Drinking Water

For the first time, the Assam government has admitted the severe threat to people's health posed by arsenic and fluoride contaminated drinking water in the state. The state's minister for public

Publication Date:

29/04/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20050430

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Water Pollution, Arsenic, Drinking Water, India, Assam

Mining

A slur

Rajasthan s marble business poisons waterbodies and chokes lungs

Publication Date:

14/04/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Mining, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Health Effects, NGO, Rajasthan, Chittaurgarh (D)

Water Pollution

No, no uranium

Will the government lend its ear to Andhra public hearing?

Publication Date:

14/04/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Water Pollution, Uranium, Drinking Water, Irrigation, Tribals, Andhra Pradesh

Industry

We found lots of muck

College students in Asansol, West Bengal put the area s drinking water to test

Publication Date:

30/03/2005

Author(s): Anamika Sengupta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Technology, Heavy Metals, Arsenic, Drinking Water, West Bengal

Transport

Budget 2005-2006: the missing audit

The discussions on the Union budget 2005 2006 reflect the media s middle class obsession. The finance minister s proposal for a fringe tax on perquisites and other benefits of the salariat was

Publication Date:

30/03/2005

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20050331

pp:

21

Tags:

Water Resources, Drinking Water, Economy, Economic Development, Finance, Union Carbide, Education, Governance