Industry

 Hindon river Gasping for breath

Book>> Hindon river

Publication Date: 
14/02/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Pesticides, Hindon, Yamuna, Water Quality, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Endosulfan, Industry, NGO, India, Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad (D), Meerut (D), Saharanpur
Agriculture

 Up against GM

October 2006

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Conflicts, Genetic Engineering, India, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
Industry

 Forest right debate focusses on community vs individual

"Will I get rights to my ancestral land inside the forests?' asks Sur Suti from Sonebhadra district in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The second convention of the National Forum of Forests People and Forest Workers (nffpfw), held from October 31 to November 3 in Ranchi, tried to answer this question while addressing the issue of granting forest-dwellers their rights over local resources.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Land Ownership, Forest Policy, Legislation, Ranchi (T), Uttar Pradesh
India

 Heritage in peril

The Supreme Court recently issued notices to the Union government and the Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments in response to a public interest petition. Filed by Neelambar Baba of

Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
Down to Earth
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Mining, India, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
India

 Cane fumes

Mills of Gorakhpur grind slowly, but they grind too fine

Publication Date: 
30/01/2006
C Balaji
Down to Earth
Tags:
Sugarcane, Health Effects, Sugar Industry, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Energy, India, Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur (D)
Wildlife

 Road maze

The controversy around the Kandi road through the Corbett Tiger Reserve

Publication Date: 
29/11/2005
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecotourism, Road Transport, Wildlife, Legislation, NGO, Uttar Pradesh, Nainital (D)
India

 In short

up environment policy: Voicing concerns over rising pollution levels, the Uttar Pradesh Government is formulating a new environment policy, as per Supreme Court recommendations. This is to be

Publication Date: 
30/10/2005
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Pollution, Governance, World Bank, India, Uttar Pradesh
India

 In Short

epidemic in up: Japanese encephalitis (JE) has killed 153 people in eastern Uttar Pradesh, especially in Mahrajganj, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Sant Kabirnagar, Siddharthanagr and Deoria. As many as 530

Publication Date: 
14/09/2005
Down to Earth
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Environment, Encephalitis, India, Uttar Pradesh, Electronics, Epidemics
India

 India develops PPR vaccine

Against sheep and goat plague

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Animal Care, Cattle, Vaccination, Plague, Research, India, Uttar Pradesh, Agricultural Science
Wildlife

 Let them co exist

Engage forest dwellers in managing wildlife: Tiger Task Force

Publication Date: 
14/06/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Villages, Wildlife, Tiger Reserves, India, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh

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