Ruling AAP government in Delhi has come up with a smart idea to reduce rising air pollution in Delhi. The Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that government will fund Rs. 2 crore into any start-up or researchers, student, organizations, teams etc. that will suggest
In a first of its kind initiative, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is sending a group of sweepers and diggers (beldars) on a official trip to foreign countries in order to provide them exposure to sanitation, cleanliness, waste disposal etc. in these nations. The
This year, Diwali has brought real bad news for India’s capital Delhi. In terms of pollution, India’s capital Delhi was ranked first in the world. The air of Delhi was declared highly toxic by various studies and now, with Diwali arriving, the meteorological department of
According to a World Bank Report, by 2100 the waste production of the world is likely to increase to 11 million metric tons per day -three times of what we are producing currently. Urbanization and industrialization are picking pace and with it comes piles of
In 2015, when rest of the country is putting a fight against garbage, littering, and proper waste disposal, Shimla, also known as the ‘Queen of Hills’, summer capital of the British India and now an international tourist destination, stands embarrassed as the Municipal Corporation
India’s first dolphin community reserve is planned in West Bengal to protect the endangered Gangetic river dolphins, announced the West Bengal Wildlife Board. There are only 2, 000 dolphins left in entire country and in the entire distribution range along the Ganga Brahamputra river system.
Local media from drought hit Karnataka alleged that crop on farmland equal to three football grounds which belongs to farmer Neelappa Hirebidari of Gudagur village in Ranibennur taluk in Karnataka has been uprooted for construction of temporary stage for AICC vice-president Rahul Gandh’s rally on
In order to achieve the goal of making Indian capital a solar city, Delhi Government has informed that soon Delhi Secretariat will be the first Secretariat in the country to be powered completely by solar energy. Under the project a 3 MW ground-based solar
Dr Kishore Munshi, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, has developed a water-less toilet – the Dry San Hygienic Rural Toilet. The toilet is designed as a solution for farming and tribal community living in Indian villages that faces water-shortage. The toilet doesn’t require water for
Baripatha, a tribal village in southwest of Bhubaneswar, is the first 100 percent solar-powered village in Odisha. The project was inaugurated on Firday by Nalco CMD Tapan Kumar Chand. It’s for first time that this village has experienced a life with electricity after a