Environment

Hotel with green fingers

The Taj West End hotel in Bangalore implements practices which have won it the prestigious National Tourism Award for being the best eco-friendly hotel in India. The award recognises the hotel's efforts to promote eco-friendly initiatives and its commitment to protect, conserve, and restore the natural environment.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Susheela Nair
Civil Society
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Natural Fertilisers, Natural Pesticides, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Green Buildings, Tourism, Awards, India, Bangalore (T), Waste Recycling
Environment

Lavish green homes

T-Zed Homes, a housing complex on six acres of Varathur Road in Bangalore has new age apartments built by Biodiversity Conservation India Ltd (BCIL), Asia's largest green building company.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Vidya Viswanathan
Civil Society
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Water Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Building Materials, Personalities, India, Bangalore (T), Waste Recycling
Hazardous Waste

E-waste recycling best option for resource recovery and sustainable environment

Bangalore figures prominently in the world map for its contribution in Information Technology (IT). This phenomental growth over the past decade, has given rise to the generation of lot of electronic waste. E-waste thus generated contains many recoverable metals and non metals along with hazardous wastes and their improper disposal may cause environmental problems.

Publication Date: 
29/02/2008
Parthasarathy P., Keshav A. Bulbule, Anantha Murthy K.S.
Research Journal of Chemistry And Environment
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Electronic Waste, India, Bangalore (T), Waste Recycling, Toxic Wastes
Air Pollution

Urban trees in Bangalore city: literature review and pilot study on the role of trees in mitigating air pollution and the.....

Urban forests are a vital component of the urban ecosystems and are gaining importance as the quality of this ecosystem is deteriorating. The main problem with urban greening today, is that very little information is available to planners and

Publication Date: 
01/01/2008
SECON Pvt. Ltd
Tags:
Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Trees, SPM, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), India, Bangalore (T)
Air Pollution

Baby, you can plug in my car

India's electric car Reva sets the wheels in motion in climate-conscious UK

Publication Date: 
12/11/2007
Outlook (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Electric, United Kingdom (UK), Bangalore (T), Reva Electric Car Co
Industry

 Online Water at a click

http://www.indiawaterportal.org

Want to know how much rainfall your area received in 1910? In India, this data is difficult to obtain for the average citizen. But at this site you can get this information at a click. Datasets for various meteorological indicators between 1901 and 2002 is just one type of resource provided by http://www.indiawaterportal.org.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Management, Water Harvesting, Watershed Development, India, Bangalore (T), Tumkur (D), Rainfall
Habitat And Urbanisation

Back From The Brink?

Insidious roads: While vehicle population has exploded in the city, roads continue to be narrow and congested. But a Metro rail service (see inset) may help ease traffic

Publication Date: 
03/06/2007
Venkatesha Babu
Business Today (New Delhi)
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Cauvery, Water Demand, Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Tamil Nadu
Science And Technology

Natures Medicine

FEW businessmen would spend a lot of time talking about a harmless virus. But this virus, called a phage, kills bacteria that are dangerous to human beings. You could use it as a drug, if we knew how to tame it and get it to the right place. Some institutions and a few companies have tried to do it for decades, but with limited success.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2007
P. Hari
Business World (Kolkata)
Tags:
Medical Research, Drugs, Science And Technology, Bangalore (T)
Air Pollution

Third report on particulate pollution reduction strategy in seven critically polluted cities

This report provides information about progress in implementing the city action plans and the specific directions sought by the Hon

Publication Date: 
01/10/2006
Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, RSPM (PM 10), Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Supreme Court, Hyderabad (T), Ahmedabad (T), Bangalore (T), Pune (T), Chennai (T), Kanpur (T), Lucknow (T), Air Quality and Health
Water Supply

 Watered down on social equity

BWSSB already wants to close public fountains in Bangalore city as the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike asn't paid up its dues of Rs 160 crore.Will GBWASP attend to the water needs of the poor? Right now,

Publication Date: 
30/12/2005
Down to Earth
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Urban Water Supply, Slums, Karnataka, Bangalore (T)

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