Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
While the debate over the Sardar Sarovar Project continues, many within the state and outside are still unaware of the dam's benefits- The controversy over the Sardar Sarovar Project (ssp) is never-ending. The debate over the gigantic project has been going on for almost two decades now. Last week, the …
Warren Anderson, Chairman of Union Carbide Corporation at the time of the 1984 gas disaster in Bhopal is summoned along with UCC to appear before a court in Bhopal to face criminal charges of culpable homicide. Since 1992 he and the corporation have been refusing to appear and have been …
Vindhyan region is very rich in plant biodiversity because of its variety of geology, land shapes like plateau, plane, valley and hill areas. There are variety of climate and altitudinal variations compiled with varied ecological habitants. Because of various known and unknown reasons biodiversity of the area has been declining …
Vindhyan region is very rich is plant biodiversity because of its variety of geology, land shapes like plateau, plane, valley and hill areas. Because of various known and unknown reasons biodiversity of the area has been declining rapidly, therefor an understanding of ecological changes and its effects on biodiversity is …
The satellite imageneries are used to map vegetative type, density, land use/land cover in Singrauli coal field area. Seven vegetation types of eight other land use/land cover classes observed have also been varified through field surveys. It is suggested that periodical scanning in this manner would be both economical and …
Approximately 300 Asiatic lions Panthera leo persica are confined to the 1,883 km2 Gir forests in Gujarat, western India. To establish a second home for the Asiatic lion in its former range, Kuno Wildlife Division (1,280 km2, with a core 345 km2 Sanctuary) has been identified in Madhya Pradesh. To …
The present report forms a part of the All India Tiger Monitoring exercise undertaken on the direction of the Ministry of Environment and Forests by the Wildlife Institute of India in association with National Tiger Conservation Authority, and the State Forest Departments. As a part of this process, preliminary findings …
ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notices to the Union and state governments on the removal of 21,00,000 families from the below poverty line (bpl) list. The order came in response to a public interest litigation filed by a number of ration card holders. They claimed …
The Sahariya tribal population in Sheopur district continues to suffer from hunger and malnutrition. LIFE for the Sahariya tribal people in Madhya Pradesh is an unending struggle against hunger, malnutrition, disease and, above all, neglect. In August 2006, Frontline reported hunger-related deaths in Sheopur district, which has a high concentration …
The skewed pattern of rainfall experienced across the country during this year's monsoon appears to be an anomaly. UNPREDICTABLITY of the monsoon, unusual spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall over the four-month period, shifting rainfall patterns, sustained low rainfall activity, drought-like conditions in some areas and excessive rainfall in others, …
function table() { var popurl="image/20060930/43-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=575,height=500,scrollbars=yes") } It's been six months since the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega) was launched. And now, the government and civil society organisations are at loggerheads over the "success' of the act. While government claims that nrega has achieved a success rate of over …
"THE tribals need to change their attitude and lifestyle," said R.K. Dixit, the Chief Medical Health Officer (CMHO) of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh, in response to a query about continuing reports of children starving to death in the region. The Sahariyas, one of the poorest tribal communities in Madhya …
This book contains case studies of selected Natural Resource Management projects implemented by the partners of Caritas India. Promotion of natural resource management is a proactive and long-term strategy of Caritas India. Caritas India evolved an environment policy that focuses on protection, preservation and conservation of natural resources like land, …
The Bhopal disaster is the worst industrial accident in history. The failure of the public health care system is contributing to the continuing tragedy. In this situation of despair, the Sambhavna clinic creates possibilities by generating compassion. Established in 1996, the clinic offers free medical care and rehabilitation to the …
function table() { var popurl="files/images/20060831/30-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=450,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } In a tearing hurry, the jnnurm directorate has cleared over 23 infrastructure projects worth Rs 86,482.95 crore to meet the March 31 deadline. Only nine, worth Rs 803.19 crore, are for the urban poor under bsup (see table: Poor release). "Slum development is …
Pesticide residue norms: Cola majors yet to clean up their act, govt drags its feet. Sunita Narain, the feisty director of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), likens her campaign against pesticide levels in India's soft drinks to "a dog with a bone that it is determined not to …
On July 10, 2006, the Supreme Court (SC) refused to stop construction work going on at the controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam to raise its height. In April 2006, Narmada Bachao Andolan had moved the apex court asking for a stay on raising the height of the dam, in view of …
