Energy

 Windmill to the rescue

Builder taps wind energy to complete project on time The first phase of the Golden Park housing project in Kalyan in Thane district ended about two years ago. By then the builder was fed up with the irregular power supply that had escalated the cost and delayed the project. Now, it is the residents who face the ordeal of seven to eight hours of erratic power cuts daily. The

Publication Date: 
30/07/2009
Rajil Menon
Down to Earth
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Wind Energy, Construction Industry, Energy, Turbines, Maharashtra, Thane (D)
India

 Republic quaked

Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out from a landscape of debris, it appears as the most imposing symbol of a system that is in comatose, though not d

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
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Monuments, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Housing, Building Technology, Construction Industry, Governance, India, Delhi, Gujarat, Bhuj
India

 No signs of science

D eath and earthquakes do not come by appointment. However, an earth

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
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Monuments, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Housing, Building Technology, Construction Industry, Governance, India, Delhi, Gujarat, Bhuj
India

 Shaky business

A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat s homes to rubbles

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
Down to Earth
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Monuments, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Housing, Building Technology, Construction Industry, Governance, India, Delhi, Gujarat, Bhuj

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