West Bengal

West Bengal's wetlands under threat

WEST Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee signed a much-hyped deal with the Salim Group of Indonesia for investments up to Rs 20,000 crore in infrastructure development on July 31. Billed

Publication Date:

14/09/2006

Author(s): Maureen Nandini Mitra

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecosystems, Wetlands, Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Animals, Aquaculture, Roads, Highways, Waste Disposal, Biodiversity, Ramsar Convention, Economic Development, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)

Agriculture

Red said go

West Bengal s Left Front government is all set to displace farmers

Publication Date:

30/08/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060831

pp:

0

Tags:

Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Agriculture, Hoogly, Singur, Displacement, Farmers, Landless, Conflicts, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Economic Development, Industry, Auto Industry, Political Parties, West Bengal

Environment

West Bengal State Pollution Control Board

Tags: Environment, Water Pollution Control, Air Pollution Control, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), West Bengal, Pollution Control

Industry

News snippets

Parkland Medical Center in Derry, the US, has been honoured for becoming mercury-free. It got the

Publication Date:

30/05/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060531

pp:

0

Tags:

Groundwater, Arsenic, Health, Mercury, Audiovisuals, Awards, United States Of America (US), West Bengal

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

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20060515

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Ganga, Textile Industry, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Politics, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

India

Plant problems

People s resistance builds up against Durgapur sponge iron units

Publication Date:

29/06/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Iron And Steel Industry, India, West Bengal

India

Beijing s Green Olympics

A black countdown in West Bengal, India

Publication Date:

14/06/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Animal Diseases, Livestock, Cattle, Iron And Steel Industry, Health Effects, Coal, Tuberculosis, Electricity, Thermal Power Plants, Panchayats, India, West Bengal

Industry

Play by the rules

Is the sponge iron industry listening?

Publication Date:

14/06/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20050615

pp:

0

Tags:

Iron And Steel Industry, Iron, Health Effects, Industry, Legislation, West Bengal

India

High radioactive toxicity

Scientists have detected an overload of radioactive compounds in the flyash in villages surrounding the 1,260 megawatt Kolaghat Thermal Power Station in West Bengal's Midnapur district. In

Publication Date:

30/03/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20050331

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, Scientists, India, West Bengal, Toxic Wastes, Fly Ash

Industry