Civic body to carry out re-engineering of facilities, including stormwater drains The Chennai Corporation is planning to carry out re-engineering of rainwater harvesting facilities in the city’s water bodies spread over an area of 426 sq. km. A meeting to discuss steps to be taken to improve rainwater harvesting, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation and drought relief in the city was held on Tuesday.
In a bid to create awareness on sanitation and eradicate open defecation, several awareness campaigns were organised in the city on Tuesday, World Toilet Day. The programmes reinforced the State government’s thrust to eradicate open defecation.
The first pilot biomethanation plant of the Chennai Corporation that uses Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) technology will be launched in Pulianthope soon. The pilot plant, which will be ready in 45 days, will have the capacity to convert two metric tonnes of bio-degradable waste into 40 KV of power and 160-170 kg of manure.
The Chennai Corporation has decided to withdraw licences for commercial buildings that are found to have directly connected their drainage network to stormwater drains and waterways. The civic body
The 5,000 tonnes of garbage generated in the city per day has the potential to be converted to 12 crore litre of aviation fuel and 4.5 crore litre of diesel per year. An expert told Express that through plasma gasification and vitrification process, a technology developed by NASA, the garbage could be generated into wealth.
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday referred to the National Green Tribunal Bench in Chennai a public interest litigation against the operation of the solid waste treatment plant at Vilappil
later. Delhi will follow suit by 2050 (in first scenario) or 2081 (in second scenario). “The results shocked us. Regardless of the scenario, changes will be coming soon,” said lead author Camilo Mora of the University of Hawaii. “Within my generation, whatever climate we were used to will be a thing of the past”.
Senior Care Professionals - India's Leading Elder Care Provider Specialized Personal In 2010 memorandum, Environment Ministry exempted projects that had made substantial progress from clearance obligation The National Green Tribunal on Monday stayed the operation of an order of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) exempting projects that have attained substantial progress from obtaining prior environmental clearance. The stay will have wider ramifications on those projects across the country.
Almost one-fifth of the centrally-funded sewage treatment plants in the country are “non-operational”, leading to millions of litres of untreated water either seeping into the ground as potential pollutant
The Saffolalife Study 2013, India’s largest study on risk factors precipitating heart disease, found that more than 70% of 1.86 lakh urban Indian respondents are at cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. When
