This address note by Shyam Saran, India's special envoy on climate change at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington on 24 March 2009, conveys India's position on overcoming the twin challenges of Climate Change and energy security.
In the present scenario where the rains are delayed and most of Maharashtra has received very little rains, Mumbai will have to reduce its dependence on the adjacent districts for its water requirements. Moreover there is very little to no data available
During the night of 2-3 December 1984, a leak of some 40 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas mixed with unknown other gasses from a chemical plant owned and operated by Union Carbide (India) Limited, a partly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Union Carbide Corporation, caused one of the highest-casualty industrial accidents of the 20th century.
Letter to M/s Western Coal Field from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding TOR of Bhakra UG (0.27 MTPA in 227.141 ha) of M/s Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL), dist. Chindwara, M.P. dated 20 March, 2009.
Construction of a new housing project adjacent to the Khurpa tal by the Army Welfare Housing Organization (AWHO) has caused afresh hue and cry among the villagers in the surrounding area when Dr. Ajay S. Rawat, Professor of History in Kumaon University filed a PIL against the illegal boring of groundwater in the area this January.
Urban transport is an important component of the urban infrastructure system. A good urban transport system will increase productivity, enhance efficiency, ensure competition,
and promote urban economy. It will also facilitate social
interactions, provide people with accessibility to opportunities,
safeguard environment, set directions and pattern of land use
Letter to M/s Coastal Tamil Nadu Power Ltd from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding Terms of Reference (TOR) of 4,000 MW (6x660 MW) Cheyyur UMPP near Cheyyur village, District Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu by M/s Coastal Tamil Nadu Power Ltd dated 19th March, 2009.
The 32nd meeting of the standing committee on safety in coal mines was held on 17th March, 2009 in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Shri Santosh Bagrodia, Hon
Cars may drive growth and aspirations, but they can never meet the commuting needs of urban India. Cars choke cities, harm public health and guzzle more oil. More than a half of our cities, especially the smaller ones, are getting smothered by critical levels of pollution and congestion.
