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Gujarat: Solar power to breathe life back into defunct Sewage Treatment Plants

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 20, 2019

The defunct sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the 170 municipalities across Gujarat are expected to be made functional again using solar power. The state government’s urban development department has initiated a pilot project to run STPs in eight municipalities and water...

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From sustainable packaging to deliveries through EV, how Amazon India is mitigating climate change

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 4, 2019

Meticulous packaging to ensure a safe delivery with no damage to the product is one of the primary goals of an e-commerce company. To achieve this, huge amounts of plastic in the form of tapes and bubble wraps have been used for hardcore packaging. However, since plastic is...

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Centre determined to clean Ganga, Yamuna before 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Nitin Gadkari

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 14, 2018

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the government was determined to clean the Ganga and Yamuna before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and claimed that 80 ...

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Bill Gates foundation to fund sludge treatment

By : sustainabilityo..., May 17, 2018

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) will fund a project to treat sludge generated by a sewage treatment plant (STP) in the city and generate water and energy from it. ...

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Install chromium recovery plants in Unnao: NGT to tanneries

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 13, 2017

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the tannery clusters located at Banther and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh on the banks of Ganga to install chromium recovery plants within four weeks...

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Yamuna pollution: Supreme Court seeks report on sewage treatment plants

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 21, 2017

After 22 years of Supreme Court monitoring and spending around Rs 4,439 crore, Yamuna continues to stink like a sewer in Delhi but the Court decided on Monday to act tough against the...

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Pollution Control Board, Andhra Pradesh to provide budgetary support to Sewage Treatment Plants

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 29, 2016

With municipalities facing budget constraints, A. P. Pollution Control Board has decided to shoulder the burden in construction of sewage treatment plants (STPs) and provide support of 25 per...

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Haryana government to set up new treatment plant to clean Yamuna

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 22, 2016

The Haryana government on Thursday said it has decided to set up a new Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and upgrade five existing ones at a cost of about Rs 28.74 crore during the current financial...

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