Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Laxmi Narain Vs Municipal Corporation, Ghaziabad & Others dated 11/11/2024. The complaint of the applicant is that illegal secondary collection point has been setup near Apsara border of Ghaziabad adjoining Delhi on GT road at District Ghaziabad. The allegation in …
Sustainable mining is an oxymoron. Environmentalists will tell you this. Mining—coal to limestone—takes away forests, devastates mountains and leaves the land pockmarked. It also destroys livelihoods of people and displaces them. Worse, modern, mechanised mining takes away livelihood based on land but does not replace it with local employment—all estimates …
Concentrations of air pollutants from vehicles are elevated along roadways, indicating that human exposure in transportation microenvironments may not be adequately characterized by centrally located monitors. We report results from w180 h of real-time measurements of fine particle and black carbon mass concentration (PM2.5, BC) and ultrafine particle number concentration …
Sustainable mining is an oxymoron. Environmentalists will tell you this. Mining – from coal to limestone – destroys forests, devastates mountains and leaves the land pock-marked. It also destroys people’s livelihoods and displaces them. Worse, modern, mechanised mining hurts livelihoods based on land but does not replace them with local …
This article examines the role of linkage politics in revitalizing the largely ineffective UN Convention to Combat Desertification(UNCCD). I argue that the UNCCD Secretariat has taken a leadership role in driving a regime linkage agenda that has focused disproportionately on linkages to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). …
My article last fortnight about people’s fight against POSCO has brought me interesting responses. They call for clarifications and further discussion. The question is about the value of current livelihoods of the people of coastal Odisha. Is earning from betel nut farming being exaggerated to reinforce the romantic and misinformed …
The act of an endosulfan manufacturer in sending legal notices to four doctors for monitoring the impact of the pesticide on humans is an isolated attempt at persecuting these professionals, according to Mr M. P. Veerendrakumar, President, Socialist Janata (Democratic). These doctors — Dr C. Ravindran (Principal), Dr Prabhakumari (Head …
Visakhapatnam city in particular, and the surrounding coastal region upto Srikakulam, is at a critical juncture and should opt for green development, saving the local communities and the fragile environs, rather than follow the destructive model of development being pursued in the other regions, according to Ms Sunita Narain, Director …
M.P. Veerendrakumar, president the Socialist Janata (Democratic), has accused endosulfan manufacturers of resorting to corporate bullying by threatening legal action against four doctors of government medical college in Kozhikode for blaming endosulfan for the health problems in Kasaragod. In a statement, Mr. Veerendrakumar, who was in forefront of the anti-cola …
Visakhapatnam is in a critical stage, says Sunita Narain Water bodies and conservation of water must be made non-negotiable, said director general of Centre for Science and Environment Sunita Narain at a meet the press programme organised by the Vizag Journalists Forum here on Thursday. Water bodies have important ecological …
New Delhi: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has invited experts from across the country and abroad to discuss parking strategies. The centre will hold a conference on August 17 to discuss the parking policy for Delhi
New Delhi: The authorities have drawn up a plan to allow one-lane parking along Yusuf Sarai market on Aurobindo Marg. But the decision, according to PWD sources, may lead to more chaos in the area. At a recent meeting of the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) with other stakeholders, members …
The sight on television was heartbreaking: children lying in rows in the searing sun to be human shields against the takeover of their land for Korean giant POSCO’s mega bucks project. Facing them were armed police sent by the state government to assist in the operation. The steel plant and …
He hogged the limelight for clashes with corporate interests and for outspoken statements. There will soon be a new set of glass doors at Krishi Bhavan. The newly elevated Cabinet Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh plans to bring the doors — a signature element of his interior décor right …
New Delhi The government is exploring a car scrappage scheme, where you can trade in your old, fuel-guzzling car and buy a new, fuel-efficient one, saving some money in the process. The scheme
We have forgotten that development cannot be development if it takes the lives of the very people for whom it is meant The sight on television was heartbreaking: children lying in rows in the searing sun to be human shields against the takeover of their land for Korean giant Posco
Once again there is a food safety scare. A deadly strain of E coli bacterium has hit Germany, where it has taken the lives of 25 people and affected another 2,300 till date. German food inspectors on the trail of the source of contamination have as yet made two errors—blaming …
Governor NN Vohra, who is also the Chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), today visited the Baltal, Panjtarni and Nunwan base camps and reviewed the arrangements made for the annual Amarnath yatra,scheduled to commence on June 29. The Governor, accompanied by Sunita Narain, member of the SASB, and …
SRINAGAR: The Governor, N. N. Vohra, who is the Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, today visited Baltal, Panjtarni and Nunwan Camps and reviewed the arrangements made for this year’s Shri Amarnathji Yatra, which is scheduled to commence on June 29, from Baltal and Nunwan base camps. The Governor, …
Instead of looking at the business of food, growing healthy food may be the target Once again there is a food safety scare. A deadly strain of E coli bacterium has hit Germany, where it has so far taken the lives of 25 people and affected another 2,300. German food …
