This paper by AR Shivakumar of Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology was presented at a national seminar organised by ISRO at NIAS Bangalore in 2010. It highlights the grave water situation in the city where the water demand is ever on the increase with the increasing population.
25 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, the local court has convicted executives of Union Carbide & sentenced them to 2 years of imprisonment. In this interview on CNBC-TV18, Sunita Narain, Director-CSE and the supreme court advocates Prashant Bhushan & Mukul Rohatgi give their perspectives on the judgement & what it means for the affected communities.
Whereas Sasthamcotta lake in Kunnathoor Taluk of Kollam district is the largest fresh water lake of Kerala, source of water supply to Kollam Municipal Corporation and suburbs and is a Ramsar site deserving to be protected from pollution, sedimentation and encroachment; whereas the lake is subjected to pollution of anthropogenic origin; whereas urgent preventive and mitigative measures are requi
These rules may by called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (3rd Amendment) Rules, 2010. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette except rule 2, which shall come into force after six months from the date of publication of this notification.
