Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
Right To Information (RTI)
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FII warns CIL of legal action on coal pricing
Mumbai: The government’s move to change the pricing strategy of PSU major Coal India (CIL) may soon face legal hurdles. The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI), a UKbased FII that is the largest non-government
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Big dam impacts on downstream areas worry speakers
GUWAHATI: The two-day ‘State Convention against Big Dam’ concluded here on Monday. The Monday session of the convention witnessed several speakers delving deep into the implications of the big dams including the controversial Lower Subansiri project on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. Addressing the gathering at the convention, Ramaswamy R Iyer, Former Secretary, Water Resources Ministry, Government of India, said that there was no proper study made in regard to the downstream impact of the Lower Subansiri dam. “NHPC often says that the Lower Subansiri project is a run on the river project and the downstream impact of such project is low.
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Presentation by Vimal Bhai, Matu Jan Sangathan at the Anil Agarwal Dialogues on green clearances organised by CSE, New Delhi
This video presents the talk by Vimal Bhai, Matu Jan Sangathan on green clearances at the Anil Agarwal Dialogues, organised by CSE at New Delhi, during February 24-25, 2012. <iframe width="420" height="315"
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Presentation Raghuvir Pradhan, Ekta Parishad, Chhattisgarh at the Anil Agarwal Dialogues on green clearances organised by CSE, New Delhi
This video presents the talk by Raghuvir Pradhan, Ekta Parishad, Chhattisgarh on green clearances at the Anil Agarwal Dialogues, organised by CSE at New Delhi, during February 24-25, 2012 <iframe width="420"
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Endosulfan: PCSS demands withdrawl of study
KASARGOD: The Plantation Corporation Samrakshana Samithi has demanded withdrawal of the study report of the community medicine of the Kozhikode Medical College on the ‘Epidemiological Studies Related to Health in Endosulfan-affected Areas of Kasargod district’. In a letter to the principal of the Kozhikode Medical College, the PCK Samrakshana Samithi state secretary M Gangadharan Nair said the report of the medical college, which was later submitted to the Supreme Court, led to the government demanding huge funds from the PCK.
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NGO questions government’s clean chit to cement giants
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Government’s clean chit to cement plants which are breaching the forest conservation act has been out rightly questioned by the Maitshaphrang Movement, an NGO which used the RTI findings to reveal the alleged exploitation of forest by these cement giants in the Khliehriat sub-division of Jaintia Hills district. Deputy Chief Minister, In-Charge, Mining and Geology Bindo M Lanong, two days ago, said, “The officials have attested that the areas under limestone mining are not under agriculture or dense forest areas.”
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Lanong gives clean chit to cement companies
SHILLONG: Endorsing the State government official team’s clean chit to four giant cement factories operating in Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Bindo Lanong attributed unscientific coal mining as a major cause of pollution of streams and rivers in Khleihriat sub division. It is an irrefutable fact that unscientific “rat hole’ mining has contaminated the water sources and bodies within the periphery of the rich coal deposited sites of Khliehriat sub division. Adding more woes was the scientific declaration that waste from cement plants was the cause of death of aquatic lives in Lukha river.
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Tamil Nadu agreed to new dam proposal in 1979: Premachandran
N.K. Premachandran, former Water Resources Minister, said here on Monday that Tamil Nadu had agreed in principle to the proposal for a new dam at Mullaperiyar way back as 1979. At the suggestion of the Central Water Commission, both Tamil Nadu and Kerala had agreed for a new dam and a joint proposal had been submitted to the commission. However, the CWC had not pursued this. When asked, through a Right to Information query, the CWC had said that the proposal was not technically feasible.
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Going green, with a large side order of mercury
Steady release of mercury into the air, soil and water poses a significant health risk. But, it appears, not for policymakers in India. Annually, a large amount of this toxic, complex metal is simply dumped
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Anti-big dam leader accuses minister
Guwahati: Anti-big dam leader Akhil Gogoi on Friday alleged that Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi was selling the interests of the state and its people in his greed for the chief minister’s chair.