Green Living
Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) dreams of self-sufficient in dealing with its own garbage in individual houses henceforth KSSP is now coming out with a new package and a unit that can treat all kitchen waste produced and that is converted into biogas which can be used for cooking instead of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). [...] Continue Reading »
The senior forest officials approved an ambitious scheme to plant 100 crore saplings across the state in Maharashtra. The principal forest secretary Praveensingh Pardesi reported saying that they have come up with a comprehensive plan to plant 100 cr saplings within a year. However the government agencies are initiating NGOs, educational institutions and entrepreneurs for the [...] Continue Reading »
Green housing has become just a key component for the builders and the developers to attract the property buyers to them. The green housing theme and the intension behind building a green city has been fading down since the developers find this “green housing” term as catchy phrase instead of serving the actual purpose of [...] Continue Reading »
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation has given time to manufacturers, wholesale traders and retailers till August 15 to shift from using plastic carry bags of thickness 20 microns and above. “According to the new Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2011, the municipal Corporation could fine manufactures caught making plastic carry bags of thickness below 40 [...] Continue Reading »
A ‘cool roof’ is one treated with a coating to reduce the amount of absorbed solar radiation and heat. Research suggests that such roofs are more reflective that the conventional ones. Leading to savings on your AC bill. This, in turn, reduces carbon emissions and helps in promoting a cooler and a greener planet. To [...] Continue Reading »
Records show BBMP Bangalore planted about 3 lakh saplings across the city but has no clue on their condition now. The BBMP’s green measures have environmentalists seeing red, with good reason. The civic agency’s huge expenditure on saplings has the hallmark of bad planning and worse execution. The BBMP expenditure on saplings is reflected on [...] Continue Reading »
Puttenahalli Lake Bangalore JP Nagar sparkles with new hope. A group of residents to help BBMP Bangalore in maintaining Puttenahalli Lake. Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT) signed an MOU on May 17 with the BBMP to maintain Puttenahalli Lake. This makes them the first residents group of Bangalore to take charge of maintaining a [...] Continue Reading »
Doddanakkundi Lake in Marathahalli that used to provide water to irrigate nearby fields is today choking with sewage from apartments that have recently mushroomed around it. Public concern is mounting as Doddanakundi is a hotspot for the booming real estate business. Land encroachers started to gobble up the lake area. Doddanakkundi corporator NR Sridhar Reddy [...] Continue Reading »
Rainwater harvesting has been made mandatory in the city following an amendment to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Bill 2009. To pressure consumers into installing the now-mandatory rainwater harvesting system on their property, the State Government has decided to bring slackers into line by disconnecting their water supply. December 31, 2011 is the [...] Continue Reading »
To curb the mafia, BWSSB Bangalore has now issued fresh guidelines for discharging effluents of industrial, trade effluents or domestic wastewater. The new guidelines bring in conditions where the samples have to be tested and then discharged. There shall not be any discharges after sunset and on general and government holidays. BWSSB has at last [...] Continue Reading »
