Water Resources

 Udipi farmers' land taken over for thermal power plant

in october 2006, 150 farmers of Yellur village in Udupi district of Karnataka lost 195 hectares (ha) of land. According to Janajagrithi Samiti, a local ngo, the Udupi tehsildar K Muralidhar

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
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Environment, Air Pollution, Land Ownership, Western Ghats, Water Resources, Heavy Metals, Displacement, Farmers, Thermal Power Plants, High Court, India, Karnataka, Fly Ash
Water Resources

 Kolkata metro extension project under scanner

When Kolkata turned into a

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Down to Earth
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Wetlands, Water Resources, Ganga, Drainage, Floods, Rail Transport, High Court, India, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Land

 Young states push for growth, ignore environment

The relatively younger states in India are making a big push for industrialisation. In the process, they are eating into fertile agricultural land, circumventing environmental concerns and dispossessing people. bidisha kumar t

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
Bidisha Kumar
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Mining, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Economy, Displacement, Compensation, Private Sector, High Court, India, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Statistics
Air Pollution

 Goa sponge iron plants get closure notice

on october 6, 2006 the Goa State Pollution Control Board (gspcb) shut down five sponge iron units

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Iron And Steel Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), High Court, Goa, Fly Ash
Industry

 Action against polluting units gives Goa villagers some relief

POLLUTING industrial units in Cuncolim Industrial Estate, located about 10 km from Madgaon town in Goa, are beginning to feel the heat. On September 11, 2006, the Goa State Pollution Control Board

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
VASUDHA SAWAIKER
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Noise Pollution, Land Pollution, Water Quality, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Industry, High Court, India, Goa, Statistics, Toxic Wastes
Agriculture

 Order on production ban of coke in Kerala quashed

on september 22, the Kerala High Court quashed the state government's orders banning production and sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the state. By Section 23(1A) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Pesticide Residues, High Court, CSE, Kerala
India

 Dengue outbreak in Delhi

delhi is in the grips of a severe outbreak of dengue, which has claimed a number of lives. Dengue cases started being reported in the capital since early September, but the issue came into focus

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, High Court, Government Of India (GOI), India, Delhi, Statistics
India

 Fight over Novartis's patent to intensify

The war over Glivec, a cancer treatment drug, is expected to intensify as two writ petitions filed by Novartis AG, the Swiss pharmaceutical group, come up for hearing on September 26, 2006, in the

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
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Cancer, Drugs, Drug Industry, Patents, High Court, Switzerland, India, Chennai (D)
Natural Disasters

 Human calamity

Floods in many parts of the country

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Dams, Sedimentation, Floods, High Court, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rainfall
Water Pollution

 Alembic plant in Gujarat asked to shut down

the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (gpcb) served a closure notice to a plant of Alembic Ltd in Panelav village of Panchmahal district, Gujarat, on August 25, 2006. It manufactures bulk drugs and

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
L Mahesh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Waste Treatment, Farmers, Drug Industry, Supreme Court, High Court, India, Gujarat, Panch Mahals

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