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28 Sep 2010

Air Pollution in the Month of October is Getting Worse - is Delhi Ready?

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For the city of Delhi, an air quality index methodology was proposed and applied for six criteria pollutants - PM10, PM2.5, CO, NOx, SO2, and Ozone and analyzed for trends in the past three years of data. The AQI is reported on a scale of 0 to 500 and subdivided into six colored bins for easy understanding of the common person and the media.

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Dr. Sarath Guttikunda

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Dispersing Pollution

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Energy

Energy and urban innovation

This report outlines the energy-related challenges that cities, particularly large and 'mega-cities', will face during the coming decades. It analyses the technical and policy actions that must be taken to meet these challenges and the role the energy industry and business can play in designing and implementing efficient solutions

Publication Date:

31/08/2010

Source: World Energy Council

Tags:

Energy, Urbanisation, India, Global, Energy Efficiency, Buildings, Urban Transport, Green House Gases, Energy Policy, Energy Technology, Carbon Dioxide

Transport

Juhu-Bandra residents upset over elevated 2nd Metro route

MUMBAI: Citizens' groups in the Juhu-Bandra area are getting ready for a long drawn battle with the MMRDA over the issue of an underground section of the second Metro line-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd.

Publication Date:

03/08/2009

Source: Times Of India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Pollution, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Urban Transport, Metro, Maharashtra, Mumbai

Transport

The question of our age

The manner in which we change matters

That we need to change is beyond doubt. What matters is the manner in which we plan to afford the change.

Publication Date:

03/07/2009

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Solar Energy, Public Transport, Urban Transport, Energy, Delhi

Agriculture

News 360o - Briefs

china land reform Policy to double rural earnings China

Publication Date:

29/11/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Oil Pollution, Land Reforms, Agriculture, Natural Disasters, Transport, Volcanic Eruptions, Mud, Urban Transport, Cycles, Farmers, Energy, Oil Exploration, Electricity, Power Transmission, Nigeria, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Korea

Economy

India infrastructure report 2008: business models of the future

The India Infrastructure Report 2008 discusses: competitive bidding models for infrastructure projects and critical factors required for a minimum subsidy model to succeed; models on auction bidding for rural infrastructure, e-governance, and multi-channel delivery mechanism; tolling and payment mechanism models for roads, railways, and airports; models for public service financing and affordable

Publication Date:

01/05/2008

Author(s): Anupam Rastogi, Prem Kalra, Ajay Pandey

Source: Oxford University Press

Tags:

Transport, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urban Transport, Water Supply, Sanitation, Health Care, Energy, Power Transmission, Private Sector, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), India, Infrastructure Development, Telecommunication

Rs 46,994-cr plan for B'lore traffic

The Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA), constituted by the State government under the framework of National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP), has accorded approval to the Comprehensi

Publication Date:

26/03/2008

Source: Deccan Herald

Tags:

Transport, Urban Transport

In city budget, transport gets max 29% of outlay

A few months away from elections and hurtling towards the Commonwealth games deadline of 2010, the Delhi government has in its 2008-09 Budget made an unprecedented 41% hike in the allocation for the t

Publication Date:

25/03/2008

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Economy, CFL, Urban Transport, Health Care, Delhi, Planning Commission

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