Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
SRINAGAR: The Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Dr. Saugata Roy today conducted an extensive tour of the Dal Lake and also visited golden Lake Dole Demb area to review the ongoing works. The Union Minister was briefed about the progress achieved on the conversation measures like Sewerage Treatment, …
Untreated waste water is a health hazard. Nonetheless, it should be considered a resource. Unless it is recycled and re-used, it will be impossible to provide all people in the cities of developing countries with safe drinking water. The example of India shows that agglomerations cannot get ever more fresh …
The WEPA Outlook is the flagship publication of WEPA which includes basic information on the water environment and its management in each WEPA partner country. The Outlook 2012 consists of three main chapters. Chapter 1 presents the result of the analysis of institutional frameworks for water environmental management in each …
The Tawi, the river that gives Jammu its identity, is today a channel to dispose of human waste, and little else. The amount of organic matter in the river is around 12 times the level that may be possible to treat and use for drinking. What is shocking is that …
When the first set of detailed data from Census 2011, Houses, Households Amenities and Assets, was released a couple of weeks ago, there was much flinching at the fact that around half of all Indians still defecate in the open. The census data also showed that piped and treated drinking …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Ministry for Environment & Forests, the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Jal Boad on a petition by a social activist alleging that the release of effluents from the Capital's sewage treatment plants into water bodies was polluting …
Flowing of city drains, nallahs into Tawi JAMMU: Having remained inactive over the issue of preparing a comprehensive plan to preserve river Tawi and making it free from pollution, for which a resolution was passed in the Upper House last year, majority of the members in the House of Elders …
The Centre was asked by the Delhi high court on Wednesday to respond to a PIL seeking a ban on treated effluents entering water bodies. The PIL urges HC to issue directions to environment ministry to take steps to stop flow of treated effluent from sewerage treatment plants (STPs) into …
Glory of City’s largest lake far from being restored; Rs 1.91 crore goes down the drain Despite spending Rs 1.91 crore, the rejuvenation of the Bellandur lake has been halted midway, states a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report. After the State government’s nod, the Bellandur lake, which is spread …
It is time the government stopped treating environment as a soft subject. The health of the people and future growth of the state depend on it. Funds — lack of which has held up sewage treatment plants — would be the foremost concern Of the various forms of pollution, that …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has been implementing a number of schemes for industrial as well as environmental pollution abatement under which financial assistance is provided to the State implementing agencies. These schemes are on-going in nature and include the following Centrally Sponsored/Central Sector Schemes: National River Conservation …
KOCHI: It was part of the efforts to regulate the increasing number of highrise buildings that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) issued a fresh set of guidelines towards getting environmental clearance for high-rise buildings in three states, including Kerala. According to the new set of rules, any high-rise …
Two major Information Technology (IT) buildings in the State, work on which had been taken up without obtaining the mandatory environment clearance, are among the six ventures that have sought approval from the newly constituted State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC). The first meeting of SEAC, to be held in Thiruvananthapuram …
This report has been prepared for submission to the Governor under Article 151 of the Constitution. The report contains findings on performance audit and audit of transactions in various departments including Public Works and Irrigation and Public Health Departments, audit of stores and stock, audit of autonomous bodies. The report …
The annual pilgrimage to Shri Amarnath Shrine would commence on June 25 and culminate on August 2. With many pilgrims losing their lives due to health problems, it has been decided that devotees would now have to produce a medical certificate at the time of registration in order to undertake …
Residents of eight villages around Chandigarh will not have to suffer the stink emanating from the open drain carrying water from the Mohali sewerage treatment plant to villages as the open drain will now be replaced by an underground pipeline. The Counsel for the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) submitted this …
There is no doubt that increased urbanisation and industrialisation have caused pollution of rivers in Andhra Pradesh. Studies conducted at various stations along the Godavari, Krishna, Pennar and Nagavali rivers by the Andhra Pradesh Pollu-tion Control Board show that increased human and industrial activity have compromised the health of the …
The European Union funded SWITCH-Asia Greening Sri Lanka Hotels project, implemented by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce had been in operation since 2009 and has successfully engaged 170 hotels throughout Sri Lanka, helping them to enhance their environmental performance through improvement of energy, water and waste management. Subsequent to the …
