Order of the High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) 6444/2021 in the matter of Ratiram Ahirwar & Others Vs Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board & Others dated 13/07/2021. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in exercise of his power under Section 22 of the Building and Other Construction …
I met Jacques Chirac this fortnight. Just before he made the call to George Bush and just before he left to attend the European Union summit in Athens, the French president met some 20 of us in his presidential palace for discussions on what would be the future of this …
on march 14, 2002, the Supreme Court (sc) slapped an "exemplary damage' of Rs 10 lakh on Span Motels Private Limited (smpl), a resort in which former Union environment minister Kamal Nath's wife is a major shareholder, for causing environmental degradation by changing the course of Beas river. The judgement …
The Maheshwar hydroelectric project on Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh has suffered another setback. The Portuguese government has refused to become a guarantor for a loan of Rs 200 crore being given to the project. The refusal means that Asia Brown Boveri (abb), a multinational company, will not be able …
the Karnataka government has recently launched an ambitious plan that aims at making the state the most attractive investment destination for multinational biotech firms. "Bangalore is already termed as the infotech city of the country. We now aim to make it the biotech city,' said S M Krishna, the state's …
the Central Pollution Control Board's (cpcb) effort to come out with a new water quality reviewing criteria after a gap of 20 years has proved futile. Most of the states' representatives felt it was not important. The cpcb had organised a workshop for this purpose on February 19-20, 2001, but …
Growing global concerns over environmental issues has once again underlined the need for an effective and vigilant environmental forum with a valid mandate that would provide concrete guidance to all nations. While the number of environmental forum and institutions have proliferated over the years yet concrete policy decisions along with …
If the experience of the government's handling of situations in Orissa and Gujarat earlier show anything, they show that the role of the government in managing relief after a tragedy has been questionable. Today a sizeable amount of money has been collected in the name of disaster relief and the …
a loan of us $215 million will be granted to Ukraine by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The loan will help Ukraine build its two nuclear power stations, Khmelnytsky-2 and Rivne-4. A few environmental pressure groups allege that ERBD has bowed down to pressure from Ukraine, which …
as george w bush heads for the White House, a wave of scepticism greets this former Texas governor. Bush arrives in Washington with a weak public mandate and a divided congress. What that will mean for the environment, is a question that is as riddled as the unending recounts and …
the California Air Resources Board ( carb ) has recently announced a programme which will provide a total of us $18 million in grants to reduce the incremental cost of new zero emissions vehicles ( zev s) over the next three years. zev s are an integral part California's efforts …
Thailand has sharply reduced its spending on Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome ( aids ) prevention. This could have drastic effects on the country, which until now had achieved success in controlling the spread of the aids virus, warn experts. Spending on aids in 1999 was just us $37.9 million as …
The United Nations has announced a new biosphere reserve in Brazil's Pantanal region, the largest tropical wetland ecosystem in the world. The country's biologists are hoping that Pantanal's new status will attract fresh funding and investment. The funds will help in conducting more extensive research on one of the Earth's …
the World Bank ( wb ) has decided to stop investing in common effluent treatment plants ( cetp s) in Gujarat. Instead, it will assist in adoption of cleaner production technologies that prevent industrial pollution at source. wb is the largest sponsor of cetp s in Gujarat.
india has sought help from Sweden to solve some of its environmental problems such as depleting natural resources. This was stated by Union minister for water resources, Arjun Charan Sethi while addressing a visiting Swedish delegation. "Due to rapid growth of population coupled with urbanisation, the water sources are fast …
communication is vital for progress, and road links are crucial for this. A novel and viable approach for building rural roads and maintaining them was evolved in Madagascar in 1995. The approach advocates that the government, business institutions and local communities jointly undertake road construction projects. The need for such …
the eleventh finance commission has earmarked Rs 500 crore for the augmentation of traditional water sources. The commission says: "The recent drought in some of the states and severe water scarcity in many others has drawn our attention to need for protection and augmentation of traditional water sources that have …
japanese whale hunting is undermining international efforts to protect endangered whale species, according to the us . Consequently, the Clinton administration is planning to impose economic sanctions on Japan. The us officials said that Japanese fishing fleets would not be allowed to operate within 320 kilometres of the us Exclusive …
