Saturday 04 February 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead

Environment

Solar lighting for police stations in Kashmir

It will ensure regular connectivity and quicker action in both routine law and order and anti-terrorist activities

Rajasthan bio-diversity project phase-II approved

Funded by the Japan Bank for International Corporation, the project aims at ecological restoration and biological up-gradation of degraded forests

UN launches unique online database for businesses

It features successful strategies that businesses and communities are using to adapt to climate change to improve their profits

Karnataka peps up eco-tourism, to set up new board

The board will help the government to encourage forest safaris, and protect the wildlife and eco-system from the affects of tourism

Bengal gears up to tap solar power on wetlands

It has sent a project to generate power through floating solar panels on water bodies to the Centre for approval

Himachal plans to generate power from hot springs

For this the government will soon prepare an action plan to know the geothermal potential of the state

K’tka to set up hi-tech weather monitoring systems

In the next three years, it is planning to build 500 weather stations at an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore for better weather-related information

Himachal seeks MoEF nod off Chenab river projects

It has asked the Environment Ministry to waive its condition of cumulative impact assessment study of the river for early execution of projects

Solar power for 22 educational institutions in MP

Solar power plants of 327 KV capacities each have been installed in these institutions, located in remote tribal areas, for uninterrupted power supply

Karnataka sets up special tiger protection force

The centre-sponsored force will be deployed in tiger reserves located in Bandipur and Nagarhole national parks to save the tigers from poachers

 
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