Ecology and Environment

I, on behalf of the local people bringing to your notice that we have a 300 years-old pond in our  locality which is known as Bhabani Pathak Dighi which is declared as a Historical and Heritage Site by the West Bengal Heritage Commission.It is in the City Centre area adjacent to the Ambuja Housing.

The total 8.48 arcs of pond and its surroundings (area not known) have been declared as a. A tunnel was found when a construction work was going on beside the pond and some renovation work has also been done there accordingly by West Bengal Heritage Commission (annexure no 13). Now the pond is only approx 3.5 arcs left and rest has been filled.

This awesome site has shot to fame by the novel Durgesnandini of great Bengali novelist Bankim Chattopadhyay.The novel describes the best featuring and intricacies of these tunnels and the pond.

Saharanpur (9 Oct) :  History was created in Saharanpur once again.  Today, Paondhoi had thousands of visitors (e.g.

This document includes the details of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 and includes:

• Short title, extent and commencement
• Definitions of the terms in the Act
• Appointment of director of town planning
• State town-planning board
• Local planning areas and planning authorities
• Present land use
• Outline development plan
• Comprehensive development plan
• Town planning schemes
• Town planning officer and his duties
• Disputed ownership, preliminary schemes and final scheme and its sanction and enforcement
• Finance, accounts and audit
• Land acquisition
• Offences and penalties, rules and bye-laws

The following document describes the details of the process of implementation of the bill and includes:

• Short title and commencement o f the bill
• Definitions of the terms used in the bill
• Details of the establishment of a  Tribunal known as the National Green Tribunal to exercise the jurisdiction, powers and authority conferred on the Tribunal by the bill
• Jurisdiction, powers and proceedings of the Tribunal
• Details of the penalty for failure to comply with the orders of the Tribunal

This document provides the details of the Act made to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Appellate Authority that will hear appeals with respect to restriction of areas in which any industries, operations or processes or class of industries, operations or processes shall not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and for other matters concerned therewith.

The document provides the details of the Environment Protection Act (1986) and includes:

• Information on the short title, extend and commencement of the Act
• Definitions of terms included in the Act
• General powers of the central government in implementing the Act
• Appointment of officers and their powers and functions
• Power of central government to give directions
• Rules to regulate environmental pollution
• Details of rules for prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution

The document describes the mechanism for implementation of the rules of the Act by providing information on the:

This Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of  Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology is structured into modules on the following topics:

The first Professor Satish Dhawan Commemoration lecture organized by The Institution of Engineers (India) (IE), Karnataka State Centre delivered on 22nd September 2010 at The Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Centre, No. 3, Dr. B R Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore 560 001.

Dr.Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO/Secretary, DOS/Chairman, Space Commission, Dr.L V Muralikrishna Reddy, Chairman, The Institution of Engineers (India) Karnataka Sate Centre, Dr.S B Ganjigatti, Honorary Secretary and distinguished participants.