Economy

India in numbers

If statistics are any indicator of India's economic health,we are a country of stunning diversity.

Only 5 in 30 states have an urban population of over 50 per cent. These are Delhi, Puducherry, Goa, Mizoram and Tamil Nadu.

Publication Date: 
28/09/2009
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health, Population, Education, India, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Mizoram, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
Solid Waste

Assessment, evaluation and treatment of municipal solid leachate under Indian scenario

The general concept behind this dissertation work is municipal solid waste management. Solid wastes and its composites affect the environment in several ways. And the major problems to be considered are the generation of leachate from solid waste dumping sites, which affects the groundwater aquifers.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
R. Saravnane, S. Tamijevendane, Ravikumar
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection
29
9
817
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Solid Waste, Landfill, Waste To Energy, Waste Management, Charcoal, India, Pondicherry, Rainfall
Environment

 Supreme Court could have saved Indias beaches

Probir Banerjee, president of citizens

Publication Date: 
30/07/2009
Arnab Pratim Dutta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Ports, Supreme Court, India, Pondicherry, Coastal Regulations
Water Pollution

Occurrence of perchlorate in drinking water, groundwater, surface water and human saliva from India

Perchlorate (View the MathML source), which is used as an oxidizer in jet and rocket fuels, pyrotechnic devices and explosives, is a widespread contaminant in surface waters and groundwater of many countries. Perchlorate is known to affect thyroid function. Despite the compound

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Kurunthachalam Kannan, Meredith L. Praamsma, John F. Oldi & et al
Chemosphere
76
1
22
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Toxicity Studies, High Performance Liquid Chroma- tography (HPLC), India, Bihar, Patna (D), Karnataka, Bangalore (D), Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Chennai (D), West Bengal
Environment

Supreme Court judgment on the development of the Pondicherry port on BOT basis

In the Supreme Court of India Civil Appellate Jurisdiction
Civil Appeal No. 3572 of 2009 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 6977 of 2007) Villianur Iyarkkai Padukappu Maiyam ... Appellant
Versus Union of India and others ... Respondents With Civil Appeal No. 3573 of 2009 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 9988 of 2007).

Publication Date: 
14/05/2009
Supreme Court of India
Tags:
Environment, Shipping, Ports, Transport, Supreme Court, India, Pondicherry, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Natural Disasters

Homeless still

A tribunal finds the rehabilitation of victims of the tsunami in most affected regions far from satisfactory.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2009
S. Viswanathan
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Tsunami, Housing Construction, Rehabilitation, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
Natural Disasters

Disaster management action plan for floods and cyclones

The basic objective of this Disaster Management Action Plan for Cyclone and Flood is to protect all its residents and every kinds of wealth from all sorts of untoward incidents through the following objectives.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Government of Puducherry
Tags:
Monsoons, Natural Disasters, Floods, Cyclones, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Rehabilitation, India, Pondicherry
Dams/ Irrigation

Study related to gap between the irrigation potential created and utilized

The broad objective of this study is to examine various issues related to irrigation potential creation, its utilization, gross and net irrigated areas, including definition, reporting practices and consistencies in estimates.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
T V Ramanayya, V Nagadevara, Shyamal Roy
Indian Institute of Management
Tags:
Agriculture, Water Resources, Irrigation, Flood Control, Drought, India, A & N Island, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
Natural Disasters

Disaster recovery: a focus on good practices - UN tsunami response - India

This report captures a number of the good practices that emerged during the UN tsunami response in South India. The document represents part of the efforts to build and develop the UN

Publication Date: 
30/11/2008
UNDP India
Tags:
Nutrition, Health, Tsunami, Disaster Management, Water Supply, Sanitation, Children, Environmental Health, Education, India, A & N Island, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
Wildlife

Squads formed to scare away bird poachers in Puducherry

Serena Josephine M, PUDUCHERRY: The Forest Department has formed mobile squads to check the poaching of migratory birds. To step up vigil in border areas, the Department, in coordination with Tamil Nadu, will conduct joint raids on markets and restaurants.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2008
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Birds, Migratory Species, Poaching, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu

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