AHMEDABAD: After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered closure of ceramic units that run on coal gasifiers, as many as 450 such units in Morbi, India’s largest ceramic cluster, have closed down to
NOIDA: A teenage resident of Noida’s Techzone 4, Sahib Sawhney (18), has bagged a Rs 1.59 crore project to revolutionise a crematorium at Kesi Ghat Vrindavan from the Mathura Vrindavan Development Authority.
In a city that sees rising pollution levels every year, officials estimate that CNG cremations cause significantly less pollution and are cheaper. Six years after it was constructed by the civic body
While earlier it was only paddy stubble burning that had Punjab officials on its toes after harvesting in October-November, now the trend to burn wheat stubble is catching up among farmers. In another
NAGPUR: Nagpur Municipal Corporation is offering eco-friendly options for cremation of bodies at four crematoriums in the city. Alternative to woods, these briquettes are basically hard bricks with
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to upgrade cemeteries across the city. Not only will electric furnace be set up at traditional cemeteries, efforts to make the process pollution-free
“Cow dung cakes are more environment-friendly. Secondly, there is a religious angle. Some people consider it holy to cremate in cow dung cakes. We have given them an option. They can use electric furnace
VARANASI: Varanasi is set to become the first city in UP to use cow dung cakes for cremation despite opposition from a section of wood-sellers. Nagpur-based NGO Eco-Friendly Living Foundation and Kashi
LPG-fired facility in Tirupati also has halls for last rites, memorial meetings It is a modest attempt to infuse modernity into 'death management', even while retaining traditional and customary practices
RISHIKESH: In a first of its kind initiative, 'green' crematoriums are planned to be built in villages along the Ganga (which have been branded as Ganga grams under the Namami Gange project). These
