Soil pollution is the presence of toxic chemicals pollutants or contaminants in soil, in an amount high enough concentration to pose a risk to human health and/or the ecosystem. In the case of contaminants, which occur naturally in soil, even when their levels are not high enough to pose a risk, soil pollution is still […]
Slums are not huts and tenements, but are occupied by people with a diverse background and psyche, complex social network, and a segregated spatial structure. India does need to provide the urban poor with better sanitation, public health, education and a pollution less environment. But, we need to rethink on the framework of our interventions: […]
A. Remove flaws in Monitoring 1.High volume samples MEASURE: Particulate matter like PM 2.5 and PM 10 FLAWS: Competition among instrument makers and component suppliers is resulting un undercutting. Given lack of quality control, it is doubtful if these machines measure what they claim to 2. Wet Chemistry MEASURE: Gases like So2, etc FLAWS: Competition […]
The Siliguri Corridor or a thin “chicken’s neck” is a territory-connecting the seven Indian North-eastern States to West Bengal and the rest of India also called the “Siliguri Corridor”- lies in the Chumbi Valley of Chinese-held Tibetan Autonomous Region that is contiguous to the Indian States of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. The Chumbi Valley is […]
The Interlinking of rivers conceived on a gigantic scale may not been a reality, but no one is inimical of linking rivers as and where it offers possibilities in economic and ecological terms. Many such schemes have already been completed in the country in the past. These are: Periyar-Vaigai Scheme Kurnool-Cuddapah Canal Parambikulum-aliyar Project Bhakhara-Rajasthan […]
The atmosphere was not present when the Earth took its birth some 4.5 b. y. ago. Earth’s original atmosphere probably formed along with the planet. Scientists theorise that the Sun and all the planets formed from a cloud of gas and dust about 4.5 billion years ago. The cloud collapsed into a central body, which […]
The nature of the city centre is quite similar throughout the world. The city centre is the hub of all commercial activities with an intensive landuse and high rise buildings. In the developed world, this central place is known as the city’s Central Business District (CBD) and the term is now synonymous with the city […]
Maldives like most of the neighbours is important to India, but more important than other neighbours in the light of Chinese emergence and India’s position in Indian Ocean. Strategic Importance Strategically speaking, Maldives archipelago comprises 1,200 coral islands and lies next to key shipping lanes which ensure uninterrupted energy supplies to countries like China, Japan […]