Intrinsic link
Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt
Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt
Ganga plumbs new depths in its journey through Varanasi
After a chemicals factory pollutes a river in China
People in the Philippines rouse themselves to save the valley of their ancestors
Major lacunae have been detected in the functioning of the Ganga Action Plan (gap). The public accounts committee (pac) of parliament came down heavily on the government for diverting funds earmarked
More than two years ago, the Union ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation moud issued a notification making wastewater recycling compulsory in Delhi. But the rules have not been enforced to date, with the capital s implementing agencies s
The Delhi High Court vacated the stay on eviction of settlers at Yamuna Pushta and cleared way for demolition of slums along the banks of the river. The division bench comprising Chief Justice B.C.
The Delhi High Court has imposed a stay order till on the campaign by the city authorities to simultaneously evict and relocate encroachers from Yamuna Pushta, an illegal hutment colony along the
The plan to beautify the Yamuna Pushta slum area and convert it into a into green belt, however, drew a cold response when only about 30 slum dwellers came forward for 'voluntary relocation'.
They are all making a beeline for the Yamuna. After Union Tourism and Culture Minister Jagmohan announced plans to beautify the Yamuna Pushta, it is now the turn of Youth Affairs and Sports Minister
Rivers are wellsprings of life. They give birth to civilisations, sustain livelihoods and sometimes even trigger wars. Rivers inspire awe and creativity. But in modern times, they are taken for granted: their flow checked by large dams, their waters sulli
Or political manoeuvre?
B y the looks of it, India is dipping into Vedic literature for more than just spiritual guidance. Experts want its message to be embodied in river cleaning schemes. In its observations on the
Project launched in J&K
Recently the banks of river Gomti in Lucknow were unusually abuzz. Some people were struggling to wade through the sewage enriched river to scoop up thousands of dead fish; the bystanders looked on, probably contemplating the peril their city s lifeline
On June 16, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s exhortation to “implement the river conservation programme with a greater sense of urgency and commitment” was an allusive reference to the states’ tardiness and cursoriness in executing sanctioned projec
Prime Minister (PM) Atal Bihari Vajpayee recently admitted that all is not well with river cleaning projects in the country. While addressing the 11th meeting of the National River Conservation
An official of the state government was explaining, at a meeting, the progress made to set up sewage treatment plants, drains and diversionary sewers in pursuit of a Supreme Court order to clean up
RESOURCES AND RIGHTS: Even as the debate over access and benefit sharing of genetic resources rages on in the world, plans for a legally binding protocol have begun to take shape in the Convention
the March 31, 2003, deadline set by the Supreme Court sc for cleaning the 22 kilometre Delhi stretch of Yamuna river has come and gone. Yet the river, which is the source of 70 per cent of Delhi s drinking water, remains a dirty drain