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 …
Mumbai: The city is facing its worst ever water crisis, and its citizens like Dr Ajit Gokhale who are braving it head-on. While many have adopted traditional methods of conserving water, Gokhale has a unique idea to save water. He is recycling bath waste water in housing societies and giving …
Controlling carbon emissions, solid waste management, water recycling and providing safe and affordable houses to the poor are some of the issues deliberated at the three-day Intern-ational Conference on Good Urban Governance, which began on Thursday. The conference, Munici-palika, is being attended by more than 400 delegates from municipalities and …
Dhobi Ghats in Delhi are all set for a makeover. Under the Yamuna Action Plan II, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is initiating a pilot project wherein the washerman will be provided with hi-tech equipment and machinery for laundry work and treatment plants will be installed to recycle the wastewater …
In an initiative that is the first of its kind in India, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) inaugurated its second wastewater recycling unit at the Wazirabad Water Works on Tuesday. One of Delhi
Cape Canaveral (Florida): Nasa is finding it is not just mechanical glitches that make the International Space Station a tough place to operate. Engineers trouble-shooting a problem with the station
In 2010, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) aims to increase its potable water generation by a total of 130 million litres every day (MLD). Although resources available with the Capital
Having an ISO-14001 Environmental Management Systems (EMS) will help and enhance a firm's economic performance and at the same time will improve its environmental performance. The benefits of ISO-14001 lie in cost savings through energy consumption, raw material input, waste management, environmental impact reversal as well as an improved public …
The pulp and paper industry is water intensive among major chemical process industries. Water is the medium where all the pulp and paper making process are carried out and used as vehicle to transport the pulp in the mills from one unit operations to another. A major fraction of water …
In most developing countries wastewater treatment systems have very low coverage or function poorly, resulting in large-scale water pollution and the use of poor-quality water for crop irrigation, especially in the vicinity of urban centres. This can pose significant risks to public health, particularly where crops are eaten raw. Wastewater …
CHENNAI: Over 300 representatives from 25 countries are expected to showcase their products and expertise in water sector at an exhibition and conference to be held in Nandambakkam near here from January 7-9, 2010. While the broad theme of the event is on water and wastewater management, the exposition will …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: In the New Year, the Capital will get an additional 21 million gallons of water every day. Not enough for the burgeoning city and its growing needs, but not too insignificant to go unnoticed. Two more water recycling plants of the Delhi Jal Board are …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai December 28, 2009, 0:57 IST The Maharashtra government, in a bid to overcome burgeoning water shortage, has decided to use treated drainage water in all power projects being developed by the state-run MahaGenco and the private sector. Power developers have been asked to enter into an …
Gokul Chandrasekar This would boost the city's water table and help avoid water scarcity IF Chennai fails to take up water conservation including grey water harvesting on a large scale, the city will face a severe water crisis by 2020, warn experts. The water table, which was just 30 feet …
Mumbai: The BMC's order to stop supplying water to 1,000-odd parks and gardens in the city from March 2010 has put Mumbai's green cover in danger of further deterioration. But Sagar Upvan, a garden maintained by the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) in South Mumbai, will remain pristine as ever. "We …
Mumbai: You can keep a Mumbaikar from his car, but not his car from the daily car wash. This is amply evidenced by the fact that despite facing its worst water crisis ever, the city's nearly 2 million vehicle owners continue to splash 20 million litres on their vehicles every …
Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 100 million loan agreement recently to launch the Greater Colombo Wastewater Management Project. The project aims to upgrade the sewerage infrastructure under the Colombo Municipal Council in the Greater Colombo Area and strengthen its institutional and operational capacity as …
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 …
