Tag Archives: Rasika Batra

Indian schools put hand washing on the daily schedule

December 11, 2012 – 2:42 pm

by Rasika Batra WHAT’S HAPPENING Instead of washing its hands of absenteeism and illness, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has found a unique solution. It has instructed all schools that serve midday meals to include in the timetable the washing of hands with soap. The egalitarian WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in School programme includes […]

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Delhi Metro engineers stations to harvest rainwater

September 21, 2011 – 8:24 am

by Rasika Batra WHAT’S HAPPENING Imagine train stations that double as water sumps. That’s Delhi Metro in its third phase of construction. With the goal of decreasing its carbon footprint and conserving groundwater, every newly built station will have a rainwater harvesting system (TimesOfIndia.com, 3 September 2011). Rainwater will be collected not just from the station’s rooftop, but also from the […]

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