Solid foundation
Whether it is old Ahmedabad or Uttarkashi, traditional structures have withstood earthquakes of different magnitudes, better than the modern structures. Even in the Shillong earthquake of 1897, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, the traditional houses built by local residents reported less damage than the structures erected by the British. …
Community initiative
after three years of drought and the government's indifferent attitude, villagers in Rajasthan are gearing up to combat the situation through intensive water conservation. Two meetings were recently held under the aegis of Alwar-based Tarun Bharat Sangh (tbs), a non-governmental organisation. On December 23, 2000 at Khoili, around …
PARK IN JEOPARDY
Nine environmental organisations in Pakistan have filed a petition in the Sindh high court against the multinational oil giant, Shell, to stop the construction of a pipeline for mineral and gas exploration in the Kirthar National Park. The park, located in the Sindh province, is Pakistan's oldest and biggest national …
Clean Kolkata
euro II emission norms have been enforced in the Kolkata metropolitan area, which includes the Kolkata, Howrah and Chandernagore municipal corporations and 39 municipalities. K S Ramasubban, member secretary, West Bengal Pollution Control Board, (wbpcb), has confirmed that the board has issued a notice to implement Euro …
Standard & Specification Diesel
VARIOUS STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR DIESEL | |||||
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India 20001 | Mukhapadhyay committee 20052 | Europe 20003 … | |||
BALA KURUP
In this area all these complaints have come up in recent times. They are not at all productive. We are spraying endosulfan in so many other places like Cheemeni and Rajapuram. We have been spraying for so many years. There have been no complaints in the past. Endosulfan is not …
SHRUTI
Shruti , 7, lives in Vaninagar area of Padre village. The school is barely 100 metres from her house. She desperately wants to go there. But the hilly terrain of the Western Ghats and her physical handicap won't let her. She was born with three deformed limbs
Getting tough
The European Commission said it would file a lawsuit against four European Union (eu) countries as they have been unsuccessful in implementing a law associated with controlling industrial pollution. Luxembourg's European Court of Justice will take legal action against Spain, Greece and Finland and the uk . The commission also …
Blood thicker than water
The endosulfan residue detected in Muthakka Shetty's blood is 18 times the residue detected in the water from the Kodenkiri stream that flows next to her house. It is about 900 times the maximum residue limit for water
Pluck the dirt out
A solvent developed at the University of Alabama, usa , can snatch pollutants dissolved in water. The solvent can be tuned to snatch specific elements from water. The choosy solvent is one of a unique group of salts called ionic liquids, made up of electrically charged ions. The solvent may …