Ranchi: Upcoming buildings in the city will have to include a water harvesting plan in their design to get the approval of the government henceforth.

After constant deliberation of the Rotarians of the state for two years, the state government has finally agreed to make water-harvesting mandatory for every urban building.

Karan Grover

after Pune, which is reaping the benefits of an eco-housing scheme launched last year, Mumbai now can do the same. The decks stand cleared for the launch of an eco-housing scheme in Mumbai, which offers financial incentives to both builders and consumers. Prepared by Pune-based Science and Technology Park and recently adopted by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (mcgm), the

Entrepreneur and former owner of Asha Central Hospital Dr. Neville Fernando would be investing over Rs. one billion to put up South Asian Institute of Technology and Management (SAITM) at Malabe.

Kolkata boasts of India

By Maggie Shiels

Claude the albino alligator relaxes in a swamp complete with a heated rock while all around him workmen battle against the clock to put the finishing touches to the largest public green building in the world.

Biodiversity Conservation India Limited (bcil), which was set up in Bangalore in 1995 by Chandrashekar Hariharan, is known for its eco-friendly sustainable homes like tzed and TownsEnd. The company has its roots in the ngo background of its promoters who, for many years, worked on basic resources of water and energy with the Academy for Mountain Environics.

President Pratibha Patil has asked educational institutions to include energy-efficient design technologies in the curriculum of engineering and architecture courses. Stressing on the need to adopt energy efficient designs during constructions of new buildings, the President asked for including these methods in academic courses so that pollution levels can be reduced. Ms Patil said National Action Plan on Climate Change is a major step forward in India