The decks have been cleared for the long-pending refurbishment of Delhi’s oldest water treatment plant (WTP), Chandrawal WTP, after the Delhi Jal Board gave the go-ahead for the project on Wednesda
The Directorate of Mines and Geology has submitted a list of additional 38 mining leases to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), after the mines were surveyed to map their distance
The Haryana Forest Department is mapping forests damaged by fire using Global Positioning System (GPS) and plans to use satellite pictures to evaluate changes in forest and plantation areas.
There is a need to adapt measures to cultivate in a situation where land and water are depleting, without causing damage to the environment: V-C
Groundwater accounts for more than 60 per cent of the total agricultural water use and more than 80 per cent of drinking water requirements. Climate change has tremendous impact on groundwater resources and consequently on agriculture and also drinking water use
The deathly sludge that entombed most of Kedarnath town in just 24 hours on the evening of June 16 and on June 17 morning may have just changed life in the Indian Himalayas forever.
The projects would be finalised and sent for central approval by month-end
The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing a blueprint for 'slum-free cities' in 21 urban centres under the centrally-sponsored Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). The projects estimated at Rs 1,000 crore would be finalised and sent for central approval by month-end.
Come July, students and teachers in 20 schools will get the opportunity to monitor climate change in the country using scientific instruments worth USD 150,000 donated by Karuna Foundation in the U
Planned at Koorgalli on the outskirts, it will help record data to design solar panels
The City of Palaces, which is gradually making great strides in tapping unconventional sources of energy, will soon have a solar radiation test centre at Koorgalli on the outskirts. The development is significant as Mysore, along with Hubli, is among 48 cities in the country that have been selected for the ‘Solar City’ project.
