India

 Net solutions

Restoring waterbodies and making traditional fisherfolk stakeholders in fisheries development may save this fast disappearing tribe

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
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River Pollution, Fish Processing, Fisherfolk
India

 Nowhere people

How a traditional community in Hardwar lost its identity

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
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River Pollution, Fish Processing, Fisherfolk
India

 Banking on tanks

Reclaiming traditional tanks may help tide over troubled waters

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
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River Pollution, Fish Processing, Fisherfolk
Air Pollution

 Orphans of the river

Riverine fisherfolk, arguably the oldest among traders, are being sold down the river. An unholy synergy of poisoned rivers, government apathy and commercial interests has scripted the epitaph of the original stewards of the river. Ironically, their

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
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Ecology, River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Rivers, Aquaculture, Fish Poisoning, Chipko Movement, Endangered Species, Fisherfolk, Tribals, Traditional Knowledge, Governance, Bihar, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Fish Marketing
India

 Row over report

Proposed norms on effluent discharge into Narmada tributary questioned

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
Suverchala Kashyap
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River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Marine Ecosystems, High Court, India, Gujarat
India

 In dire straits

the recently-released comptroller and auditor general (cag) 2000 report has revealed that river pollution is on the rise as sewage finds its way into river bodies and pollution parameters are

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
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River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Legislation, India, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka
India

 Water visions

Past experiences in tackling river pollution have been disheartening. The recent call for recognising this water source as an ecosystem is a start in the right direction but one that needs to be backed by solid action

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Manoj Nadkarni
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River Pollution
Water Resources

 GOMTI POLLUTION

The Supreme Court has asked Uttar Pradesh to identify appropriate land to set up oxidation plants to treat sewage before being discharged into the river. The areas are to be identified at Lakhimpur,

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
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River Pollution, Legislation, Supreme Court, Lakhimpur (D), Uttar Pradesh, Jaunpur (D)
India

 Gaping gap

Official apathy results in the failure of GAP in West Bengal

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Water Quality, Ganga Action Plan, India
India

 Spent force?

the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (cag) has condemned the Orissa government and the state pollution control board (pcb) for their failure on various fronts, including lapses in

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, River Pollution, Chilka, Water Quality, Health Effects, Governance, India, Orissa (Odisha)

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