Monday, August 16, 2010

ASANSOL

OVERVIEW: Asansol  a coal mining and industrial metropolis and one of the busiest metropolitan centers in India. It is the 2nd largest city in West Bengal after kolkata and 23rd in India. It is located under BURDWAN district in the western periphery of the state.
Situated in the Damodar river valley, the city has evolved and expanded to current population of FIVE million, ranking it 29th in India.





HISTORY: Asansol was inhabitant of  Dravidians and austroloids in the beginning. Around 2500 years ago, it became the center of Jain activity. Mahavira Vardhamana, the last Tirthankar of Jain worked here for some times. During those times the district came to known as Burdwan. Later it became part of Vishnupur kingdom for thousand years till the advent of British.   

FACTS:
COORDINATES  lat 23.68333
                    long 86.9833

AREA            361.93 sq.kms.

temperature summer 45 C max
                                30 C min
                                                                          winter   28 C max
                                                                                      10 C min

rainfall      150 cms June to September

language  Bengali, Hindi, English.

rail          Asansol railway station under Eastern Railway

air           nearest national and international airport Kolkata 220 kms away

road       the NH2 passes through asansol. asansol is connected by roads with Kolkata 222 Kms,
              Burdwan 103 Kms, Shantiniketan 62 Kms, Durgapur 40 kms, Vishnupur 72 Kms, Dhanbad 59
              Kms.

SAVE YOUR HOME!!!!!!!!!! SAVE THE GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE THE PEOPLE......have reached that stage where we should redesign our lifestyle for further survival and look forward towards a healthy green earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!
other than basic needs plants produces many things out of which paper is remarkably important in our daily life.
other than cotton, hump, grass and elephant dung paper is mostly manufactured by a process called managed timberland's
worldwide 300 metric tons of paper and paperboard's are produced every year
on an average 700 pounds of papers and paper products are used by us every year.
                DISADVANTAGES
now designing of managed timberland's causes loss of valuable wildlife habitat and poor soil and ecosystem.
paper and pulp industries are the third largest producer of air pollutions.
it consumes large amount energy and water.
air discharge of pulp industries include certain hormone disrupting and carcinogenic chemicals like polyclinic aromatic hydrocarbons.

    TURN THE SITUATIONS
1>recycling
2>avoiding wastage of papers
3>opting for E-bills rather than printed bills.
4>only legal statements should be printed, all other documents should be posted by internet.
5>communicating via E-mail.
6>opting exams online.


IT TAKES ONLY A SECOND TO WASTE A BEAUTIFUL PAPER........
BUT DECADES FOR A TREE TO GROW!!!!!