Vishal Sharma / Agra December 29, 2008, 0:00 IST Govardhan Udyog plans to use cowdung to produce particle board. Faced with the task of developing environment-friendly technology for industry due to guidelines issued by the Supreme Court, entrepreneurs in Agra are realising the cost-effective potential of such technologies and innovations. Govardhan Udyog is one such unit which plans to use a non-conventional raw material, cowdung, to produce particle board and pharmaceutical products. The unit was inaugurated this week on the Agra-Delhi national highway near the Mathura refinery, about 55 km from Agra. Company sources said the basic raw material used in the manufacture of particle board will be cow dung. This will perhaps make it the first particle board manufacturing facility using cowdung as the raw material. Govardhan Udyog Managing Director SK Mittal said particle boards were emerging as a viable alternative in designing office furniture and automation products in the country as c...
AGRA. It could serve as a well-placed slap in the face of the the groups of so-called women's rights activists who all too recently celebrated International Women’s Day, fervently praising the contribution made by women to the society and vowing to prevent violence against the feminine gender comfortably ensconced in luxurious clubs and hotels. While the world was busy celebrating women’s day, a young girl was murdered in cold-blood, torched to death by her in-laws in Kayamganj town of Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh, alongwith a 6-month fetus inside her, just three years after marriage. Two weeks have passed since the grisly murder but the local police appears to be in no hurry to catch the absconding in-laws who doused the girl in kerosene and left her to burn and die on the street, making good their escape while the locals awaited for the police to arrive. Meanwhile, the victim’s mother Archana Sharma has suffered from a strok...
Vishal Sharma New Delhi/ Agra. The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to make ISI certification mandatory for all packaged water units in the state, a move could hit more than 80 water filtration and packaging units of Agra, with the summer round the corner. A delegation of members of the Packed Drinking Water Association of UP met the Agra district magistrate recently and presented him a memorandum, reminding him that obtaining ISI certification was mandatory for any packaged water unit but apart from about 5-6 brands, most of the over 90 water packaging units of Agra were being operated without ISI certification. Besides, being a serious health hazard, the modus operandi of these units was also giving a bad reputation to the entire water packaging industry, he said. Reportedly, the district magistrate has indicated possible action against the uncertified water packaging units of Agra in accordance with the policies set by the UP government. This could mean the closure of...
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