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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Urban local initiatives and government responses: A case of Dev Nadi in Pune
Posted on 21 Oct, 2010 01:26 PMMost of the rivers and streams in urban India are dead. With a very few and rare exceptions, these once-beautiful water bodies have been encroached upon, sources dried up or converted into sewage drains all over the country.Water is being sourced or pumped from sites upstream of the city for its needs or from long distances and the city administration has little incentive for cleaning its own muck. The dismal figures of urban sewage treated by sewage treatment plants, their installed capacity and efficiency stand testimony to this.
Environmental Pollution and Management - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 13 Oct, 2010 10:32 PMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Environmental Pollution and Management is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Environmental Pollution and Management is structured into modules on the following topics:
Ramlila performed on a river, in Saharanpur after 30 years !
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 03:22 PMSaharanpur (9 Oct) : History was created in Saharanpur once again. Today, Paondhoi had thousands of visitors (e.g.
The water (prevention and control of pollution) cess (amendment) act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (2003)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:16 AMModification of Section 16
The water (prevention and control of pollution) cess act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1977)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:12 AMThe document provides the details of the Act in terms of :
The water (prevention and control of pollution) act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1974)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:08 AMThe document provides the details of the steps to be undertaken to implement the Act and includes:
The water (prevention and control of pollution) rules - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1975)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:01 AMThis document provides information on the rules underlying the section 63 of the Water (prevention and control of pollution) act and includes:
- Title and the definition of terms underlying the rules
- Information on the terms and conditions of service of the members of the central board and of committees of the central board
- Power and duties of the chairman and the member secretary and appointment of officers and employees
- Rules in case of temperory association of persons with the central board
- Rules for the appointment of a consultant engineer
- Budget of the central board
- Annual report of the central board
- Account of the central board
- Report of the central board analyst
- Rules for the establishment and functioning of the central water laboratory
- Powers and functions of the central board in relation to the union territories
Watershed Management - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 07:54 AMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Watershed Management is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner.
Takeaways from NEERI brainstorming workshop - Water technology developers and other stakeholders
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 03:21 AMThe National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) is a premier CSIR laboratory. On September 7th, NEERI held a brainstorming workshop entitled "Interface between water technology developers and other stakeholders”. The purpose of the workshop was to engage better with other players involved with bringing scientific innovation in the water sector to reach large numbers of people who need the innovations. Attendees included scientists from many CSIR laboratories involved with water research, senior central government officials from the Rural Water Supply Department and the Dept of Science and Technology, State government officials, representatives from leading corporate houses including Eureka Forbes and Unilever and NGOs.
Brainstorming workshop on interface between water technology developers and other stakeholders by NEERI
Posted on 08 Oct, 2010 08:17 PMA workshop on developing interface between water technology developers and other stakeholders particularly those who actively address water policy issues namely officials of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Public Health Engineering Department, NGOs, International Organisations and Professional Associations was held by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) with support of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) at Nagpur on 7th September, 2010.