Tihar biogas plant will turn waste into wealth
In order to utilise the kitchen waste generated at the Tihar Prisons, a biogas plant was commissioned on Tuesday inside the premises of Central Jail No. 2. The plant utilises 750 kilo per day of kitchen waste generated by the kitchen of the Central Jail No. 2 and produces about 75 cubic meter of high quality cooking gas per day. “The cooking gas produced by the kitchen waste is then used in the kitchen of the jail, where food for about 850 inmates is prepared every day. This plant is based on the NISARGUNA technology developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai,” said Sunil Gupta, PRO, Tihar Prisons. The commissioning of this plant will not only replace the equivalent of about two cylinders of lPG used in the kitchen, but also obviate the need for disposal of the garbage. It is planned to start biogas plant in other jails also to make the prisons self reliant in energy generation.
Caring for the poor man’s ticker
With an aim to provide financial assistance to 365 heart patients belonging to economically weaker sections of the society in a period of one year, Heart Care Foundation of India on Thursday announced the opening of applications for the Sameer Malik Heart Care Foundation Fund. The fund will be available for use from April 1 and will provide financial assistance for stents, bypass surgery, valves, pacemakers or surgery for congenital heart disease. In order to be eligible to apply for the fund, patients can call on the fund helpline number 9958771177, which is open from March 20, Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm. President of Heart Care Foundation of India, Dr KK Aggarwal, said, “We at Heart Care Foundation of India are committed to providing assistance and effective solutions to the growing medical problems in the country. We have launched the Sameer Malik Heart Care Foundation Fund and through this initiative, we hope to assist at least 365 people each year, who otherwise would not have been able to afford treatment.”
168 artists on show at lalit Kala Akademi
Art works of 168 artists from different parts of India are to be displayed in an exhibition here that begins March 20, the organisers said Wednesday. The 55th edition of lalit Kala Akademi’s annual exhibition National Exhibition of Art has put together works of different medium: oil and acrylic on canvas, stone and bronze sculptures, charcoal, etchings and ceramic artwork. The exhibition ends April 10. Apart from this, the Akademi, a government institution that promotes and develops Indian fine art, has also chosen works of 10 artists for their prestigious National Award for 2013.