construction on Gujarat's ambitious Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project in Ahmedabad, restarted in the second week of March, 2007. The project had been stalled since August 2006, when heavy

>> Namibia's ministry of fisheries and marine resources has lifted a two-month fishing ban in the river Zambezi which was imposed in December 2006 because of bacterial contamination of the river's

China's top environment watchdog has slapped the state's maximum possible fine of 1 million yuan (us $125,000) on Jilin Petrochemical for a toxic river spill that cut off water to millions of people

rajasthan's Barmer district administration is on a drive to shut down all erring textile colouring and printing units in Balotara area since February 1, 2007. The step comes a year too late. The

on january 7, 2006, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (kspcb) permitted Hindustan Insecticides Limited (hil), a central government-owned enterprise manufacturing ddt and endosulfan, to resume

RELIGIOUS gatherings such as the Ardh Kumbh at Allahabad always test the organisational mettle of local administrative bodies. This event happens once in six years at the sangam (confluence) of the

No a los papelones, a documentary criticising activists in the Argentine city of Gualeguaych

China's second longest waterway, the Yellow river, has lost one-third of its fish species, notes a recent report of the country's agriculture ministry. Known as the cradle of early civilisation,