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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Delhi zoo to introduce new technology to clean ponds housing crocodiles, gharials

New Delhi, The National Zoological Park in Delhi will soon implement ‘nano bubble technology’ for cleaning and purifying the water to improve aesthetics of the zoo and promote well-being of aquatic animals. Delhi zoo to introduce new technology to clean ponds housing crocodiles, gharials The nano bubble technology is being used for the first time, with a 15-day trial period …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia's biggest solar salt farm begins production as 'ubiquitous' product in demand

ABC

Far from just something we crack on our chips, salt is part of almost everything we touch. "When you go and grab your glass to put your orange juice in each morning, that glass uses salt," BCI Minerals' chief financial officer Stephen Fewster said. Once the project reaches full capacity, after 2027, it is expected to produce more than 5 …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

46 people including 37 children drown to death while taking 'holy dip' during 'Jivitputrika' festival in Bihar

New Indian Express

PATNA: As many as 46 people, including 37 children, have drowned while taking holy bath in rivers and ponds across Bihar during three-day long celebration of ‘Jivitputrika’ festival, a statement issued by state government said on Thursday. The statement issued by Bihar government on Thursday said that while 43 people died and three others went missing while taking a holy …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Ganesh idol immersion processions begin as devotees bid farewell to their favourite deity

The Hindu

Processions for the immersion of Lord Ganesh idols began in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday morning amid tight security and fanfare as the 10-day festival drew to a close. In Mumbai’s Lalbaug area, famous for celebrating the festival with grandeur, the procession of the idol of Tejukaya mandal started amid the chants of “Ganapati bappa morya, pudhchya …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Celebrates Engineer's Day

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Road and buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Sunday asked young engineers to take as their role model, renowned engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Venkat Reddy said that after the huge floods of 1908 in Hyderabad, the Nizam had invited Visvesvaraya to design flood protection measures and a drainage system in Hyderabad. Visvesvaraya studied the geographical conditions of Hyderabad and found …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 62,000 idols immersed on second day of Ganesh festival in Mumbai

The Hindu

“More than 62,000 idols were immersed in various water bodies in Mumbai on the second day of the Ganesh festival,” civic officials said on Monday. “Till midnight, 62,569 idols were immersed in the sea, other water bodies, and artificial ponds,” the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials said. “On Sunday, 62,197 household idols and 348 sarvajanik idols of Lord Ganesh were immersed,” …

Mumbai Idols

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Zhejiang lotus ponds a blooming industry

China Daily

In the sweltering midsummer in Huanxi village, Tonglu county, Zhejiang province, pink and green lotus flowers greet visitors as the local people, wearing headlamps and knee-high rubber boots, head to the lotus ponds before sunrise. In Hangzhou, the agricultural, electricity and technology departments have jointly launched a special program to support lotus seed production, ensuring stable power supply for deep …

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9 months ago

Highlights from the AP's reporting on the shrimp industry in India

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — India is the top supplier of shrimp to the U.S., with Indian shrimp stocked in freezers at most of the nation’s biggest grocery store and restaurant chains. The Associated Press traveled in February to the state of Andhra Pradesh in southeast India to document working conditions in the booming industry, after obtaining an advance copy of an …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Chhath Puja 2023: Delhi Traffic Alert! Avoid THESE routes during celebrations

Live Mint

The Delhi Traffic Police released a traffic advisory on Friday regarding the Chhath Puja celebration in the national capital. While some devotees may leave after sunset prayers, several will stay for the night at various ponds in tents.” The traffic police advised commuters to avoid the roads near the sites allocated for the Chhath Puja celebration to ensure smooth traffic …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Ganesh immersion waste in Hyderabad is over 1,000 tonnes

The Hindu

Enormous piles of unsightly gypsum chunks, putrefying waste of flowers and offerings, and amorphous web of tangled steel rods were all that remained of the nine-day Ganesh festivities, covering banks of the Hussiansagar lake on Saturday. Forty-eight hours after the designated immersion of the much venerated elephant god, more idols and tableaux kept arriving at the main immersion point of …

