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Continuing the discussion on the politics of protest from the last week's post on the rise in petrol prices in India, this time we take a look at the actors who are not a part of the central government regime. so, while last week we talked about the protest politics of the regime participants or the coalition partners, this time we take a look at the opposition.…

A few weeks ago, the people of India were gifted with one of the steepest hike in petrol prices; a hike of about Rs 7.5. This came as a surprise to many while some commentators argued that this was a natural hike. While the Indian people have been quietly protesting (in their drawing rooms) the continuous hike in petrol prices that came after its deregulation in 2010, this time the protest was much more vocal due to the steepness of the hike.…

Prof. (Dr.) Soumen Kumar Mahapatra, Minister-in-Charge, Department of Water Resources Investigation & Development, Govt. of West Bengal, released the DVD of a SUSANTA BISWAS documentary titled 'Jal Dharo Jal Bharo' (Preserve Water, Reserve Water), produced by the Govt. of West Bengal, at Pragati Utsav in Milan Mela at Kolkata, Thursday, 24th May 2012. Mr. Prasanta Sarkar, Engineer-in-Chief & Ex-Officio Secretary and Mr. Rajib Chatterji, Chairman West Bengal Agro-Industries…

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.

– Chinese Proverb

If you can't plant one today, consider donating to Project Green Hands who'll do it on your behalf :) 

http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2012/06/05/world-environment-day-2012-support-project-green-hands/

Pl shares Idea/suggestions which are aimed to “WATER CONSERVATION MESURES”

वन में वृक्षों का वास रहने दे!
झील झरनों में साँस रहने दे!

वृक्ष होते हैं वस्त्र जंगल के
छीन मत ये लिबास रहने दे!

वृक्ष पर घोंसला है चिडि़या का
तोड़ मत ये निवास रहने दे!

पेड़-पौधे चिराग हैं वन के
वन में बाक़ी उजास रहने दे!
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Dear All,

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It is the age of packaged drinking water as everybody is becoming conscious about the quality of water consumed by  man. This has led to mushrooming of mineral water plants around the country thus leading to heavy exploitation of the underground water resources on one hand while mass urbanization and concreteness is leading to very little scope for percolation of surface water into the aquifers.

The after effect of this phenomena is that dissolved and undissolved minerals and…

One of our clients, located at Kolkata, an ISO 900-2008 company Design, manufacturing, Installation and commissionaing of Air pollution control system. Including Supply of Bag filter, Dust Suppression system, ID /FD Fans etc.

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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an important tool to inform decision - makers, regulators and stakeholders, about the possible environmental, social and economic costs of the proposed project. To be effective, it requires the active involvement of all concerned stakeholders.

There is a genuine need to develop the capacity of the state-level regulators and state level expert appraisal Committee (SEAC) to screen and scope the EIA process, to conduct transparent public…

Green Rating of Indian Iron and Steel Sector Green Rating Project (GRP) of Centre for Science and Environment undertook environmental rating of major iron and steel plants of India. The ratings were done based on life-cycle analysis using more than 150 parameters. GRP team also inspected the factories and met with local stake holders to get their opinion about the plants. Companies would be given the prestigious Five Leaves Award. CSE would also release a book on the Environment status of…

Sir,

Environmental degradation is growing into a grave concern in various parts of the world today. Countries especially in developing regions are suffering from problems emanating from a combination of factors including population growth, concentration of population in cities, industrialization and poverty, resulting in air pollution, water contamination, decline in sanitation, degradation of forests and soil, loss of biodiversity, marine pollution…

  Corrosion causes contamination of drinking water with sewer leading to Gastroenteritis outbreak in Bangalore

“The patients were mostly from the Okalipuram slum. The slum-dwellers have drawn illegal [water] connections and the underground drainage system is not sound. As the water pipeline is corroded, the chances of sewage mixing with drinking water are…

Hi Friends,

For all my fellow colleagues in Climate Change domain, below is a link to get a handy document worked by me on the Clean Development Mechanism – the only mechanism under Kyoto Protocol that involves developing nations.

http://www.slideshare.net/PriyankaAbbi1/cdm-a-quick-overview-13038455

Will keep coming with further update and information on various…

We all as professionals in the field of climate change have heard of the SRES Scenarios published by IPCC in 2000 for use in their Third Assessment Report. The whole idea behind constructing the SRES scenarios was to explore future developments in the global environment with special reference to the production of greenhouse gases and aerosol precursor emissions.…

Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), conducts 6 week Summer Training Program on “Remote Sensing and GIS” for P.G. students at Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), Hisar.

Summer Training Program for Students pursuing Master degree in Environmental…

The ten seed technique by Dr.Ravi I. Jayakaran is an amazing tool to generate information on a wide range of issues from community problems in Health , Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, HIV/AIDS, MED, Education, Gender & Development, CEDC, Marriage, etc. The Ten Seed Technique is a modified Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) tool that t can enable illiterate community members to participate in the discussions about their community’s needs.

It is useful in gathering qualitative…