Pollution of the past haunts our present

Despite over half a dozen notices issued by the Forest Department and a ban on illegal mining and quarrying by the Government of India, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) continues to illegally mine

St. Cruz MLA, Victoria Fernandes expressed serious concern over sand extraction from Terekhol and Chapora rivers in Goa which in her opinion would grossly affect fields and bundhs in the area if the

After 14 years of study, federal and state officials have approved a large copper and silver mine in a wildlife habitat in northwestern Montana. The state Department of Environmental Quality and the

The Jharkhand Government's move to evacuate nearly 300,000 people from the site of the raging mine fire is facing stiff resistance from the people of the area who are also getting support from two

The three-day international conference on 'Mineral industry - issues on economics, environment and technology (MEET 2002)' began in Kolkata on Thursday. The meet would focus on finding out ways and

With the High Court's recent direction to the Tamil Nadu state government to legislate against sand quarrying on river beds, the scene of action has shifted to the Chennai city's lakes. The latest to

The Goa Health Minister, Dr. Suresh Amonkar has called upon the mining companies to meet and decide on the aspects to contain dust pollution and adopt safety measures. The minister also instructed

The Working Group on Coal and Lignite for the 10th Five-Year Plan (2002-07) proposes to lay extra emphasis on the achievement of targeted coal production from underground mines, since the development

Reckless mining and quarrying for slate has been going on unabated in the geologically fragile and vulnerable Chamba hills in Himachal Pradesh causing massive landslides and posing a threat to