Udaipur (D)

Gehlot urges people to plant trees

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday called upon the people to plant trees and nurture them to stop environmental degradation and make the ongoing

Publication Date:

20/07/2009

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Afforestation, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D)

Water Resources

In Udaipur, tourism dries up along with its lakes

Udaipur: When Jennifer took the non-stop flight from New York to New Delhi, there was a place she

Publication Date:

09/07/2009

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Lakes, Pichola, Tourism, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D)

Water Resources

Lake conservation plan flawed

Tourism is priority; not ecology as the Rajasthan government prepares to award contracts for restoring Pichola lake near Udaipur

Publication Date:

14/06/2009

Author(s): Sushmita Sengupta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution Control, Water Resources, Lakes, Pichola, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Lake Action Plan, Public Participation, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D)

Agriculture

Low highs

Phosphorous, abundant soon nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium are the three major nutrients required for plant growth. An increase in the world

Publication Date:

14/05/2009

Author(s): Sudeep Neelakantan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Chemical Fertilisers, Mining, Research, India, Udaipur (D)

Mining

A process for making slow-release phosphate fertilizer from low-grade rock phosphate and siliceous tailings by fusion

Worldwide demand of phosphate fertilizer is met essentially

Publication Date:

25/03/2009

Author(s): Navin K. Sharma, Pushpendra Ranawat, Kosanam Mohan Kumar

Source: Current Science

Vol:

96

Issue:

6

pp:

843

Tags:

Agricultural Inputs, Mining, Stone Industry, Waste Conversion, Mining Waste, Udaipur (D)

Mining

Production of epsom, gypsum and other industrial products from the mill tailings of Jhamarkotra rock phosphate project, India

At the Jhamarkotra rock phosphate mines, the lowgrade Proterozoic rock phosphate containing 14

Publication Date:

10/03/2009

Author(s): P. S. Ranawat, K. Mohan Kumar, Navin K. Sharma

Source: Current Science

Vol:

96

Issue:

5

pp:

713

Tags:

Agriculture, Agricultural Inputs, Mining, Waste Conversion, Mining Waste, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D), Sustainable Development

The dirt from white

Documentary>> Marble Mutton with Slurry Water

Publication Date:

27/02/2009

Author(s): Abhinav Rathi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D)

Animal Care

Dental fluorosis in domestic animals

High fluoride level in drinking water causes different kinds of toxicosis in humans and animals. The present investigation was undertaken to observe different forms of enamal mottling in mature and immature domestic animals consuming water containing fluoride below the maximum permissible level.

Publication Date:

25/12/2008

Author(s): S. L. Choubisa

Source: Current Science

Vol:

12

Issue:

12

pp:

1674

Tags:

Animal Care, Animal Diseases, Water Quality, Drinking Water Standards, Fluorosis, Oral Health, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D)

Water Resources

Centre to release funds for water projects in Rajasthan

JAIPUR: The Centre will shortly release Rs.259 crore for two ambitious projects for conservation and pollution control in the world-famous Pichola lake of Udaipur and Chambal river of Kota district in Rajasthan under the National Lake Conservation Project (NLCP).

Publication Date:

14/12/2008

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

River Pollution, Lake Pollution, Chambal, Lakes, Rajasthan, Kota (D), Udaipur (D)

Agriculture