Andhra Pradesh

ublic outcry greets uranium mining project in AP

“There is radiation everywhere on earth. Mining in Nalgonda will not increase it.” This comment of S D Prasad, adviser to public sector undertaking Uranium Corporation of India Limited, typifies the Indian authorities’ disregard for the impact of uranium

Publication Date:

14/09/2003

Author(s): Richard Mahapatra, Neha Dua

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Mining, Uranium, Health Effects, Radiation, Electricity, Industry, Legislation, High Court, Andhra Pradesh

India

The meat you eat

A behind the scene look at how slaughterhouses in India dispose hazardous bio waste by endangering the environment

Publication Date:

14/08/2003

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal, Neha Dua

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20030815

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Natural Fertilisers, Animal Care, Slaughter House, Slaughter Waste, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Energy, Private Sector, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Medak, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh

India

CETPs: in fashion

Pollution from small-scale industries has grown by leaps and bounds. So, building common effluent treatment plants (cetps) has become a fashion. The Union

Publication Date:

14/01/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20030115

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Pollution Control, Industrial Dispersal, Leather Industry, Waste Treatment, Small Scale Industry, Technology, Supreme Court, NGO, Greenpeace, India, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Waste Recycling, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

India

The pollution commons

#1 Who is the polluter? What is their waste-typology? This is the first critical and often make-or-break step. Get the property rights regime wrong and it is clear that nothing will work, is the

Publication Date:

14/01/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20030115

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Pollution Control, Industrial Dispersal, Leather Industry, Waste Treatment, Small Scale Industry, Technology, Supreme Court, NGO, Greenpeace, India, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Waste Recycling, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

India

Making CETPs work

If cetps are the answer, how do we make them work? The choice of technology, however important, is not the only challenge ahead. The key is to build a much stronger framework for common waste

Publication Date:

14/01/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20030115

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Pollution Control, Industrial Dispersal, Leather Industry, Waste Treatment, Small Scale Industry, Technology, Supreme Court, NGO, Greenpeace, India, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Waste Recycling, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

Industry

Under threat

Hyderabad s Himayat Sagar catchment overrun with illegal constructions

Publication Date:

30/12/2002

Author(s): Suresh Babu S V

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Pollution Control, Drinking Water, Himayat Sagar, Urbanisation, Industry, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (D)

India

Stem the flow

A division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court told the state government and state pollution control board to submit proposals for reducing toxic effluents released by units located in the

Publication Date:

14/12/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

High Court, Andhra Pradesh, Toxins

Industry