Building Materials

DDA will install cameras at 26 spots along Yamuna to stop debris dumping

A month after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued orders to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to protect the Yamuna river belt, the authority has decided to install 100 CCTV cameras at 26

Publication Date:

14/04/2015

Author(s): Shalini Narayan

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Building Materials, Yamuna, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Solid Waste

Solid Waste

Government to come out with rules to tackle hazards posed by construction waste

The Environment Ministry has decided to come out with rules to deal with the health hazards posed by the waste generated from construction of various infrastructure projects.

Publication Date:

07/04/2015

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Building Materials, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Land Pollution, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Solid Waste

Habitat And Urbanisation

Indigenous earth building construction technology in Ota, Nigeria

This paper documents the earth construction techniques used in Ota in order to preserve the earth construction heritage of the Ota people while checking the suitability of the earth materials used, using soil classification tests. Interviews of earth constructors in six villages in Ota were conducted to determine their material selection criteria, material processing and construction techniques.

Publication Date:

01/04/2015

Author(s): Isaac I Akinwumi, Paul O Awoyera, Olamide O Bello

Source: Current Science

Vol:

14

Issue:

2

pp:

206-212

Tags:

Building Technology, Traditional Knowledge, Nigeria, Africa, Building Materials, Developing Countries

Solid Waste

NGT cracks whip on vehicles dumping construction materials

The rampant disposal of debris and construction material on the roads has been brought to the attention of the National Green Tribunal which has now directed the civic agencies to confiscate vehicl

Publication Date:

31/03/2015

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Building Materials, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Land, Agriculture, Roads

Solid Waste

Confiscate vehicles dumping building, other waste on roads, orders NGT

The National Green Tribunal has passed directions, ordering confiscation of vehicles being used in illegal dumping of building or waste material on roads.

Publication Date:

31/03/2015

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Building Materials, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Waste Disposal, Pollution, Solid Waste

Industry

Overview on brick kiln: Pollution, technology and where we need to go

Presentation by Nivit Kumar Yadav of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Author(s): Nivit Kumar Yadav

Tags:

Bricks, India, Building Materials, Air Pollution, Coal, Firewood, China, Bangladesh, Black Carbon, Soil Capability, Workers, Child Labour, Occupational Health, Pakistan, Vietnam, Nepal, South Asia, Land Degradation, Anil Agarwal Dialogue

Water Resources

Rao Inderjit Singh orders mapping of encroached water channels

GURGAON: Expressing concern over shrinking natural drains and depletion of groundwater in Gurgaon, Union minister of state and Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh has directed deputy commissioner T L Sat

Publication Date:

25/02/2015

Source: Times Of India (Gurgaon)

Tags:

Haryana, Groundwater, Land Encroachments, Building Materials, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Water Resources

Solid Waste

Construction waste being dumped in McLeodganj hills

Debris generated from construction sites in Dharamsala is being dumped in the hills turning the eco-sensitive zone into a landfill site.

Publication Date:

02/02/2015

Author(s): Lalit Mohan

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Himachal Pradesh, Building Materials, Landfill, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Ecosystems, Waste Disposal, Solid Waste

Water Pollution

No one takes charge of Hindon as filth flows in it

GHAZIABAD: While the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the dumping of construction waste and religious items into the Yamuna in the national capital, there is no clarity yet on which agency

Publication Date:

19/01/2015

Author(s): Ayaskant Das

Source: Times Of India (Noida)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Hindon, Gautam Budha Nagar, Municipal Corporation, Building Materials, River Pollution, Environmentalists, Water Pollution

Water Pollution