Mumbai: The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) will set up the Barc Centre for Incubation of Technologies (Barcit) for better interaction with the industry and understanding the market needs.
MUMBAI: From the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd link road, the bio-medical waste treatment plant of the municipal corporation looks like an innocuous small factory with its chimney spewing gentle, white fumes.
BARC to help deal with waste The Bombay high court on July 21 set up a four-member committee to look into the feasibility of decentralized waste management in Mumbai. The court passed the order on a petition by the Smoke Affected Residents Forum, formed by Chembur residents, affected by pollution from the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai
THE two-member experts team from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), after two long sessions of detailed investigation, have not found radioactive materials on the North Korean cargo ship, which the Indian Coast Guard had detained on August 5 off the Hut Bay of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
As the Punjab government has failed to set up any medical commission to find out why cancer has become a major killer and what is leading to its spread, especially in the Malwa region, experts continue to differ on the cancer-causing agents there.
Experts rule out harm to health
The much-awaited report filed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, has ruled out any possible danger to the health of people staying in Punjab due to the presence of uranium.
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) has initiated research and development projects on desalination and water purification technologies so that sea water could be converted into potable water by using atomic energy.
MUMBAI: At a time when Chembur residents are seeking the closure of the Deonar dumping ground for emitting toxic gases, a bio-medical waste treatment plant set up by the BMC at the ground's entrance is adding to their woes. The incinerator, which burns 10 metric tonnes of bio-medical waste, is situated near residential buildings.
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (GJU), Hisar, has joined hands with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), for setting up a Centre for Radioecology in the university.
