greens, developers are now looking at getting an environmentally friendly tag for their projects. Green parameters are becoming a feature of sprawling residential and commercial projects coming up in Mumbai and the suburbs. …
Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, was informed here on Wednesday that a revised one MGD treatment plant for domestic wastewater has been designed by water technologist Dr Mohammad Ahsan Siddiqui of Industrial Development (ID) for Kotri city and submitted to Sindh government by Public Health Engineering (PHE). The information …
This might sound perverse but this writer actually likes the water and power crises that is upon us. It is poetry to one who has long lamented young journalists’ lack of attention to the shortage of power and water and, of course, to the piling heaps of garbage in every …
E JAYASHREE KURUP YOU BEGIN YOUR WORKING DAY IN A high-density Indian city. You login to the city transport planning website and feed your proposed road usage for the day. The website gives you the best routes for the day and even advises you if the couple of meetings planned …
