India

 Tamil Nadu and Kerala slug it out over Mullaperiyar dam

THE longstanding controversy over the Mullaperiyar dam on the river Periyar assumed bitter proportions in December 2006 with the Kerala government accusing its Tamil Nadu counterpart of pulling out

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
S V Suresh Babu
Down to Earth
Tags:
Periyar, Water Distribution, Water Demand, Dams, Dam Safety, Reservoirs, Irrigation, Conflicts, Interstate Disputes, Supreme Court, High Court, Government Of India (GOI), India, Kerala, Idukki, Tamil Nadu
Industry

 Botswana's Bushmen to return to Kalahari Game Reserve

Botswana's autochthonous Bushmen (or the San people) have won legal rights to return to their ancestral homeland in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, after the High Court of Botswana ruled against

Publication Date: 
14/01/2007
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Kalahari, Displacement, Tribals, Protected Area Conservation, High Court, Africa, Botswana
India

 Naini Lake polluted by sewage and construction waste

NAINITAL town's Naini lake is shrinking and its water becoming increasingly murky. The quality of water in the lake, which is the sole source of drinking water for the people of the town, has

Publication Date: 
14/01/2007
Bidisha Kumar
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Lakes, Water Quality, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Environment, Waste Disposal, Supreme Court, High Court, India, Nainital (D)
Pesticides And Toxins

Legal implications of Plachimada: a case study

The first part of the paper briefly describes the geography and the socio-economic background of Plachimada. The second part analyses the legal and institutional framework applicable to the case. This part also examines how the government approached the case, which has already been presented before the Kerala High Court. The third part is an analysis of the case law.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Sujith Koonan
International Environmental Law Research Centre
Tags:
Pollution Control, Water Pollution, Soft Drinks Industry, Coca Cola, Groundwater, Health Effects, Supreme Court, High Court, Kerala, Palakkad (D)
Environment

PIL on public auction for leasing out the public tanks in Kanyakumari District for the purpose of cultivation of lotus plants

PIL on public auction for leasing out the public tanks in Kanyakumari District for the purpose of cultivation of lotus plants.
See also http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/newsletter/Kanya_Kumari.htm

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
High Court of Madras
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Lakes, Tanks, Aquatic Plants, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Kanniyakumari, Madras (T)
India

 IN SHORT

ban on projects: The Himachal High Court on November 6 clamped a ban on new projects in the private sector (including hotels and residential complexes) above Rs 25 lakh involving construction

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
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Pesticides, Food Standards, Construction Industry, Pesticide Residues, Private Sector, Legislation, High Court, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, India, Himachal Pradesh, Hotels
India

 Gujarat charges pharma major for pollution

the Gujarat High Court has issued notices to Alembic Ltd, the Gujarat government and Gujarat State Pollution Control Board (gpcb) over contamination of groundwater in Paneval village in Panchamahal

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Mahesh L
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Drug Industry, High Court, India, Gujarat
India

 Defective blood test kits in West Bengal

defective blood-testing kits sold to West Bengal government clinics, blood banks and hospitals may have resulted in thousands of people receiving hiv or Hepatitis B- and C-infected blood.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Diagnostic Methods, Blood, Hepatitis, AIDS, High Court, India, West Bengal
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
Tags:
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
Tags:
Wetlands, Water Resources, Ganga, Drainage, Floods, Rail Transport, High Court, India, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)

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