India

 Damodar - Ten years after

How has the river that flows through one of the most industrialised regions in India fared since it was first written about in 1993? Down to Earth revisits the coal dust and slurry-ridden Damodar basin to see if anything has changed - for better or worse

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
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Pollution, Pollution Control, River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Mining, Damodar, Water Quality, Ganga Action Plan, Coal, Solid Waste, Oil, Thermal Power Plants, India, Dhanbad (D), Jharkhand, Statistics, Fly Ash, Coal Industry
India

 Moving on

Pegged at Rs 637 crore, the second phase of the Yamuna Action Plan (yap-ii) has been approved after discussions between the Union ministry of environment and forests (mef) and Japan Bank of

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Down to Earth
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Pollution Control, River Pollution, Yamuna, India
India

 Faith in spate

Sabarimala bursting at the seams with devotees but environmental concerns ignored

Publication Date: 
14/01/2003
M P Basheer
Down to Earth
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River Pollution, Religious Places, Pampa, Endangered Species, Religious Beliefs, Legislation, India, Kerala
India

 Industrial discharge: seaward ho!

As rivers spill over, the sea becomes the new dumping destination in coastal Gujarat

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Nitin Sethi, Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
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Pollution Control, River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Pesticide Industry, Textile Industry, Plastics, Drug Industry, Legislation, High Court, NGO, India, Gujarat
India

 Metal detectors

High metal content found in Orrisa s mangroves hints at increasing pollution

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Down to Earth
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Pollution, River Pollution, Iron, Zinc, Mangroves, Research, India, Orissa (Odisha)
Industry

 Pulled up for LAXITY

Lucknow's Gomti river looks more like a drain

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
Down to Earth
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River Pollution, Gomti, Legislation, Supreme Court, Governance, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow (D)
India

 Searching for Roots

India s wealth of flora and fauna provide a rainbow of natural dyes

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
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River Pollution, Animal Products, Health Effects, Textile Industry, Cancer, Trade, Traditional Knowledge, Insects, Paint And Dye Industry, Technology, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan
India

 No business drive

Research efforts on natural colours are not helping the traditional industry

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
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River Pollution, Animal Products, Health Effects, Textile Industry, Cancer, Trade, Traditional Knowledge, Insects, Paint And Dye Industry, Technology, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan
India

 A Sunrise industry

Natural dye business survives on exporters and the local carpet industry

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
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River Pollution, Animal Products, Health Effects, Textile Industry, Cancer, Trade, Traditional Knowledge, Insects, Paint And Dye Industry, Technology, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan
India

 Fading colours

Natural dyes, now popular in the West, are yet to make it big in the Indian market, reports R V Singh
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Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
R V Singh
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River Pollution, Animal Products, Health Effects, Textile Industry, Cancer, Trade, Traditional Knowledge, Insects, Paint And Dye Industry, Technology, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan

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