Several intellectuals and activisits here on Sunday asked the people to actively participate in the ongoing agitation against the alleged dumping of effluents into the Chaliyar river by the Grasim

The State Assembly's Committee on Environment has suggested, among other urgent measures, demolition of unwanted concrete structures around the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala in central Kerala,

The Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) demanded that the management of the Grasim Industries should be prosecuted for continuing to pollute the water and the environment around the Mavoor unit of

An official report has confirmed the fears of the Hooghly-Chinsurah municipality that underground work of the Ganga Action Plan has caused extensive damage to different roads and several houses in

The May 10 1996 order of the Supreme Court on relocation of hazardous industries resulted in the shutting down of the factories concerned, but there has been no action on part II of the order. This

The famine in North Korea is comparable in scale to the Ethiopian famine of the mid-1980s, and massive foreign assistance will be needed for at least three to five more years to turn the situation

Instead of fines, officials at companies violating Philippines pollution laws will face a novel form of punishment: they will be required to plant fruit trees in Manila. The program is aimed at

The adage "health is wealth" lies buried in the smog engulfing the country. Although its gross domestic product has gone up by 2.5 times in the last two decades vehicular pollution has shot up a

From nuclear reactor accidents to drinking water pollution, tbe computer glitches, expected in the year 2000, threaten the world with environmental and public health problems, environmental groups