Treating hospital waste
most Andhra Pradesh hospitals lack facilities to treat the hazardous pile-up of waste that is generated everyday. There are more than 400 hospitals in the city and the total number of beds
most Andhra Pradesh hospitals lack facilities to treat the hazardous pile-up of waste that is generated everyday. There are more than 400 hospitals in the city and the total number of beds
Promoting ostrich and emu farming in India s drought prone districts could be a boon to farmers
in spite of protests by villagers of Pulichintala, the Andhra Pradesh government has proposed to construct a Rs 675-crore dam downstream of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project near the village in Guntur
the super-fine and high-yielding variety of raw rice, BB2 5204, evolved at the Babatala Research Station in Andhra Pradesh, is now being cultivated in an area of about 810 hectares in
For the polluting industrial estates at Patencheru in Andhra Pradesh ( Down To Earth , Vol 8, No 7), it was time to face the music. Acting upon the instructions of the Supreme Court, Medak
It is a crime. Numerous factories deliberately inject untreated effluents directly into the ground, contaminating underground aquifers. Down To Earth got samples of groundwater collected from eight places in three states and tested them for concent
<font class='UCASE'><b><font color=red>Tishya Chatterjee</font></b></font> , member secretary, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board APPCB spoke to <font class='UCASE'><b><font color=red>Manish Tiwari</font></b></font> on the presence of persistent
thirteen bottle-nosed dolphins were found dead on the shores of Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh. According to the Vishakhapatnam Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
After blindly destroying much of their forest cover, people in Anantapur district attempt to reclaim their barren lands
The much-talked about women's biotechnology park, to be set up near Chennai, may be shifted to another state. The Tamil Nadu government has not taken any steps towards commissioning the park. On the
Drip irrigation was first used in Israel for agriculture
the effectiveness of the healthcare delivery system in Andhra Pradesh is coming under intense scrutiny after 400 tribals reportedly died in Adilabad district due to gastroenteritis. The deaths
The SC has emphasised the need for inclusion of a High Court judge
Chandrababu Naidu ia known more for his obsession with technology and computers. Little is known about his watershed mission
He has seen the forests being destroyed since the 1950s. Today, he is trying to unite people to undo the damage. Dase Gaud, 75, has played a vital role in the formation of Hottebetta Vana
Just two years ago, the people of P Yaleru village in Anantapur district had to walk several kilometres to get drinking water. According to 6 Sreenivas, technical director, Rural Development Trust,
"The real things are happening in the villages"
Source: CSE Survey, 1998 Survey sample size: 335 readers, 237 environmentalist
Source: CSE Survey, 1998
Monsanto talks too much. Misinformed activists rush in to burn fields in protest against the company. And India s government authorities, sitting in smug silence, do little to clear the confusion. The science of biotechnology gets a bad name