To Cut Emissions In Udaipur, Rajkot & Vizag

Ahmedabad: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (Cept) University and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) are going to make Udaipur, Rajkot and Visakhapatnam low carbon cities. The institutes will work together on improving the mobility in these cities while lowering carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. As lead agencies of this project, the institutes will help civic authorities set up greener transport system infrastructure, which will help bring down carbon emissions in the cities.

Noise levels in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam are touching alarming levels with the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board ignoring the problem.

Dona Paula (Goa): India is getting ready to safeguard its 7000-km coastline from invasive alien species.

Visakhapatnam, Oct. 11: The state

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Oct. 5: The minister for forests and environment, Mr P.

Visakhapatnam, Sept. 13: The city will need 122 million gallons per day (mgd) water by 2015 and the district administration is making efforts to increase resources and streamline the existing supply system.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, district collector Mr J.

Visakhapatnam, July 19: The district authorities would come up with short-term plans to solve drinking water problem in the city, said district collector J. Shyamala Rao.

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Visakhapatnam, May 31: Stating that the rising levels of pollution in the city was causing severe pro-blems to residents, the state government had responded to the issue by establishing a pollution monitoring and control cell at Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda).