Solid Waste

 Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

on april 13, 2007, residents of Achen, a locality in Srinagar, and the municipal authorities agreed that three new dumpsites should be set up in three zones of the city, to supplement the

Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Land Pollution, Health Effects, Nagarpalikas, Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Conflicts, High Court, Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar (D)
Agriculture

 Protest against Haripur nuclear plant in West Bengal

To reach Hairpur, a remote fishing village along the West Bengal coast, one has to get off the main road and walk 2.5 km over a broad mud dyke. Access to this path is blocked by a log barrier.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Land Resources, Land Ownership, Land Pollution, Agriculture, Bay Of Bengal, Marine Fisheries, Nuclear Power, Displacement, Conflicts, Nuclear Proliferation, India, West Bengal, Medinipur (D)
Industry

 SNIPPETS

• China refuted a recent US National Academy of Sciences report, which notes that a new strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus has emerged in southern China. • Argentine President Nestor

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
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Pollution, Land Pollution, Animal Diseases, Food Standards, Food Contamination, Heavy Metals, Urban Habitat, Influenza, Africa, China, New York, Toxins

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