all summer, tankers supply water to upmarket Srinagar, but they don't meet safety norms. They are filled at Iqbal Park filling station with the help of pressure filters, which don't meet norms set by

function table() { var popurl="image/20060930/34.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=375,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } Drought-stricken Toowoomba, the second largest

the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (gpcb) served a closure notice to a plant of Alembic Ltd in Panelav village of Panchmahal district, Gujarat, on August 25, 2006. It manufactures bulk drugs and

Ganga Action Plan

a water purification device developed by scientists at the Mumbai-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (barc) could provide safe drinking water at a low cost even in remote, non-electrified parts of the country.

Capable of producing up to 20 litres of potable water every day, the device requires sunlight and a cheap, abundantly available material

Proposing substandard water