This year’s UN Commission on Sustainable Development meet provided no roadmap to attain Millennium Development Goals on water, sanitation and human settlements
Two districts of Punjab Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar have been hit by a rash of ailments. The inhabitants are experiencing hair loss, joint swelling, certain types of deformities and other health problems. Their crop and cattle, too, are affected. At th
Le Corbusier s city is getting a face lift. A unique programme of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh MCC , is ridding the city of the most difficult component of waste debris, commonly known as malba. Malba, when mixed with solid waste, makes both c
On the one hand: potholed roads, poor sewage systems, numerous small scale industries, nightmarish working conditions. On the other: clueless civic authorities. India s lock and key town faces a grave paradox
A recent study in the US shows that by 2004, over 315 million computers will become obsolete. By 2005, for every single computer an American buys, one will be discarded
In one fell swoop the Union ministry of environment and forests is preparing to disband several key committees set up under section 3 iii of the Environment Protection Act, 1986. The dissolved panels will be replaced with a national environment author