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1 year, 4 months ago

NMMC plans ₹25 crore rejuvenation of holding ponds, activists sceptical

Hindustan Times

Navi Mumbai: In a first, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, through Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, scheme plans to rejuvenate and maintain the water quality of two of their holding ponds for an estimated ₹27 crore through a five-year contract. NMMC plans ₹ 25 crore rejuvenation of holding ponds, activists sceptical The two holding ponds — the Jewel …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Warning for blue-green algae in warming waters; Record streak of summer days in June

NL Times

Rijkswaterstaat, provinces, and water boards warn bathers about blue-green algae. Waterschap Delfland, which includes Rotterdam and The Hague, warns of blue-green algae in swimming pools at Delftse Hout, Wollebrand, and Krabbeplas, among others. The Vechtstromen water board in Twente and part of Drenthe has also detected blue-green algae. The blue-green algae is a bacterium that forms a floating layer in …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Lakes festival as a part of Telangan formation

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The government celebrated ‘Ooroora Cheruvala Panduga ’ as part of the state Formation Day celebrations on Thursday. At a programme at Lotus Pond, minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav unveiled a booklet on lakes. They are providing drinking and irrigation water.” In the past, farmers, used to suffer due to lack of water, but today the ponds have plenty of water, …

1 year, 6 months ago

185 water bodies in Hyd decorated as part of TS Formation Day celebrations

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The government celebrated ‘Ooroora Cheruvala Panduga ’ as part of the state Formation Day celebrations on Thursday. In the HMDA area, all 185 water bodies had been decorated. They are providing drinking and irrigation water.” Farmers used to suffer due to lack of water in the past, but today the ponds have plenty of water, he said. Srinivas Yadav …

1 year, 8 months ago

Leachate treatment plant to be launched at Jawahar Nagar to address pollution of lakes

The Hindu

Biomining may no longer be an option for the resolution of the legacy dump issue in Jawahar Nagar solid waste management facility, as suggested by the National Green Tribunal to the Telangana government. GHMC, in a statement on Friday, announced the launch of a leachate treatment plant towards “complete and satisfactory” resolution to the issue of pollution suffered by the …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Another Miraculous Pond in West Bengal? A Dip in This Water Fulfills Everyone's Desires, Say Locals

News 18

Located in the Itna Colony of Banipur, Habra, North 24 Parganas district, the Kamona Pond, also known as the Pond of Desire, is believed to hold mystical powers that can grant wishes. Despite no scientific evidence, faith overrides reason for these devotees who flock to the pond every day in hopes of fulfilling their heart’s desires, whether it be for …

Pond Dip

2 years, 3 months ago

GHMC fails to prevent immersion of PoP idols in Hussain Sagar

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The civic and police officials appear to have failed to execute the High Court order prohibiting the immersion of Ganesh idols constructed of PoP, as several pandal organisers immersed PoP idols in the Hussainsagar throughout the 10-day Ganesh celebrations. On July 21, the High Court had directed the state government to prevent PoP idol immersion in the Hussainsagar, and …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad’s Ganesh festival is ‘immersed’ in controversy

The Hindu

The annual fete of Ganesh immersion is upon the city, when boisterous celebrations surrounding the nine-day Ganesh Navratri reach their convulsive crescendo. Mr. Sanjay’s allegations that the government had been conspiring to create hurdles to the festivities on the pretext of environmental pollution, were met with clarifications from the government, that clay idols will be allowed to be immersed in …

Court Guidelines State Ganesh Idols Immersion Pop

2 years, 3 months ago

31,365 Idols Immersed in Mumbai on 5th Day of Ganesh Festival; No Untoward Incident Reported

