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. …
LUCKNOW: In a major boost to clean the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, the Union environment ministry has formally cleared four new projects, which entail an expense of Rs 512 crore. A deal to this effect was clinched by the state government at a high-level meeting held in New Delhi between …
PT Mohanan Pillai SABARIMALAI: The much-delayed sewage treatment plant at Sannidhanam will get a new lease of life with the finalisation of the contract for the project on Monday next. Talking to the Express, Additional Chief Secretary and chairman of the High-Power Committee on Sabarimala Infrastructure Development K Jayakumar said …
JAMMU, Jan 5: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today laid foundation of 30 MLD sewerage treatment plant here to be executed by Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA) under Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan assistance at a cost of Rs. 28.61 crore. The project has been envisaged to improve the …
The National Urban Sanitation Policy 2008 (NUSP) introduced by Ministry of Urban Development. Government of India with a vision to make all Indian cities totally sanitized, healthy, livable and has provided the required framework to move towards urban sanitation in an integrated manner with addressing the issues related to urban …
Industries alone are not to be blamed for water pollution in Orissa. A large dose of contribution comes from agriculture and domestic sectors too. Runoffs from agriculture fields, contaminated with pesticides as well as insecticidal chemicals, have been identified as a major pollutant of water in the State. Though the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mayor K. Chandrika will convene a meeting of contractors, coastal wards' councillors and Kerala Water Authority (KWA) officials early next month in a bid to expedite work on the Muttathara Sewage Treatment Plant project. The Rs.80-crore Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), being jointly set up by the city Corporation and …
As its gas supply infrastructure has suffered major leakages over the last 30 years, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided to discontinue the supply of domestic biogas to its 4,000-odd consumers in South Delhi from January 25 next year. The water utility body is now considering alternative uses for …
PATHANAMTHITTA: The Legislative Committee on Environment chaired by Rajaji Mathew Thomas has expressed concern over pollution of the Pampa at the foothills of Sabarimala during the Mandalam- Makaravilakku pilgrim season. Holding a sitting at Pampa on Monday, Mr. Mathew said it was high time authorities think of setting up modern …
Vadodara/Surat: Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) stormed the annual awards for implementation of the JnNURM scheme by winning three key awards. The city got awards for project implementation, improvement in water supply and waste water sector, and implementation of pro-poor reforms. Surat was the another city from the state to get …
This document in two volumes deals with the Environmental and Social Management Framework of National Ganga River Basin Authority established by the government for comprehensive management of the river. This document in two volumes deals with the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA). …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has been implementing an ambitious programme of pollution abatement of rivers in India. It started in 1985 with the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) and gradually extended to other polluted rivers through National River Conservation Plan (NRCP). The current programmes covered under NRCP include …
Ngong Ping is located on Lantau Island, the most important outlaying island of Hong Kong that is home to the famous Hong Kong Internatonal Airport and Asia's longest cable car system. Sewage discharge on Ngong Pong relied on distributed septic tanks and soakway systems that imposed severe limitations on the …
MARGAO: Demanding scrapping of the land acquisition process to acquire fields for the expansion of Margao sewage treatment plant at Sirvodem, Navelim villagers on Sunday have resolved to write to the Margao Municipal Council to stop to the discharge of city
In spite of lifting an average of 5 lakh litres of water everyday to meet the requirement of about 4,000 people, the rainwater harvest tank in the Yenepoya University premises at Deralakatte provides water for about 7 months in a year. Ronald Anil Fernandes takes a look at the novel …
Responsibility for water system services in a metropolitan area demands more extensive measures than just constructing and operating advanced treatment plants. It is necessary to have a good understanding of the water cycle and waters
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. This publications includes the environmental status and action plan for …
CPCB has evolved a Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) for 88 study areas with an objective of identifying polluted clusters or areas in order to take concerted action and to centrally monitor them at the national level to improve the current status of their environmental components such as air and …
In a bid to conserve water, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is gearing up to recycle sewage water and reuse it for non-potable purposes. If all goes as per plan, by 2015 the city will have seven sewage water treatment plants. The city generates 1,700 million litre daily (MLD) of …
