Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Durga Prasad Yadav & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/12/2023. The matter related to the damage to the environment and existence of river Trilodki Ganga (Baha) caused by the construction of Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram International …
Interview with Anil Naidoo, Director of the Blue Planet Project, which is fighting against the commercialisation of water. Anil Naidoo was a key organiser of the alternative forum as a counter to the World Water Forum in Mexico City recently. He is Director of the Blue Planet Project, an international …
AT the fourth World Water Forum held in Mexico City in March 2006, the 120-nation assembly could not reach a consensus on declaring the right to safe and clean drinking water a human right. Millions of people the world over do not have access to potable water supply. But it …
2001: THE old man shuffled his feet, acutely embarrassed. No matter which part of India you're in, the first thing you do is offer your guests a glass of water. And this was one part of Nallamada in Andhra Pradesh blessed with that element. Things had changed, though. "Please don't …
Soft drinks are in a pollution tangle again. Eight of the 16 soft drink plants surveyed by the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) had a cadmium concentration more than 50 mg/kg of sludge
After sullying its image by pumping groundwater from Indian villages, Coca-Cola went in for a public relations exercise: it co-sponsored the 2nd International Groundwater conference (igc), 2006. The School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University , played the role of
lawsuit filed: About 100 companies involved in snow-crab fishing in Quebec and New Brunswick in Canada, have filed a us $ 135 million lawsuit against the federal government. Filed in the Court of Queen's Bench in New Brunswick, the lawsuit contests the snow-crab management plan of the department of fisheries …
Thousands of villagers destroyed a coke unit that was under construction in Assam. The people were protesting against the health hazards to their villages from the Shwastik Coke and Mineral and the Chati Coke Industry, in Rani block in West Guwahati. The January 6, 2006, incident was an unprecedented show …
In response to a contempt of court petition, the Rajasthan High Court on January 5, 2006, directed soft drink companies Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to implement its earlier order regarding labels on soft drink bottles mentioning the pesticide residues present. The bench comprising justices Gyansudha Mishra and Jitendra Ray Goyal directed …
netting laws flouted: Italian fisherfolk continue to flout the European ban on use of driftnets. A recent report points to loopholes in the Italian law as one the main reasons for this. The report demanded urgent action to stop illegal fishing of swordfish and tuna, and to protect cetaceans like …
Hunter hunted: One of Cambodia's most infamous wildlife hunters has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for trapping and killing over 600 animals, many endangered. Earlier, much concern had been voiced over the weak laws and lack of their proper enforcement in the country. A forestry law enacted in 2002 …
There is more bad news for cola giants. Two members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) in Andhra Pradesh have urged the government to provide these soft drinks at subsidised rates so that farmers can use them with pesticides to protect crops. Vouching for the efficacy of colas in driving away …
the American Beverage Association (aba), a trade body, has decided to ban the sale of soft drinks in elementary and middle schools of the us. aba recently said its members will only stock bottled water and 100 per cent juice in elementary schools and will provide "only nutritious and/or lower …
On 7th April 2005, the Kerala High Court permitted Hindustan Coca-Cola Limited (Coke) to draw 5 lakh litres of water a day at its humungous bottling plant at Plachimada in Kerala's Palakkad district. This reversal to status quo means that the cola multinational (mnc) can now continue the activities that …
the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (kspcb), on July 1, 2005, announced the detection of high cadmium content in the effluents of Coca-Cola's plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district. The soft drinks major is already fighting a legal battle over groundwater exploitation by the plant, which is currently not functional. …
The battle goes on. The Perumatty gram panchayat in Kerala recently rejected an application of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited, a subsidiary of multinational soft drinks giant Coca-Cola, for a two-year licence for its Plachimada bottling unit. In April 2005, the Kerala High Court (hc) granted permission to the company …
Notice to Coke: The Supreme Court (SC), on May 6, 2005, issued a notice to multinational soft drinks company Coca-Cola on a plea of Kerala's Perumatty grama panchayat, which sought an order to stop Coca-Cola from drawing 0.5 million litres of groundwater daily for its Plachimada bottling unit. The permission …
Will multinational soft drink companies never learn to value natural resources? While Coca-Cola is still in the middle of a controversy over unmindful groundwater exploitation in Kerala's Palakkad district, Pepsi is now charged with a similar crime. In a petition to prime minister Manmohan Singh, the Forum on Social and …
