INDIANS ELECTED: Two Indian scientists, Goverdhan Mehta and Anupam Varma, have been elected to the International Council for Science (ICSU) regional committee for Asia and the Pacific. Mehta, former
the Supreme Court (sc) recently ordered the Delhi government to study a proposal to install sewage treatment plants (stps) at the outfall of open drains that carry Delhi's sewage to river Yamuna.
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has finally ordered the closure of 38 hotels in the twin hill stations of Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani, located in an eco-sensitive zone. Mahabaleshwar
Neighbour's worry: Sri Lanka has set aside an estimated US $300,000 to study and evaluate India's Sethusamudram canal project, environment minister A H M Fowzie said recently. Sri Lankan