Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
In a setback for the Ahmedabad-based Adani Group’s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited, an environment ministry committee, citing incontrovertible evidence, recommended levying a fine of at least . 200 crore for damaging mangroves, creeks and the local environment at the project site. Charging the company with violating environmental …
A report by an environment ministry-appointed committee says that it has found "incontrovertible evidence" against Adani Group of violating environmental norms in its Mundra port and SEZ project. The panel has recommended a fine of Rs 200 crore or 1 per cent of the total project investment, whichever is higher, …
Identifying 37 per cent — or about 60,000 square km — of the Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive, a high-level panel has recommended that “destructive” activities such as mining, thermal power, major construction, and some hydel power projects should not be allowed there. However, the panel was silent about any …
Around 60,000 sq km of Western Ghats, spread across six states, should be turned into a no-go area for commercial activities like mining, thermal power plants, polluting industries and large housing plans, the high-level working group headed by Planning Commission member K Kasturirangan has recommended. The committee has not recommended …
Tired of the high pollution levels in Bangalore? Blame it on two-wheelers which contribute the biggest chunk of air pollution. They contribute 41% of particulate and 67% of nitrogen oxide levels in the air. Vehicles are more threatening than other sources of pollution as they discharge emissions directly into the …
At Mathura, countless songs fill the air regaling Lord Krishna’s relationship with his gopis and the Yamuna. One look at the Yamuna today leaves one wondering whether there is anything left of the river of these songs. Instead, it is the masani nullah that catches the eye. “The Yamuna is …
Recognizing that the plethora of dams built and planned in the Ganga basin could almost empty the river of its waters in the winter season, an inter-ministerial group has recommended that the projects be re-engineered to maintain 30-50% of water flow in the lean period of December-March. The group, headed …
Urban wastewater management has become a challenge in India as infrastructural development and regulations have not kept pace with population growth and urbanization. Annually, more and more people are moving into cities, and the figures are expected to reach about 600 million by 2030 making India more peri-urban than rural. …
Since glass traps heat, buildings require more air conditioning. As a result, energy use goes up Building green is definitely important. But it is equally important to know how green a green building is. Take the glitzy, glass-enveloped buildings popping up across the country. It does not matter if you …
New Delhi: In 2009, clearance for digging a borewell in Delhi could only be issued by Delhi Jal Board. Only those proposals meant for community use would be considered. The step was taken to curb plummeting levels of ground water in the capital. However, even as the water utility has …
Read the response of Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) to pesticide industry advertisement published in the guise of public interest appeal in a major national daily. CSE claims that Centre for Environment & Agrochemicals has made several scurrilous and baseless statements against it. The pesticide manufacturing industry and its …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is launching a new course — capacity for change — which will be conducted from April 15 to 20. This is a programme offered by the Anil Agarwal Green College, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. It wishes to enhance the talent …
Current policies on containing air pollution, particularly in cities, are regressive Our health is not on anybody's agenda. Or we just don't seem to make the connections between the growing burden of disease and the deteriorating condition of our environment. We don't really believe science, which tells us each passing …
The challenge will only become stiffer as projected sewage generation by 2021 is likely to be about 4,500 mld. This means sewage treatment capacity will have to be augmented by 2,000 mld in less than 10 years, says the central pollution control board. “I agree that our STPs are not …
The members of Rajya Sabha expressed their concern on the increasing pollution in various rivers across the country, particularly Ganga and Yamuna. Read text of this debate. Debate on river pollution in the Rajya Sabha on 11 March 2013. See Also In-Parliament: Pollution level in the major rivers of the …
Eighty percent of sewage in India is untreated and flows directly into the nation’s rivers, polluting the main sources of drinking water, a study by an environmental watchdog showed. Indian cities produce nearly 40 billion liters of sewage every day and barely 20 percent of it is treated, according to …
Eighty per cent of sewage in India is untreated and flows directly into the nation’s rivers, polluting the main sources of drinking water, a study by an environment watchdog showed Tuesday. Indian cities produce nearly 40,000 million litres of sewage every day and barely 20 percent of it is treated, …
New Delhi: Is urban India drowning in its own excreta? Nearly 80% of the sewage generated in India flows untreated into its rivers, lakes and ponds, turning the water sources too polluted to use. The end result: groundwater in almost the entire country has nitrate levels higher than the prescribed …
Slums account for a quarter of the urban population, but get only one twentieth of the total water supply, said Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Monday, referring to the sharp inequity in water supply in the country. Expressing concern over the quality of water and the declining water table, he said: …
Is urban India drowning in its own excreta? Nearly 80 per cent of the sewage generated in India flows untreated into its rivers, lakes and ponds, turning the water sources too polluted to use. The end result: groundwater in almost the entire country has nitrate levels higher than the prescribed …
