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#Environment #NGT #Pollution

Read about lakes mentioned in the news. Also read about STP technology.
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#Environment #NGT #Pollution

Pollution in Rivers is a burning issue. Make a note over it.
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#Environment #Pollution #NGT

Just read about Pyrolysis. Also note down the name of NGO, fodder point for Mains.

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Pyrolysis is a method of recycling  old tyres through a thermochemical  treatment under high temperature to produce industrial oil andother  matters.
#GS_1 #GS_3
#Mining #Environmemt
#Rat_hole_Mining #NGT

Read about rat hole mining and Mines & Minerals Act, 1957. Recently,
NGT banned the rat hole mining in Meghalaya, read about it.

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Rat-hole mining involves digging of very small tunnels, usually only 3-4 feet high, which workers (often children) enter and extract coal.

The rat-hole mining is broadly of two types - side-cutting and box-cutting.
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#Water_resources #Water_Pollution
#CPCB #NGT

Read about the Contaminated sites and also note down that West Bengal topped the list followed by Odisha.
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#E_waste #NGT

NGT observes that huge gap in compliance of e-waste management rules show the apathy of authorities. Non-compliance of rules is one of the major reason for failure of any initiative (this line can be quoted in mains answer). Read about the issues related to e-waste.

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India generates about 3 million tonnes of e-waste annually and ranks 3rd among e-waste producing countries, after China and the United States.

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