The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
• International finacial institutions (IFIs) are powerful. IFIs get into contractual agreements with borrowing governments and, in turn, the citizens of these countries are bound by the terms of these agreements. But citizens have virtually no say in the negotiations
on october6, 2006 the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (kspcb) withdrew the consent for establishment it had granted to Bangalore-based Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (nice) for the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (bmicp). The primary goal of this project is to build a six-lane expressway (see map: Carriageway) between the two …
A Task Force on Mountain Ecosystems for Environment and Forests sector for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2011) was set up by the Planning Commission, Government of India. The mountain ecosystems in this report include all the geographical limits of Himalaya and North-eastern states within Indian territory, collectively termed as …
even as the Union ministry of environment and forests has come out with an environment impact assessment (eia) notification to reconfigure the eia regime in September 2006, three task forces are working on eia. (see:
The us Trade and Development Agency has recently awarded a us $296,000 grant to Pune to reduce the city's vehicular air pollution through innovative measures. The grant will fund a project to retrofit diesel-fuelled buses with technologies designed to reduce toxic emissions as well as test low-sulfur diesel. Launched in …
function map() { var popurl="image/20061015/28-map.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=320,height=450,scrollbars=yes") } Octopus Too many arms, too many aims Work on the Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydel Project (tmhp) is yet to start. For the past five decades the Union government has been working on it. The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (neepco), the government agency entrusted …
widespread resistance to a new uranium mine and processing plant in his long-time Pulivendula assembly constituency in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh has come as a shock to chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. People from his pocket borough have dug in against his pet project: a 26.79-million tonne uranium …
MAUP view • MECON consultants, who made the EIA, were influenced by DAE and UCIL • EIA hasn't considered alternatives • UCIL doesn't have technology for getting uranium from Kadapa's alkaline ore • EIA report on air quality does not reflect actual toxic content of emissions Expert view • Thermal …
to fly business class one must look and behave like a businessman. Santraj Maurya did not have that demeanour. He really couldn't have. Picking waste from Delhi's roads doesn't really bestow one with business class gentility. And, Maurya had spent the best part of his 29 years doing exactly that. …
the draft environmental impact assessment (eia) notification has been available for comment on the Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) website for almost a year now. Consequently, moef has gone ahead with amending the draft based mostly on consultations with government departments and apex industry associations, such as the …
Newly formed states such as Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are leaving no stones unturned to get the tag of "developed states'. And to get this tag, they are industrialising rapidly, putting at stake the basic livelihoods of people. The regulatory structure is, however, weak. Gautam Bandopadhyaya of the Nadi Ghati Morcha …
WEST Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee signed a much-hyped deal with the Salim Group of Indonesia for investments up to Rs 20,000 crore in infrastructure development on July 31. Billed the "New Kolkata International Development Project," the deal includes expressways, bridges, special economic zones, industrial hubs and health and knowledge …
on august 7, 2006, the Orissa state legislative assembly unanimously resolved to oppose the Andhra Pradesh government's decision to dam the Godavari river at Polavaram.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) uses Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2006 as a major tool for minimizing the adverse impact of rapid industrialization on environment and for reversing those trends which may lead to climate change in long run. EIA 2006 was issued on 14th September 2006, in …
This is rapid environment impact assessment report for the proposed integrated steel project to be setup near Paradip in Orissa by POSCO-India private limited. This report also discusses suggested EMP to contain the adverse impacts as revealed during impact assessment. Associated environmental risks affecting community health and safety are also …
on june 30, the Planning Commission's committee on mineral policy, popularly known as the Hoda committee, submitted its draft report to the prime minister's office. The committee, headed by commission's member Anwarul Hoda, recommended some amendments after reviewing the National Mineral Policy and the Mines and Minerals (development and regulation) …
A local deity of villages in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh recently ordained that the construction of a hydroelectric power project should be stopped. Bowing to the divine importunations of Maheswar devta , the gram panchayats of Chagaon, Urni, Ula, Meeru, Punang and Choling villages denied clearance to Jaypee Karcham …
The plasma pyrolysis plant of the Goa Medical College at Bambolim is facing stiff opposition from environmentalists across the state who demand the plant's immediate closure. Green groups claim the plasma pyrolysis plant has been operating since July 2004 without environmental clearance from the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb). "We …
the Andaman and Nicobar administration has decided to open 50 sites in 15 islands to set up environmentally sensitive hotels and beach resorts under the Union territory's 2006 tourism plan. The islands open to bidders are: Neil, Havelock, Little Andaman, North Passage, Peel, Aves Island, Rutland, Baratang, Cinque, Interview, Long …
Gujarat promotes asbestosthe Gujarat government is keen on promoting the asbestos industry in the state despite worldwide ban due to increased health risks. Recently, it has given approval to a Pune-based asbestos-cement sheets manufacturing company, the New Sahyadri Industries Ltd (nsil), which will set up its unit at Mahuvej village …
