Stop using loudspeakers in centres of worship: Dr Hampa
Udupi, June 8: Noted writer Dr Hampa Nagarajaiah said that either the Prime Minister or the respective governments should take steps to stop using loudspeakers in centres of worship.
After receiving Sediyapu Krishna Bhat award at a programme organized by the Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Research Centre and, Manipal Academy of Higher Education at the MGM College here on Friday, he said that people of respective religions have to do prayers in their centres of worships. But stop using loudspeakers, he said.
India has become a nation of holidays. Perhaps no other country in the world has these many holidays. Being the secular country, each caste is being given a holiday. Such holidays are detrimental to the development of the country. Let the government declare only one holiday on August 15. The Prime Minister should take a decision in the Parliament, he said.
Cultural thinker Dr Erya Lakshminarayan Alva, Dr H Shantaram, Prof Taltaje Vasanth Kumar, Prof KP Rao, Dr SJ Bhat, Prof Varadesh Hiregange and others were present.
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BWSSB to extract biogas from sewage sludge
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is set to roll out a major biogas initiative to extract compressed biogas from sewage sludge, aiming to generate over Rs 120 crore in additional revenue over the next two decades.
The project approved by the state cabinet is expected to be the largest of its kind in the country, utilising about 550 MLD of sewage across five major sewage treatment plants, according to an official release.
"This brilliantly structured PPP model allows us to generate over Rs 120 crore in fresh revenue without investing a single rupee in capital or operations," BWSSB Chairman Ram Prasath Manohar said in the statement.
Under the project, raw biogas currently used for in-house power generation or flared will be upgraded to CBG meeting national standards for injection into the city gas distribution network or use as a clean transport fuel, the release said.
The initiative will be executed on a public-private partnership model, with the private concessionaire bearing the entire Rs 85 crore capital expenditure and operational costs, while BWSSB will provide land within treatment plant premises.
Describing it as a step towards energy security and the circular economy, officials said the project could serve as a national model for similar urban initiatives.
