Vacation Travel India

presentation shows all kind of vehicles in India, along with drivers and road. most photos were taken in Punjab, north India

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http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/arti06 ARTI won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2006. To find out more visit the link above and check out the Ashden Awards Blog http://ashdenawards.blogspot.com

The Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) in Pune has developed a biogas plant which uses food waste rather than manure as feedstock and supplies biogas for cooking. The plant is sufficiently compact to be used by urban households, and over 700 are currently in use.

Pune is a relatively affluent city in south India, and many people use liquid petroleum gas (LPG) or kerosene for cooking. Waste food is often discarded at the side of the road, as in many cities, attracting stray dogs, flies and rats and creating a public health hazard. The ARTI compact biogas plant is made from two standard high-density polyethylene (HDPE) water tanks: the larger tank acts as the digester and the smaller one is inverted and placed into it to serve as a gas-holder. The plant safely digests kitchen waste, food waste or waste flour from mills, thus reducing the problem of waste disposal. A 1,000 litre plant produces sufficient biogas to at least halve the use of LPG or kerosene for cooking in a household, as well as a small amount of liquid effluent which can be used as fertiliser. ARTI has developed the technology, field tested it, and managed the supply of about 700 biogas plants in Maharashtra. Around 100 plants are now being installed every month.

The first-prize Ashden Award to ARTI recognises the enormous potential for using this compact biogas digester in towns and cities, both to supply cooking gas and to ist in the disposal of organic waste.

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South of Rashtrapati Bhavan is Teen Murti Bhavan (open Tues-Sun 10am-3pm; free), which houses the Jawarharlal Nehru Memorial Museum in the prime minister’s former residence. Nehru’s study, sitting room and bedroom have been preserved and there is a very detailed exhibition of the history of the Independence struggle. The modesty of the interiors reflects well on one of India’s greatest leaders.

The story of the Nehru/Gandhi dynasty is continued at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum (open Tues-Sun 9.30am-5pm; free) at 1 Safdarjang Road. This bungalow was her residence and the place where she was killed by her bodyguards. Blood stains are still visible at the spot in the gardens. Inside you can see her study and her wedding sari, woven by Nehru. Close by, on Tees January Marg, is the site of another political assassination, the Gandhi Smriti (open Tues-Sun 9am-5.30pm), museum and memorial, in the house of the industrialist G.D. Birla. In the garden, the place where Mahatma Gandhi was shot in 1948 is marked by a simple memorial.

Southeast of India Gate is the National Gallery of Modern Art O (open Tues-Sun 10am-5pm; free), in the former Delhi home of Jaipur’s royal family. Its permanent collection includes 1930s paintings by Jamini Roy and Nandalal Bose and 18th-century Indian landscapes by Thomas and William Daniell. The ground floor is devoted to contemporary Indian artists. The National Museum (open Tues-Sun 10am-5pm; entrance fee) south of Raj-path on Janpath, is noted for its Indian sculpture and jewellery collections, Chola bronzes and a Buddhist gallery, including a carved Buddhist gateway from Sanchi. Especially good, on the second floor, is the Verrier Elwin collection of Adivasi art, from northeastern, central and southern Indian states.

Southwest of Rajpath is Chanakyapuri, the diplomatic enclave where the majority of foreign missions and embassies are located. The Rail Museum (open Oct-Mar 9.30am-5pm, Apr-Sept 9.30am-7.30pm), just off Shanti Path, is worth a visit. There are some interesting period coaches and a large array of steam engines, including the huge Garratt, built in 1930 in Manchester; there is also an unusual working steam monorail. Nearby is the Santushti Complex (opposite the Ashoka Hotel), with shops of Indian designers and the pleasant Basil and Thyme restaurant.

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The volunteers of Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama and thir family members under took a tour of South India, with rich heritage of temples.

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