Ongoing Projects

Preparation of Environment Status Report 2019-2020 of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation

April 8, 2020

| Environment

The objective of this project is to prepare the Annual Environmental Status Report for 2019-2020 of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. The report will highlight the status of air quality, water resources, land, solid waste management and health-related issues along with its impact and mitigation measures within the city. 

Developing integrated river pollution management framework

April 1, 2020

| Water

TERI proposes to investigate the current situation of two river basins of India, the Yamuna and the Musi which are struggling with the problem of pollution, using ‘Systems Thinking’ approach.

Recycling of sugar factory ash to ceramic filters for application in sewage treatment

March 27, 2020

| Waste

The main objectives of this project are to: (i) Manufacture microfiltration membrane filters from sugar industry ash in an industrial facility. (ii) Fix manufacturing parameters for different compositions of sugar industry ash. (iii) Demonstration for sewage treatment in a membrane bioreactor under field conditions.

India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing plastic and chemical pollution in India (INOPOL)

March 4, 2020

| Waste

The main objective of the INOPOL project is to build knowledge and capacity to tackle plastic and chemical pollution from important sources within key industries, public sector, and civil society.  The main goals will be to provide science-based knowledge that will support India’s ambitious targets to reduce plastic releases and to implement the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.

Air to Water as solution for rural water security

February 28, 2020

| Water

Access to safe and affordable drinking water for all is a big challenge that India is facing with coverage of tap water supply in rural India being limited to <20%. With this challenge in the perspective, Government of India has launched the 'Jal Jeevan Mission' with an aim to provide tap water connection to every rural household by 2024. It is estimated that close to 140 million people in India are devoid of water supply, and the government has allocated an amount of 115 Billion Rupees for the year 2020-21.

Creating Pan Himalayan Network for Climate Change Journalism

February 1, 2020

| Climate Change

| Environment

The programme worked on creating a pan Himalayan collective of young journalists by training them on the science, policy and storytelling aspects of climate change.

Water quality improvement of Dighalipukhuri, Guwahati

January 20, 2020

| Water

| Microbes

Physical examination of the Dighalipukhuri pond revealed trophic stratification and aquatic life including fishes. Realising the historical importance of the pond and aesthetics facilitation it was decided that natural remedial process would be helpful.

Certificate course in "Sustain and Enhance Technical Knowledge in Solar Energy Systems" at Guwahati, Assam under GSDP during the financial year 2019-20

January 15, 2020

| Environment

The objectives of this project are to: (1) provide training to 30 participants on solar energy systems to enhance their technical skills; (2) set up an 1 kW solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plant for demonstration and practical training; (3) create linkages of participants with solar energy vendors/agencies to enhance employability.

Sustainability assessment of the thermochemical conversion of post-extraction plant residues to address climate change

January 8, 2020

| Waste

| Climate Change

The L'Oréal Group  is one of the leading manufacturers of beauty products and uses different types of plant extracts for the development of its products. The process generates a large quantity of organic post-extraction waste materials. The company is interested to use these post- extraction waste materials as biochar to crop land to address the global climate change issue.

Monitoring of community wastewater for early signalling the spread of COVID-19 in Chennai City

January 6, 2020

| Water

The main objectives of this project are to: (1) Track the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the wastewater in order to have information on the community viral load. This should serve as an early warning system for health surveillance. (2) Check the spread from WWTPs (waste-water treatment plants) and direct discharge points, map the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in two locations downstream of Buckingham Canal which meets the Cooum River.