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The report also called for strengthening measures against inefficient modes of transport, household fuel and waste burning

#airpollution, #WHO, #india, #asia

Air pollution is killing nearly eight lakh people annually in the South East Asian Region (SEAR) with India alone accounting for over 75 per cent of the casualties caused by cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report on Tuesday.

The report said nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air while nearly 90 per cent of air pollutionrelated deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, with nearly two out of three occurring in WHO’s South-East Asia including India and Western Pacific regions.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-accounts-for-majority-air-pollution-casualties-who-116092700875_1.html

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Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year.

New data in a report from the UN’s global health body “is enough to make all of us extremely concerned,” Maria Neira, the head of the WHO‘s department of public health and environment, told reporters.The problem is most acute in cities, but air in rural areas is worse than many think, WHO experts said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/Over-90-per-cent-of-world-breathing-bad-air-WHO/articleshow/54547618.cms

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Nearly two lakh students from over 100 schools took an oath on Tuesday to not use polythene in their day to day life.The oath taking programme, organized by the district administration as part of preparations for No Polythene day on October 2, witnessed an overwhelming response with students of private English medium schools in the city and government schools from rural areas coming together to extend their voluntary support to the campaign.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jamshedpur/Two-lakh-students-vow-to-not-use-polythene/articleshow/54554986.cms

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#geothermal, #savewater

Taurus Downtown Technopark, the mixed-use, IT office and social infrastructure project planned in Technopark Phase III, will have some innovative features. Taurus Investment Holdings (TIH), developers of the five-million-sq-ft facility, is planning to introduce features that will make it more energy efficient.
TIH is planning to use geothermal cooling system for its air conditioners. Ajay Prasad, country head of Taurus, said that the geothermal cooling system will help save around 280 million litres of water per day. “Saving 280 million litres per day will be a major step in water conservation considering the fact that the daily requirement of water in the city is almost the same,” said Ajay. The quantity of water supplied by Kerala water authority to the city is 300 mld.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Geothermal-cooling-to-help-save-280mld-water/articleshow/54517645.cms

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