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The national environment appellate authority act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1997)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:53 AMThis document provides the details of the Act made to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Appellate Authority that will 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 (Protection) Act, 1986 and for other matters concerned therewith.
The environment protection act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1986,2001,2005)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:48 AMThe document provides the details of the Environment Protection Act (1986) and includes:
- Information on the short title, extend and commencement of the Act
- Definitions of terms included in the Act
- General powers of the central government in implementing the Act
- Appointment of officers and their powers and functions
- Power of central government to give directions
- Rules to regulate environmental pollution
- Details of rules for prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution
The environment protection rules - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1986)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:41 AMThe document describes the mechanism for implementation of the rules of the Act by providing information on the:
Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 10:18 PMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology 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 Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology is structured into modules on the following topics:
The first Professor Satish Dhawan Commemoration lecture : Role of engineering in development of economy, society and people
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 03:34 PMThe first Professor Satish Dhawan Commemoration lecture organized by The Institution of Engineers (India) (IE), Karnataka State Centre delivered on 22nd September 2010 at The Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Centre, No. 3, Dr. B R Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore 560 001.
Dr.Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO/Secretary, DOS/Chairman, Space Commission, Dr.L V Muralikrishna Reddy, Chairman, The Institution of Engineers (India) Karnataka Sate Centre, Dr.S B Ganjigatti, Honorary Secretary and distinguished participants.
Guidelines for the national lake conservation plan - Ministry of Environment and Forests (2008)
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 03:09 PMLakes are integral components of the ecosystem and serve as natural habitats to a variety of plants and animals, besides being important sources of drinking water and livelihood for people. Industralisation has lead to the release of pollutants into the lakes and destruction of their natural habitats, thus making them unfit for use.
The document includes information on:
National Environment Policy (NEP) - Ministry of Environment and Forests (2006)
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 03:06 PMThe National Environment Policy (NEP) by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) aims at mainstreaming environmental concerns into all developmental activities. It emphasises conservation of resources, and points that the best way to aid conservation is to ensure that people dependent on resources obtain better livelihoods from conservation, than from degradation of the resources. It argues that environmental degradation often leads to poverty and poor health outcomes among populations.
Indian farmers fight billionaire Mittal and Posco, a leading company in steel making, for water rights in Orissa : News roundup (1-7 October 2010)
Posted on 08 Oct, 2010 10:24 AMWater for Industry
Drinking Water/Urban Water/Water Quality
- The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) loses money on half of water it supplies
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is paying a hefty price for supplying water to Mumbai with outstanding water supply dues upto Rs 3,065 crore
- 40% water is lost in leakages in Mumbai: The water level over the catchment area at 12.9 lakh ml, but the city still wrangling with water woes
- Poor access to safe and good quality drinking water: water contamination is an important public health concern in Bihar
- After several years of suffering, the villagers of Hebani Gram Panchayat in Mulbagal Taluk of Kolar have found a way to get safe drinking water by themselves
- 1650 water supply schemes planned for meeting the drinking water needs of people in rural areas in Madhya Pradesh
- Diarrhoea cases on the rise in Orissa
- Cholera incidence second highest in Kolkata
The First Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC) 2010, CISSA, Thiruvananthapuram
Posted on 01 Oct, 2010 02:04 PMIndian Biodiversity Congress (IBC) 2010
Theme: Biodiversity and Development: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Policy-Making
Field experiences by Avinash Krishnamurthy, BIOME Solutions
Posted on 29 Sep, 2010 11:04 AMOne of the oldest "People's electricity" systems I have ever seen (Please read the notes for each of the videos). Of course this trip had even better high points - wine made from Gooseberry and Nutmeg - all locally brewed. So travelling in the midst of hills, sipping local wine, seeing some great work, (and providing perspectives for someone-else to write - is this work or what?