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BISHNOI COMMUNITY
The Bishnois of Rajasthan are a 500 year
old community living by environment-friendly tenets provided in their religion. Their practices have helped them sustain and prosper under harsh desert conditions, in marked contrast to other communities in the same region.
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| Duration: 3 mts. |
Format: Betacam SP |
Language: English |
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JHARIA COAL FIELDS
An underground fire has been raging in the coal belt of Jharia, in Bihar, for the last 75 years. It has so far destroyed 40 million tons of coal, and been a constant threat to life in an area of 450 square kms. As yet, nobody has been able to find a method of tackling the fire.
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| Duration: 2:52 mts. |
Format: Beta SP |
Language: English |
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RIVER POLLUTION
Large-scale industrialisation and overpopulation in cities has choked and polluted the rivers. Water treatment is becoming an up-hill task for the authorities. There is greater need of checking the discharge of untreated industrial and human waste directly into the rivers.
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| Duration: 3:01 mts. |
Format: Beta SP |
Language: English |
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URBAN AIR POLLUTION
In the rapidly growing metro cities of India, air pollution has become a serious health hazard. Increasing cases of lung disease, infections and allergy are reported in these areas. Controlling pollution through efficient automobile engines, and development of mass rapid transport systems are some of the possible solutions.
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| Duration: 4:57 mts |
Format: Beta SP |
Language: English |
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OZONE DEPLETION
The phenomenon of ozone depletion and its links to possible hazard to life forms has captured international attention. India is a signatory to the Montreal Protocol, which sets the agenda for controlling ozone depletion by phasing out production and use of Chlorofluorocarbons.
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| Duration: 4:16 mts. |
Format: Beta SP |
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PINJORE JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT
A story on the concept of joint forest management, by which villagers work in collaboration with the authorities to protect forest areas. And are benefited by getting fodder, fuelwood and forest produce of commercial value for themselves. Sukho Majri, in the Pinjore region of Haryana, is one area where Joint Forest Management has been a success.
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| Duration: 5:13 mts. |
Format: Beta SP |
Language: English |
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BIO-GAS FROM VEGETABLE WASTE
At the Gultekadi market complex near Pune, vegetable waste is being used to generate biogas. Developed by a voluntary organisation, the pilot plant supplies biogas to 4 restaurants, and provides a viable solution to the problem of disposing large quantities of market waste.
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| Duration: 03:24 mts. |
Format: Beta SP |
Language: English |
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BIO-GAS FROM CANTEEN WASTE
A high-tech space research organisation in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, uses its canteen waste to generate biogas.
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| Duration: 03:38 mts. |
Format: Beta SP |
Language: English |
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ZERO WASTE IN DISTILLERY
Distilleries are one of the worst industrial pollutants, and face closure all over the country. A large distillery near Madras had developed a three-stage water treatment process, which has helped them eliminate pollution and wastage. The treatment process provides biogas for their furnaces, fish which is sold at a profit in Madras, and clean water that is recharged into the distillerys sugarcane fields.
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| Duration: 03:06 mts. |
Format: Beta SP |
Language: English |
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ENERGY FROM URBAN WASTE
Urban waste disposal is a problem for municipal corporations in Indian cities. In Baroda, Gujarat, a private company has set up a plant to manufacture fuel pellets from the citys garbage. The pellets are sold at a profit, to be used in industrial furnaces as a coal-substitute. And the Baroda Municipal Corporation saves money previously spent on waste disposal.
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| Duration: 03:26 mts. |
Format: Beta SP |
Language: English |
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