India

 Clogged up in Delhi

More than two years ago, the Union ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation moud issued a notification making wastewater recycling compulsory in Delhi. But the rules have not been enforced to date, with the capital s implementing agencies s

Publication Date: 
14/02/2004
Suresh Babu S V
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution Control, River Pollution, Water Treatment Technology, Water Quality, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Legislation, High Court, India, Delhi
India

 Is it the end?

For two historical water bodies in Hyderabad

Publication Date: 
14/02/2004
C Ramachandraiah
Down to Earth
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Land Use, Lakes, Osmansagar, Urban Water Supply, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Himayat Sagar, Reservoirs, Urbanisation, High Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (D)
India

 Rights issue resurfaces

Another panchayat s stand endorsed by Kerala HC

Publication Date: 
30/01/2004
Suchitra M
Down to Earth
Tags:
Drinking Water, Legislation, High Court, Panchayats, India, Kerala
Water Resources

Judgement of the Kerala High Court in the case of Perumatty Grama Panchayat vs State of Kerala dated 16/12/2003 (Coca-Cola groundwater exploitation case)

Judgement of the Kerala High Court in the case of Perumatty Grama Panchayat vs State of Kerala dated 16/12/2003 (Coca-Cola groundwater exploitation case).

Publication Date: 
16/12/2003
High Court of Kerala
Tags:
Groundwater, Coca Cola, Panchayats, Kerala, High Court, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Palakkad (D), Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution
India

 Documenting the Northeast's tribal laws

Land is central to the tribal identity in the region too easily abbreviated northeast . Jeuti baruah knows this too well. As director of the Law research Centre, Guwahati, she is constantly discovering how friable these identities are in the face of cons

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
North East, Tribals, Research, Legislation, High Court, India, Guwahati
India

 Probe completed

The commission inquiring into the death of three tribal protesters in police firing in Orissa's Rayagada district seems to have made light of the local people's concern over bauxite mining. Justice P

Publication Date: 
29/11/2003
Down to Earth
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Mining, Tribals, High Court, Orissa (Odisha), Chennai (D)
Wildlife

 Green poetry

On October 15, 2003, the Prime Minister PM attended the first meeting of the new all powerful Indian Wildlife Board. He gave a virtuoso performance. In green poetical terms, he said: We need people centred conservation approaches with the participati

Publication Date: 
14/11/2003
Down to Earth
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Mining, Wildlife, Kudremukh NP, High Court, Karnataka
Air Pollution

 Tailpipe row

The Tokyo High Court has begun hearing a seven-year-old air pollution case that targets the Japanese authorities for putting at risk the health of the capital city's residents by not introducing

Publication Date: 
30/10/2003
Down to Earth
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Air Pollution, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, High Court, Japan
India

 Sponge iron y

Orissa turning into a haven for the hazardous industry

Publication Date: 
30/10/2003
Satyasundar Barik
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Pollution Control, Minerals, Iron, Tribals, Hazardous Industry, High Court, India, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 No budging

Reinforcing its March 7 judgement, the Rajasthan High Court (HC) struck down an appeal by the dyers and printers of Sanganer to continue operating from their present location. The units are to shift

Publication Date: 
14/10/2003
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Pollution Control, Paint And Dye Industry, Legislation, High Court, Rajasthan

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