Green clearance denied by environment ministry for pending mining leases

October 2016

For around 200 mining leases, India’s ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has ruled out granting environment clearance (EC) w...

Tags: India Ministry of Environment, MoEFCC, EC, Mines, Minerals, MMDR, GDP

CRI ventures in to global wastewater pump market with Italian technology

September 2016

After the successful launch of high-end non-metallic uPVC, CPVC pipes and specialty wires and cables, CRI steps into complete wastewater solutions wi...

Tags: uPVC, CPVC pipes, Wastewater solutions, CRI, FabbricaItalianaPompeSommergibiliSrl, Handle raw water, Sewage, Effluent, Stormwater, Wastewater pumps, G Soundararajan, CRI Group, CAGR, CPCB, NRCP

USGBC Platinum LEED certification for DLF Cybercity, Chennai

September 2016

DLF Cybercity Chennai, a major and established IT SEZ in Chennai, has been awarded the LEED Platinum certification for all the nine office buildings ...

Tags: DLF Cybercity Chennai, IT SEZ, LEED Platinum certification, Operations, Maintenance, USGBC, LEED rating system, Sustainable work environment, Sriram Khattar

TPS gets design approval for floating cranes

September 2016

Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has yet again obtained design approval for Terex Gottwald Model 8 floating cranes in the G HPK 8200 B four-rope grab varia...

Tags: Terex Port Solutions, Terex Gottwald Model 8 floating cranes, Marine Environment, Lifting Appliances, Machines, Lloyd Register, G HPK 8200 B cranes

K Raheja Corp honored with ‘The Green Apple – Environmental Best Practice Awards, UK’

September 2016

K Raheja Corp has won ‘The Green Apple – Environmental Best Practice Awards, UK’, for its commercial property – Mindspace Building No. 6, Hyderabad. ...

Tags: K Raheja Corp, The Green Apple Environmental Best Practice Awards, Green World Awards, LEED NC Platinum, HVAC systems, Global Green Organization, Green Apple Awards

NAREDCO – India's construction sector to touch US$1 trillion by 2025

September 2016

National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) projects that the construction sector in India is likely to be the largest employer by 2022, and i...

Tags: NAREDCO, Construction sector, R And D, Rajeev Talwar, KPMG, 13th National Convention, Real estate sector, Parveen Jain, Utkarsh Palnitkar, Government, Healthcare, Design Improvement, Procurement environment

What other cities can learn from Delhi

September 2016

After three decades of their implementation, the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has revised the Unified Building Bye-Laws for the national capi...

Tags: Ministry of Urban Development, Unified Building Bye-Laws, SANTHOSH KUMAR, NOC, Ministry of Environment, Forests, Climate Change, AAI, NMA, DMRC, Saral scheme, Construction

Government to levy environment tax

September 2016

CIL has urged the government to levy an environmental tax on pet coke...

Tags: CIL, Pet Coke, Coal, Clean Environment Cess