Do beaches even remotely signify the way our democracy is headed?
ROB believes it does, says Janani Ganesan, about the eco-minded club that works to clean up Chennai's celebrated shoreline Most of the garbage consisted of urban waste washed all the way from the Adayar estuary. That falsifies the argument that it is the fisher folk living along the beach who are to blame for this urban stench
This should not be the case of having it clean for one day, and letting it stink for the rest of the year. These beaches are your homes. It's your responsibility to keep them clean
Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqui on Sunday asked leaders of environment, social and community people organisations including IUCN and WWF-Pakistan to start new projects in collaboration with the Sindh government, particularly Environment Department based on mutual faith and truth to save Karachi beaches and seawater from pollution being caused industrial effluent and domestic sewa
The paper deals with the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) of the Midnapore Coast, West Bengal. It is suggested that management studies should include baseline information related to rainfall, runoff, tidal rhythm, currents and waves with their related aspects.
The structures facing the promenade form a heritage asset. But neither the TN govt nor the hyperactive Union Ministry of Environment & Forest has done anything to preserve this eco-system, says
How a waste recycling project in Kerala has helped to transform the community around it is an amazing story, to say the least. It is the story which has the potential to be replicated across India.
G Saravanan |
TRUCKLOADS of debris have been dumped on the Foreshore Estate beach, in gross violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 1991, to create a full-fledged parking bay on the sands for private buses, which threatens to not only jeopardise the livelihood of the fishermen in Dooming Kuppam but also result in an ecological disaster.