News 18

A total of 31,365 Ganesh idols were immersed in the sea and artificial ponds in Mumbai on the fifth day of the Ganpati festival, a civic official said on Monday. There was so far no report of any untoward incident following the fifth day celebration of the festival on Sunday, the official said. Till 6 am on Monday, 30,446 household …

Mumbai Public Idols

2 years, 3 months ago

Mumbai: More than 60,000 Ganesh idols immersed in a day

Firstpost

As many as 60,473 idols were immersed in the sea, other water bodies as well as in artificial ponds on Thursday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a release Mumbai: More than 60,000 Ganesh idols were immersed in Mumbai on the second day of the 10-day festival which started on 31 August, the civic body said on Friday. As many …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: BMC makes 162 artificial ponds for Ganpati visarjan

Live Mint

In a move to encourage people to reduce pollution, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has informed that a total of 162 artificial ponds and 73 natural immersion sites are available for Ganesh visarjan in Mumbai city, according to news agency ANI. This comes after the civic body officials asked the citizens to immerse Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris in …

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2 years, 4 months ago

PoP idol immersion kicks up row

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The ten-day Ganesha festival starting on August 31 has once again brought to the fore the issue of water pollution due to the immersion of large quantities of painted Plaster of Paris. Environmentalist B.V. Subba Rao said, “the cycle of background activities after the immersion should be studied instead of merely focussing on immersion, which is a single day …

Pop Idol Immersion

2 years, 4 months ago

Arrangements for Ganesh Utsavam

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav said the government was gearing up for Ganesha Utsavam which would start from August 31. Speaking on the occasion, Srinivas Yadav said, “We will ensure that devotees and festival organisers do not face any trouble and precaution will be taken. Arrangements are being made to distribute six lakh clay idols, (four lakh by the GHMC, …

Ganesh Srinivas Yadav

2 years, 4 months ago

Map reveals UK's driest locations where thousands of homes have RUN OUT of water

Daily Mail

Have you seen water rationing or have been hit by the drought? Data collected from more than 18 water companies, including Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, United Utilities and Welsh Water, showed that sites ranging from Oxfordshire and London, to Warwickshire, had no water or poor pressure A shoppers next to bottled drinking water in Sainsbury's supermarket in London as …

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Delhi zoo to introduce new technology to clean ponds housing crocodiles, gharials

Australia's biggest solar salt farm begins production as 'ubiquitous' product in demand

46 people including 37 children drown to death while taking 'holy dip' during 'Jivitputrika' festival in Bihar

Ganesh idol immersion processions begin as devotees bid farewell to their favourite deity

Telangana: Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Celebrates Engineer's Day

Over 62,000 idols immersed on second day of Ganesh festival in Mumbai

Zhejiang lotus ponds a blooming industry

Highlights from the AP's reporting on the shrimp industry in India

Chhath Puja 2023: Delhi Traffic Alert! Avoid THESE routes during celebrations

Ganesh immersion waste in Hyderabad is over 1,000 tonnes

NMMC plans ₹25 crore rejuvenation of holding ponds, activists sceptical

Warning for blue-green algae in warming waters; Record streak of summer days in June

Lakes festival as a part of Telangan formation

185 water bodies in Hyd decorated as part of TS Formation Day celebrations

Leachate treatment plant to be launched at Jawahar Nagar to address pollution of lakes

Another Miraculous Pond in West Bengal? A Dip in This Water Fulfills Everyone's Desires, Say Locals

GHMC fails to prevent immersion of PoP idols in Hussain Sagar

Hyderabad’s Ganesh festival is ‘immersed’ in controversy

31,365 Idols Immersed in Mumbai on 5th Day of Ganesh Festival; No Untoward Incident Reported

Mumbai: More than 60,000 Ganesh idols immersed in a day

Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: BMC makes 162 artificial ponds for Ganpati visarjan

PoP idol immersion kicks up row

Arrangements for Ganesh Utsavam

Map reveals UK's driest locations where thousands of homes have RUN OUT of water