Industry

 False claims?

local ngos have asked G Prakash, district collector of Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district, to explain his statement on the Koodankulam nuclear plant. The Tamil evening daily, Tamil Murasu, on October 10, 2006, quoted Prakash's denial of a plan to provide water to the Rs 13,000-crore project from the Pechipparai dam.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
R K Srinivasan
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Drought Prone Areas, Dams, Pechiparai, Nuclear Power, Water Supply, Tamil Nadu
Industry

 IN SHORT

thrown out: Tamil actress Radhika has been expelled from the primary membership of AIADMK, the main opposition party in Tamil Nadu "for acting against the interests of the party'. She appeared in a

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
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Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, Renewable Energy, Women, Pesticide Residues, Industry, Electronics Industry, Advertising, Political Parties, CSE, Personalities, Awards, Bangladesh, India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Mining

 Project voices

MAUP view • MECON consultants, who made the EIA, were influenced by DAE and UCIL • EIA hasn't considered alternatives • UCIL doesn't have technology for getting

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
Down to Earth
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining, Uranium, Pennar, Health Effects, Radiation, Tamil Nadu
Environment
Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board
Environment, Water Pollution Control, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Tamil Nadu, Pollution Control
India

 In short

effluents spur boycott: Farmers from Kuppam village in Tamil Nadu's Karur district have declared a boycott of the assembly elections, scheduled for May 8-10, 2006. They allege that effluents from

Publication Date: 
14/05/2006
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Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Ganga, Textile Industry, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Politics, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Industry

 Highrise in loose mud

Dharavi resettlement creates a windfall for builders. Cost: local entrepreneurship

Publication Date: 
14/03/2006
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Leather Industry, Slums, Slum Upgrading, Rehabilitation, Industry, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu
India

 Bone damage

Effluents threaten Nilgiri

Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
C Balaji
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Nilgiri, Waste Disposal, Drug Industry, Tamil Nadu
Fisheries

 Fishing village redefined

In terms of user-friendliness, Tamil Nadu's rehabilitation has been disastrous

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
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Fisheries, Fisherfolk, Rehabilitation, Tamil Nadu
India

 The new Money plant

The seeds of a plant called jatropha yield oil that, after processing, makes biodiesel. It can reduce India s burgeoning oil import bill. And there s lots of money to be made. But who will earn? What land will be used for this? down t

Publication Date: 
29/11/2005
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Land Resources, Wastelands, Agriculture, Oilseeds, Irrigation, Trees, Biodiesel, Petrol, Farmers, Electricity, Imports, Private Sector, Biotechnology, NGO, India, Tamil Nadu, Statistics
Industry

 Over the edge

Is Cuddalore s industrial area a Bhopal in the making? Yes, say villagers

Publication Date: 
14/11/2005
Deepa Kozhisseri
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Health Effects, Mercury, Industry, Panchayats, Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore

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