India

 Bad water

Delhi recently faced a water crisis as drinking water supply was cut due to high levels of ammonia in the Yamuna

Publication Date: 
30/03/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water Scarcity, Delhi
Water Resources

 Waters of hate

There is an urgent need for a national and international debate on how the world s water resources are going to be managed

Publication Date: 
30/03/1998
Anil Agarwal
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River Pollution, Water Resources, Water Management, UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
Climate Change

 The red triangle

The government, the judiciary and the people have to take action together to stop environmental damage. Laws have to be enacted and cases taken up on a priority. But laws alone will achieve little. If no action is taken on court orders, the land and the p

Publication Date: 
14/01/1998
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Tags:
River Pollution, Drinking Water, Textile Industry, Bhadar, Legislation, Gujarat
Climate Change

 Clean up acts

Disaster relief in Australia, Britain and USA

Publication Date: 
14/01/1998
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River Pollution, Drinking Water, Textile Industry, Bhadar, Legislation, Gujarat
Climate Change

 Baised against the poor

Comparison of compensation in the US and in India

Publication Date: 
14/01/1998
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River Pollution, Drinking Water, Textile Industry, Bhadar, Legislation, Gujarat
India

 Cleaning the Yamuna

the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) has submitted a Rs 480 crore Yamuna action plan to the Delhi High Court to clean the river. "The plan is being funded by the Overseas Environmental

Publication Date: 
14/01/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Yamuna, Delhi
Agriculture

 Polluted river

according to the National Environment Engineering Research Institute ( neeri ), Nagpur, the Betwa river in the state of Madhya Pradesh is highly polluted. Tests conducted recently by

Publication Date: 
30/12/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Betwa, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Beware of the Ganga

A dip in the Ganga was meant to purify both body and soul. But devotees in Bihar have had a bad experience

Publication Date: 
14/12/1997
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River Pollution, Skin Diseases, Bihar
Industry

 Friends for a cause

Eco-friends, a non-governmental organisation, has been striving to control pollution and protect the environment in Kanpur. One of its tasks is to depollute the Ganges, whose stretch along Kanpur

Publication Date: 
29/11/1997
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Water Pollution Control, River Pollution, Kanpur (D)
India

 Time to clean up?

An ecologically informed master plan for Kanpur may help the city deal with pollution

Publication Date: 
14/11/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Health Effects, Kanpur (D)

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