On January 30, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa inaugurated the new cycle track at Race Course Road in Bengaluru.
WRI India is proud to have assisted Bangalore Smart City and Directorate of Urban Land Transport in designing and implementing roads that offer safe and comfortable infrastructure to #Bengaluru's many cyclists.
Cycle lanes help:
🚲 Incentivize more people to cycle
🚗 Reduce vehicular congestion
🏥 Lower cycling injuries and fatalities
#SaferByDesign #SustainableCities #WRIRoadSafety #MyCycleCity
Evidence shows that the survival rate of urban trees, planted during plantation drives, is poor. This is largely attributed to poor site judgement, polluted or unfavourable soil conditions, selection of non-native species and little to no sapling maintenance. For Down To Earth India, Rama Thoopal, Deepti Talpade and Lubaina Rangwala write about how to plant with a plan to ensure best efforts don’t wither away – https://bit.ly/3BQ7VJf
Electro-catalysts, containing platinum and iridium, are critical for manufacturing electrolysers - key component for #Hydrogen production through water electrolysis.
Currently, the total global reserves of platinum group metals are estimated to be around 100,000 metric tons. The map below shows the geographical concentration of the metals with South Africa well in the lead. Nearly 120 metric tons of platinum and 6 metric tons of iridium was produced from South African mines in 2021. Other countries with platinum group metal reserves are Russia, Zimbabwe, USA and Canada.
The construction sector is India's second-largest contributor to GDP, behind agriculture, and will be the third-largest by 2025.
Urban India's particulate matter pollution is largely caused by construction activity, which has prompted several cities to enact strict regulations to reduce the amount of air pollution resulting from activities at construction sites.
Read our new blog, authored by Gaurav Tomar and Vandana Tyagi to learn how adopting a clean construction approach could. not only improve air quality but also benefit the construction industry in the long run.
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