Nov. 5: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the High Court order through which a four-member committee, led by Nobel Prize winner R.K. Pachauri, was constituted to assess the impact on environment due to the construction of Commonwealth Games Village which, environmentalists alleged, was being built on Yamuna river bed in east Delhi and would damage the ecology of the area.

J. Venkatesan

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed Delhi High Court orders stalling constructions in the upcoming Commonwealth Games Village on the banks of the Yamuna in Delhi for holding the games in 2010.

Coimbatore: The district administration and district engineer of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have announced that orders have been served on 40 dyeing units for closure and disconnection of power supply connection on the charges of polluting the Noyyal Rajavaikkal and the ground water table in the area.

Bauxite versus livelihood of tribals An uneasy calm prevailed in Lanjigarh and the adjoining Niyamgiri hills, with the Kondh tribals and activists of Green Kalahandi, Kalahandi Sachetan Nagrik Manch and Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti appearing more determined than ever to thwart any attempt at mining the bauxite-rich hills. These organizations were leading the campaign to save Niyamgiri. In

Pali farmers teach state pollution body a few things technical Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai has no formal training in science. But he was able to test and tell a gathering of over 300 people that water from a dugwell in Phenkaria village contained arsenic and zinc in concentrations unfit for human consumption. Phekaria is located on the bank of river Bandi, about 50 kilometres downstream from

Vedanta refinery pollutes river, sickens people in Orissa VEDANTA recently invited bureaucrats and glitterati to pat its back on corporate social responsibility activities at its first such meeting. But people living around Vedanta Aluminium Ltd

KARUR: Farmers and residents affected by industrial pollution bitterly complained about their plight when the members of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Committee on Public Sector Undertakings came visiting their localities in the district.