The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), appointed by the state in 2009 to study and suggest measures for management of e-waste in Mumbai, will submit its report by April 2011.

Software-to-soap maker Wipro Ltd plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint by half in the next five years. The Bangalore-based company with significant interests in IT, would reduce GHG intensity to 2.5 tonnes per employee by 2015, according to the company

ITANAGAR, Mar 31: In response to the clarion call of Governor Gen (Retd) J J Singh for a Clean, Green and Plastic Free Arunachal, NABARD has sanctioned a pilot project on Solid Waste Management under its Rural Innovation Fund to be implemented in the state capital. The project is sanctioned to ENVIRON, a prominent NGO working in environment with its head Office at Guwahati.

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Project report to be prepared within three months

Set to change: Burning of garbage at Kilburn Nagar dumping yard is expected to reduce with the Madhavaram Municipality planning solid waste management measures.

PRASHANT PANDEY
NEW DELHI
The tourism ministry has made it clear to the states that their tourism projects would be taken up on priority basis if they came up with concrete plans for solid waste management and providing wayside amenities on the state and the national highways along the route to tourist destinations or tourist circuits.

Every movement needs a poster boy. India's quest for securing its water needs could use Rajiv Mittal. At 49, the Managing Director of VA Tech Wabag, is one of the younger water entrepreneurs who are changing the way we treat the liquid that sustains our life.