e-STP at IARI
Union agriculture minister, Radha Mohan Singh recently inaugurated eco-friendly sewage water treatment plant (e-STP) in the Water Technology Centre of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Delhi. The Centre engaged primarily…
Union agriculture minister, Radha Mohan Singh recently inaugurated eco-friendly sewage water treatment plant (e-STP) in the Water Technology Centre of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Delhi. The Centre engaged primarily…
Poor sanitation spreads disease, yet efforts to provide subsidised toilets have been resisted for cultural
reasons in many developing countries. To improve the rate of uptake, some people are now advocating a market-based approach.
Vinod Sreedhar, an independent consultant/trainer, who does programmes on social governance, has started a ‘back to nature’ initiative by pooling in with three of his friends. He wants to teach and share with others the simple ways of reconnecting with nature and giving back to the environment some of the natural resources. As part of this initiative are his trips to Ladakh which he organises periodically, so that youth can learn and assimilate the simpler ways of living of the people there. Aparna Shekhar spoke to him.
In Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, around 80 bleaching and dyeing units form part of the Angeripalayam common effluent treatment plant (ACETP) project; these dyeing units consume large volumes of water which…