Paryavaran

CHANGING TREND - SAVE ENVIRONMENT - BE ECO  FRIENDLY No denying the fact that the forest cover of the whole   world   has drastically depleted over a period of time owing to the human needs and activities. One contributing factor towards this is the paper industry. I’m putting forward some of the facts regarding paper: Worldwide more than 300 million metric tons of paper and paperboard is produced every year. Of the total global wood harvest for industrial use. 42 per cent goes into paper making and it is expected to reach 50 per cent in the next fifty years . In our country we have about 600 paper mills producing different varieties of paper. On an average each one of us uses 700 pounds of paper products every year. For the production of paper special kind of tree plantations are made called as the managed timberlands. The trend has no doubt already been started but still the speed and spread is very slow. Some of the steps that can be followed in this dire

WE, THE inhabitants of earth, have reached that stage where we need to redesign and reconsider our lifestyles for further survival on this planet. If we want the generations to look forward to a healthy and green earth, then we really have to change ourselves at the earliest. green tax on heavy vehicles The govt. Of India has step forward with a new idea of reducing vehicle caused air pollution in major cities like DELHI. Commercial vehicles entering the state now have to  pay an environmental compensation charge in addition to the toll tax for the emission of pollutant matter. The second major cause of pollution is the Nitrogen Dioxide (NOx) load, which again is sourced from emissions of automobiles. The green panel had ordered that the compensation would be payable at the rates of   Rs.   700 for two-axle vehicles,   Rs.   1,000 for three-axle and   Rs.   500 for four-axle and above. It is a conceded position before us that vehicular pollution is one of the main sources