India

 Board trouble

A new report severely castigates the functioning of India s pollution control boards

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Pollution Control, Industry, India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
Environment

 The road ahead

The current method of environmental regulation has failed to monitor industrial pollution in India. It is not just ineffective but expensive too. Some countries are using alternative approaches but with mixed results

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Environment, Pollution Control, Waste Disposal, Industry, Legislation, CSE, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Pollution
India

 Saving a lake

The Andhra Pradesh government will not be able to encroach upon the Hussain Sagar lake following a judgement of the state high court. The proposed encroachment was for implementing a Rs 1,400-crore

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Hussain Sagar, Development, Legislation, NGO, India, Andhra Pradesh
Industry

 FOLLOW UP

Taking a decisive step against

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
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Forest Conservation, Industrial Forests, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Industry, Governance, Andhra Pradesh
Animal Care

 STATING REASONS

A division bench of the Supreme Court has directed the Central Zoo Authority to notify the apex court about the steps taken to preserve the tiger population in various zoos and reserve forests. "It

Publication Date: 
29/11/2000
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Animal Care, Zoos, Tiger, Supreme Court, Andhra Pradesh
Environment

 Performance pays

The chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim, who were rated as the greenest chief ministers in a CSE survey, have retained power in their states

Publication Date: 
14/11/1999
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Environment, Political Parties, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim
Industry

 Manimata and mercury: the rude awakening

It was like the loss of innocence, one of the first incidents to open humankind's eye to what industrial pollution can do. One of the earliest tragedies caused by chemical pollution was the

Publication Date: 
30/08/1999
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Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater, Wells, Heavy Metals, Arsenic, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Industry, Governance, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Corruption
Industry

 Disasters in the making?

Groundwater contamination in India is verging on disastrous proportions,

Publication Date: 
30/08/1999
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Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater, Wells, Heavy Metals, Arsenic, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Industry, Governance, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Corruption
Industry

  Tankers from hell

For the people of Patancheru and Bollaram in Medak

Publication Date: 
30/08/1999
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Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater, Wells, Heavy Metals, Arsenic, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Industry, Governance, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Corruption
Industry

  Killers at large

There are several industrial units in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh (AP) that have directly or indirectly

Publication Date: 
30/08/1999
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Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater, Wells, Heavy Metals, Arsenic, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Industry, Governance, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Corruption

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