The extraction of slate generates huge amounts of waste. As much as 50% of the material is wasted during the extraction, cutting and dressing operations. Based on laboratory work carried out by author it is analysed that the slate waste can be used in the preparation of concrete blocks for application in building construction.
An Act to provide for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Conservation) Act, 1997. It extends to the whole of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. It shall come into force at once.
This Writ Petition was filed in 1990 in the Supreme Court by the Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action & Others. against the industries and the CETP managements of PETL at Pathancheru and Bolaram for the pollution of the ground water and surface water caused by the discharge of the effluents from these CETPs. Among others, the A.P.
An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Appellate Authority to hear appeals with respect to restriction of areas in which any industries, operations or processes or class of industries, operations or processes shall not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards under the Environment (Protectio
This paper attempts to present the linkages between irrigated agriculture, human health and the environment based on a review of data available from Sri Lanka.
To study the role of snow and ice in the global watercycle and in the world climatic system, research methods should be further standardized and inform from different region integrated. Representing these field of research, the International Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSI) has already made some guideline studies on the runoff prediction and evaluation.
Gandhiji's environmentalism was based on the following ethical principles: non-violence, truth and persevering the truth; shunning the use of materials obtained by illegitimate means and so on. Gandhiji said that we can use the bounties of nature but not with an element of greed.
A vast number of Chemicals are in use at present and they pose vital threat to the environment and mankind, unless handled and managed in proper way, and hence the Govt. of India has Rules under title Chemical Accidents (Emergency planning, Preparedness and response) Rules, 1996 framed to effectively deal with Chemical emergency.
