The arguments for and against the coastal road in Mumbai are long-drawn and expected to stretch over the week. At the end of the hearing in the case on Tuesday, however, the Bombay High Court sounded a word of caution for protection of the environment and Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog …
DOES "Ghivali" sound familiar any longer? Hardly? The tragic truth is that people are already starting to forget that this semi-pucca village, sitting rather uneasily just 1.23 km from the barely-year-old-but-already cranky nuclear waste immobilisation plant at Tarapur, had only recently seen 30 cattleheads die due to a nuclear leak. …
Madhu K S of IIT Bombay has designed houses for slum dwellers which integrate lighting and ventilation concepts to provide better living conditions. This got Madhu the first prize in a lighting design competition organised by the Indian Society of lighting Engineers. This project shows how lighting design can combine …
In the wake of the frightening revelation that infected blood was supplied to 10 city hospitals in Bombay between February 1992 and July 1994, by the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Bombay -a leading blood bank of the country -the question today is whether blood banks are any longer the …
A recent Supreme Court ruling prevents Britannia Biscuits Co from recycling its tin containers. Ending what may have been an interesting environment-friendly scheme, the court ruled that the the recycling was a tax evasion measure. The renowned biscuit company had, some months ago, offered to -take back used tin containers …
A DREAM blown to dust is how you could describe today"s wheezing New Bombay, the once promised green haven on the fringe of gas and smog smothered Greater Bombay. Two decades ago, the Bombay Municipal Regional Development Authority (BMRDA) had decided to develop a clean, self-sufficient residential area west of …
A haze of polluted air has dimmed the glitter of the country's financial capital. A study conducted by the Maharashtra government with support from the World Bank revealed that increasing levels of carbon monoxide, suspended particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen had caused a proliferation of heart and respiratory diseases …
FOR almost an year now, the Bombay-based Cancer Research Institute (CRI) and Delhi's National Institute of Immunology (NII) have been squabbling over credit for the development of an anti-leprosy vaccine. The controversy has taken a fresh twist with the Delhi-based Society for Scientific Values (SSV), an independent watchdog organisation examining …
The Bombay Suburban Electricity Supply Company (BSES) has worked out an agreement with a consortium of lamp manufacturers and a leasing company, to lease out highly energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to consumers. This novel venture of replacing conventional incandescent bulbs with the costly CFLs is being financed by the …
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has been charged with disturbing the flora and fauna in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Goregaon near the Film City for a proposed conservation education project conceived by the late ornithologist Salim Ali. Park officials refused to grant a no-objection certificate for the …
The multinational Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HLL) is facing the music from its employees for allegedly, issuing boots containing carcinogenic materials. In a legal notice served in January this year, employees of the Bombay unit of HLL demanded Rs 9 lakh as compensation to all workers who developed serious skin problems …
WITH THE Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) becoming increasingly incapable of dealing with the metropolis' mounting garbage, three agencies are working to make its disposal a paying proposition. The department of science and technology has set up a plant to convert organic waste into fuel pellets for industries; BMC has teamed …
The ambitious Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) was dealt yet another blow by a study conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), which examined the project's rehabilitation aspects. The implementation of the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal Award, which had listed comprehensive project guidelines, was "far from satisfactory", noted the …
