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...
Vijay Upadhyay | Agra Over the past five years, Keetham forest, located at the outskirts of Agra, has begun attracting international attention for being the biggest secure home for Indian sloth bears, who have been rescued by the wildlife authorities from the captivity of bear-dancing tribes. But as the number of rescued bears is growing, the risk of these precious endangered animals falling in the hands of poachers is also rising at a dangerous pace. The bear sanctuary at Keetham, which also holds the distinction of being the world's biggest sloth bear sanctuary, is becoming crowded with sloth bears, who, being territorial in nature, could slip out of the sanctuary limits and come under the danger of falling in the hands of poachers. Although a UK-based NGO, currently running the bear sanctuary, is doing its best to protect these animals, wildlife authorities of Uttar Pradesh have come up with an innovative idea of containing the bears and other wild animals inside the forest by...
VISHAL SHARMA AGRA, 30 JUNE. Rana Group of Industries, one of the major rolling steel productions companies of North India, shall shortly establish a steel girders production plant in Eastern India (Orissa) with the cost of Rs. 125 crores. According to the group director Zafir Rana, keeping in mind the power crisis all over the country, the new unit shall have its own captive power plant, enabling the unit to function without being affected from power disruptions. Besides, Mr. Rana said, the Muzaffarnagar based company, established about 25 years back was already running eight more units in UP & Uttaranchal, serving the entire North India with quality steel products for construction. According to Mr. Rana after UP & Uttaranchal, Orissa would be the first state out of North India where the Rana Group had established its presence and the new plant in Orissa shall produce steel girders, rods & channels for consumption in the states of Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Benga...
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