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Indian Temples expected Hyderabad best Indian city banned use of plastic bags of less than
to have 3,000-4,000 tonnes to live in, says survey 50 microns in thickness as against the
of gold reserve existing norms of 40.
Hyderabad has been ranked the top
Temples in the India could have 3,000- Indian city in the quality of living rank- Be it manufacturers, shopkeepers,
4,000 tonnes of gold. Much of this is ing for the second consecutive year by street vendors or waste generators
what is termed 'idle' gold - just in lock- Mercer's Quality of Living Report 2016. including individuals, institutions and
ers of vaults. The central government's It slipped one rank from last year to organisers of big events like political
recently launched Gold Monetisation 139, due to increased power disrup- rallies, religious gatherings and mar-
Scheme was one attempt to get these tions and extreme weather situations, riages - the government enlisted cer-
hoards out and put them to productive particularly in May 2015. Other Indian tain 'dos' and 'don'ts' and introduced
use. Under it, jewellery and other ar- cities rank much lower with Pune slot- a concept of "user fee" and "waste
ticles have to be melted to verify the ted at 144. management fee" at different levels.
purity and sent to refineries for mak-
ing bars. However, then, the antique Water scarcity growing at Shopkeepers and street vendors, will-
value of any of these will be lost. an alarming rate ing to provide plastic carry bags to
their customers, will now have to get
Holi is anti-women, claim Water scarcity situation in parts of themselves registered with local body
new posters at JNU country has become alarming and on payment of 'plastic waste manage-
states need to take urgent action, says ment fee' of minimum Rs 48,000 per
New posters on JNU campus have called GS Jha, Chairman, Central Water Com- annum (Rs 4000 per month).
Holi an "anti-women" festival that has, mission. It will soon come out with an
"historically, sexually abused Dalit advisory for state governments on ju- Govt applies stringent
women in the name of celebrations". dicious use of water. norms on gensets
New scanner to test the Registration fee of Rs 4K The Centre has notified stringent envi-
adulteration in milk per month to provide ronment standards to make cities and
plastics carry bags towns shift to less polluting and quieter
Over 68% of milk in the country has gensets.
been found to be adulterated and a The Centre has notified stringent plas-
new scanner has been developed to tic waste management rules to regu- This the first time such mandated cer-
test for adulterants in just 40 seconds, late use of the hazardous material and tifications have been notified for
minister Harsh Vardhan told Lok Sabha. handle the generated waste. It also gensets running on LPG or natural gas
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