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ENVIRONMENT - August 2022

Aug 2022

Oct 21, 2022

PM Modi Launches Mission LiFE, World Leaders Congratulate

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Mission LiFE movement (Lifestyle for the Environment) at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat. Envisaged by PM Modi, Mission LiFE is expected to be an India-led global mass movement that will nudge individual and collective action to protect and preserve the environment.
He said that the prevailing notion that climate change is an issue only related to policy. It leads to a thought process that leaves this all-important issue only to the government or international organizations. People are experiencing the effects of climate change in their surroundings, and in the last few decades unexpected calamities were witnessed. This is making it amply clear that climate change goes beyond only policy-making and people themselves are finding that they should contribute as an individual, families and as communities to the environment.

Oct 20, 2022

CII and Indian Oil Corporation Launch Project 'Vayu Amrit' to Mitigate Stubble Burning

The Confederation of Indian Industry partnered with Indian Oil Corporation and launched project 'Vayu Amrit', a crop residue management initiative, in Punjab's Sangrur.
Crop residue burning should be avoided at all costs as it adversely impacts the environment.
The event was attended by senior officials from the government and IOC and over 300 farmers.
The farmers at the event shared their experiences and issues and welcomed the effort to help them find viable alternatives to stubble burning.
Varjeet Walia, Additional DC (Development), Sangrur, said that the crop residue management initiative is "an excellent endeavour" to improve the quality of air in the region.
The CII runs a crop residue management programme in Punjab and Haryana to mitigate stubble burning to reduce air pollution. The project was operational in 226 villages covering 2 lakh acres of farmland last season, said the release.
Through the project interventions, stubble burning was reduced by 84 per cent in the intervened lands.

Oct 19, 2022

Hardeep Singh Puri Inaugurates Asia's Largest Compressed Bio Gas Plant in Punjab

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated Asia's largest Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in Lehragaga, in Punjab's Sangrur.
Addressing the inaugural event of the CBG plant, Puri said that the plant in Sangrur is just the beginning of India's master plan for a CBG-based rural economy and the government is taking all steps to promote the ecosystem around it.
The plant has been commissioned with a foreign direct investment of approximately Rs. 220 crore by Verbio AG, one of Germany's leading bio-energy companies. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and senior management from Verbio India Private Limited were also present at the inaugural ceremony.

Oct 18, 2022

CAQM Reiterates to Central/State Govts to Strictly Implement Actions under GRAP in view of Air Qu...

Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region (NCR) Delhi and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) reiterated to all implementing agencies of the Central and State Governments to strictly implement actions under Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in view of the air quality index. GRAP is a set of emergency measures taken to reduce air pollution.
The Commission also urged citizens to cooperate in adherence to the Citizen Charter of the respective stages and assist in the effective implementation of the GRAP measures to improve the overall Air Quality in the region. As the air quality has reached "poor" category again, actions under Stage I of the GRAP need to be intensified by all concerned.
The Commission is reviewing measures undertaken towards abatement of air pollution and also closely monitoring air quality parameters in NCR.

Oct 17, 2022

Wildlife Board Approves New Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Board approved a new reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), one-fourth of which would get submerged due to the linking of the Ken-Betwa Rivers.
The 2,339 square kilometres new tiger reserve, to be called Durgavati Tiger Reserve, will spread across Narisinghpur, Damoh and Sagar districts. A green corridor linking PTR with Durgavati will be developed for the natural movement of the tigers to the new reserve.
As part of a wildlife management plan for Panna in wake of the Ken-Betwa River linking project, the NTCA had asked Uttar Pradesh and MP governments to notify new tiger reserves. The two state governments, with the Centre, are implementing a Rs. 44,605 crore river-linking project to end the water crisis in Bundelkhand region.

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