Eco Centric

" 20-500 years" , this is the time period required for plastics to decompose which varies depending on the various structure and materials it is made up of. From toothbrush to our cell phones to the food packaging industry everything runs on plastics, so I would not hesitate in saying that our life revolves around plastics. India generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which 40 per cent remains uncollected and 43 per cent is used for packaging, most of which is single-use, as per a report from a reputed newspaper. As we all know about the 3R principles we have been studying since our school days,  Burning would cause air pollution. composting wouldn't really work as it will take 100s of years to decompose. In which other way we can use plastics to our advantage ? One of the innovative steps India have taken over the past years is to involve plastic waste in the construction of roads thus I call it as not so waste roads, as it uses plastic waste as a co...

  World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on June 5 to encourage environmental awareness and environmental protection.  According to the United Nations, "the celebration of this day provides us with an opportunity to broaden the basis for an enlightened opinion and responsible conduct by individuals, enterprises, and communities in preserving and enhancing the environment." This Year's Theme Theme for 2021 is 'ecosystem restoration' and tthis year's WED will be hosted by Pakistan. This World Environment Day will kick off the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), a global mission to revive billions of hectares, from forests to farmlands, from the top of mountains to the depth of the sea. So what we can do to celebrate this day and do our part ? although there are many ways by which we can celebrate this day varying from planting trees to employing Green Energy technology.  some of the ways have short term advantages and some do have a lon...

Amid raging pandemic haunting India and the world for past two years, economists and the whole of nation is eyeing on the 4 month long rainy period which commenced it's journey over the southernmost state of India a day back. Those hot sultry past months will soon be replaced by the moist drizzly pleasant for a few months. Rains rejuvenates the nation which are more important then ever in this year. India's 60% of the agriculture is dependent on monsoon rains along with it millions of rupees of industries that are dependent on farming activities are at the mercy of rain gods.  With the continuous downfall of economy due to covid, somehow if the rains will be normal and evenly distributed over the Indian mainland in the next 4 months it will be a huge blessing for the nation. In the current scenario where we are used to hear the sad/depressive/negative news all around maybe the southwest winds will bring some cheerful happy news for us. Ha...

Today morning around 10:00 A.M, I was checking news on Cyclone Tauktae "India's first cyclone of 2021". I was left shocked as the cyclone which was bound to be a cyclone of least category got amplified over the past few days and became another "Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm", which prompted me to write about the growing concerns of such extreme weather events over Indian mainland. This is not the only time a cyclone of such category is brewing up in Indian Seas. Fani in 2019, Aamphan in 2020 were a few notable ones from the past few years  You all might have heard of cyclones thrashing Indian mainland year after year, we all have have seen visuals of flying roofs, falling trees, damaged crops, inundated fields, blocked roads, people loosing property which they created by working day and night throughout their lives. But what have been causing such devastating cyclones year after year..?? Climate scientists say with a rapidly warming Indian Ocean, these severe ...

Let's pledge to do our part in saving our Mother Earth  This Year's Theme "Restore our Earth "   Climate change and coronavirus pandemic have reminded us of the harm we've caused.  Therefore, we must Restore Our Earth not just because we care about the natural world, but because we live on it and our future generation will also live on it and wil thrive on the resources  we leave for them History Every year on April 22    founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson. First organized in 1970 to promote ecology. Raise awareness of the growing problems of air, water, and soil pollution. United Nations calls it by “International Mother Earth Day" .

  Being crowned 4th time in a row, this city of central India's Malwa region, Indore, has set up standards which every city in India will look forward to achieve. Thanks to my professor last trimester  in IIT Jodhpur, Dr. Anand Krishnan Plappally, he made us do some assignments quite regularly of which one was the case study of Indore's solid waste management.  Being a curious guy I took a lot of interest in knowing the various aspects of it. so i will let you know the story of Indore becoming the cleanest city of India Backdrop   After coming into power in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started one of his most ambitious scheme which was going to change thinking of a billion minds(hopefully) and changed the fortune of some cities, one such was Indore. Being ranked on 25th position on the list of cleanest cities, the municipal corporation and the district administration of Indore could have gone happy about things but they did exact opposite. As the rankings didn'...

The Great Indian Thirst https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/ With the onset of summers, the worrysome thing in my locality is whether our locality's well would be able to give us water for the three cruel hot months ahead...?? By the way we (the people in my locality) are not the only ones who go through the same thought process every summers. As per NITI Aayog report of 2018 stated : That nearly 600 million or nearly half of India's population, almost half of India's population faces extreme water crisis. 75% of rural households doesn't have piped, potable water . Those households rely on sources which can have serious implications on human health. 70% of our sources are contaminated. Major rivers are dying due to insane amount of pollution in them. Groundwater table is depleting at a rapid pace and India is World's largest extractor of Ground water accounting for almost 25% . All in all we are suffering from " worst water crisis " and going towards even ...