Hazardous Waste

Toxins as manure

In July-August 2003, when soft-drink firms across the country were struggling to contain the impact of the discovery of pesticide residues in their products, in Kerala, Coca-Cola came under intense

Publication Date: 
06/05/2005
R. Krishnakumar
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Kerala, Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, Pesticide Residues, Toxins, Palakkad (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS), Supreme Court
Water Resources

Andhra Pradesh's case

Andhra Pradesh is in a hurry to complete 16 irrigation projects on the Krishna in an attempt to turn a clause in the Tribunal Award in its favour.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2005
W. Chandrakanth
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Krishna, Irrigation, Water Disputes, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Supreme Court
Water Resources

A dispute in the Krishna basin

Faced with a barrage of criticism from the Opposition that it has failed to stop Andhra Pradesh from going ahead with the construction of "unauthorised" irrigation projects in the Krishna and Godav

Publication Date: 
06/05/2005
Ravi Sharma
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Krishna, Godavari, Irrigation, Water Disputes, Planning Commission, Central Water Commission (CWC), Dams, Supreme Court, Maharashtra
Water Pollution

 SC wields the broom

But government sweeps over

Publication Date: 
29/04/2005
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Supreme Court
Water Pollution

 Why is the Yamuna so polluted?

In Delhi, nobody knows!

Publication Date: 
29/04/2005
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River Pollution, Yamuna, Urban Water Supply, Sewage Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Urban Sanitation, Supreme Court, Delhi
India

 The political economy of defecation

This is a story about Delhi and the Yamuna, about the relationship between one of India’s richest cities and one of her most revered rivers. The plot is an economical one: the Yamuna stretches 22 kilometres along Delhi, but after Rs 55 crore to Rs 75 cror

Publication Date: 
29/04/2005
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Pollution, Pollution Control, River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Yamuna, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Delhi, Statistics
Mining

 Theirs to mine?

This is the question angry and beleaguered tribals in Orissa and Jharkhand are asking, as mining companies set up shop in the midst of their land and forests, rooting to uproot them.

It is a question the companies answer firmly in the affirm

Publication Date: 
14/04/2005
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Forests, Mining, Minerals, Coal, Displacement, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Legislation, Supreme Court, Governance, India, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), Statistics
Transport

Special report on the introduction of an upgraded PUC certificate system in response to the Honble courts order dt Feb 4, 2005

In August 2004, EPCA had submitted its report,

Publication Date: 
01/03/2005
Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority
Tags:
Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Pollution Under Control Certification, Supreme Court, Delhi, Vehicles
India

 No to all

Supreme Court supports negative voting right

Publication Date: 
27/02/2005
Avilash Roul
Down to Earth
Tags:
Supreme Court, Politics
Energy

 In Court

Burn the hazard: The Supreme Court (SC) on January 5, 2004, ordered the destruction of illegally imported hazardous waste oil, lying at Mumbai's Nhava Sheva port, by incineration. The consignment of

Publication Date: 
14/02/2005
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Mercury, Hazardous Products, Legislation, Supreme Court, United States Of America (US), Mumbai

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