New method reduces water requirement for forage cultivation

Forcing future change

The Green Rating Project GRP of the Centre for Science and Environment was conceived as a means to track the environmental performance of India s key industrial sectors. Its essence? There had to be a way civil society could provide and make public

Problem: Terrain forbids water supply systems that work in plains; Status: Water crisis in peak season every year; Challenge: Develop decentralised water supply systems

Problem: Lack of space for garbage disposal; inadequate sewerage; Status: Garbage disposed on hill slopes ends in streams/rivers; Challenge: Introduce decentralised technologies for wast

Problem: Tall buildings risky in high seismic zones; Status: Hill stations are getting concretised and growing vertically; Challenge: Use local construction material; regulate traffic

Planners must stop looking down at hill stations