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Will Green Bonus save the forests around Gundia? deepakar - 19-OCT-2009
The environment ministry has declared a reward system called "Green Bonus" as an incentive for states to protect and increase their green cover. The details of this scheme are not out yet but it sure sounds interesting. I do hope that this comes out as early as possible. |
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Relevance of Lakes in Bangalore psaram42 - 29-SEP-2009
The topology of the city of Bangalore located at 3000 feet above sea level runs into three valleys |
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Brainstorming Session on Conservation and Management of Urban Lakes - A Report sanjayv - 27-SEP-2009
The meeting was held in CiSTUP seminar room from 9 am to 5 pm. The room was full with a good complement of students. We had the initial round of formalities followed by morning tea/breakfast The morning session had several speakers discusing various aspects of urban lake conservation after which we had an afternoon discussion/brainstorming session |
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ESG Meet 23 September 2009. A Brief Report. psaram42 - 27-SEP-2009
The Conference was from 9:30 AM to about 4PM. Attended by about 50 odd people. The organizers were disappointed a little as their expectations were much more. |
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Water and Carbon cycle in Nature and how to mange them safely psaram42 - 25-SEP-2009
Major portion of our body (90%) is water. Water is the elixir of life. Life on earth which is carbon based has lead to the study of biochemistry. There is a speculation about a possible parallel life system elsewhere in the Universe based on silicon [1]. |
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State’s reluctance to try Traffic Restraint Scheme irks HC murali772 - 23-SEP-2009
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday observed that the state government is not ready to experiment with the Traffic Restraint Scheme (TRS) and was instead depending on infrastructure projects and enhancement of public transport system. |
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murali772 - 21-SEP-2009
The 20km long Calcutta Metro Railway completes its 25 years next month, unwept, unhonoured and unsung. It has never had a derailment, no fatality or no structural collapses. It carries 4.2 lakh passengers a day that is three times of the Delhi Metro which is more than thrice as long. It is faster too. |
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Bellandur Lake - Huge (Wet) Land filling in progress! psaram42 - 17-SEP-2009
Road Side Land Fill example -1
Road Side Land Fill example -2 |
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Green buildings - a crtique on IGBC's approach murali772 - 11-SEP-2009
The following is the letter addressed to Shri Prem C Jain, Chairman, IGBC (Indian Green Building Council), CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Building Centre, Hyderabad, by Jaigopal.G.Rao, Principal Designer and Managing partner of ‘Inspiration’ (www.inspire-india.com), and an architect by training. |
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Needed - A Kukkarahallikere Lake Authority ( KLA) E.R. Ramachandran - 11-SEP-2009
The name Kukkanahalli Kere at once brings in the names of R.K Narayan and KUVEMPU who spent their evenings watching the sunset while writing some of their best literary works. Thousands of strollers over generations have enjoyed the serene beauty of the lake having their walk around the lake and improved their health. |
