Kodaikanal
During the mid-80s, the sleepy town of Kodaikanal woke up to commercialisation and well, noise. Worried, locals, school principals and doctors of the Indian Medical Association (ima), Kodaikanal
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Demand Nirbhaya—fearless—cities
<p style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Catalysing safe design for public spaces should be among the top priorities
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The political economy of defecation
IN MANY ways, the Ganga Action Programme is a very ambitious scheme. It aims to clean up one of the world"s longest rivers -- using sophisticated and expensive technologies. But the project
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Ecology over economics
LESTER Brown, founder of Worldwatch Institute, recently published the book 'Eco-Economy' - an ambitious and broad sketch of a new global economy that prioritises the ecological imperatives of our
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Bangalore lakes leased out
privatization of lakes in Bangalore is a sore point. Environment Support Group, an ngo in Bangalore, filed a petition regarding this in the Karnataka High Court in January this year. "It's
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Street smart
Karnataka vendors take steps to protect their interests
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Leading by example
A Los Angeles law makes rainwater harvesting compulsory for citizens
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India Exposed!
It is unimaginable. Air quality in most Indian cities is at critical levels. And the culprit respirable particulates are way above danger mark in most cities monitored. Yet government and industry are only too happy to join hands to script mass obitua
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Airing woes
WITH the air in France turning out to be a potential killer, the government has decided to develop 'green pqtrol' by AD 2000. The bio-fuel will contain organic elements such as diester,
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CHINA
A draft law in China seeks to bring down noise pollution. The law authorises municipal authorities to crack down on everything from deafening construction sites to boisterous folk dancing. Some
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INDIA
• The municipal corporation of Shimla has finalised a Rs 7.5 crore integrated waste management plan for the town. Under the plan, separate arrangement will be made for the disposal of solid
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Heavy air
Urban air pollution is an emerging threat to Bhutan s uncontaminated air
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UNITED NATIONS
To combat drug trafficking across Pakistan and Iran, a new communications network across their common border will be set under the aegis of the United Nations Drug Control Programme. The
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A tale of two cities
The water culture of people is an important indicator of their level of civilization. Take the two ancient cities, Rome and the town of Edo, which grew into the mega-metropolis of Tokyo. The people
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PARADOX OF A PARADIGM
Human waste is nutrient rich City Wastewater Concentration Nitrogen 30 ml/l Phosphate 7.5 mg/l Potassium 25 mg/l
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Capital gains
EIGHT years of sustained excavations has located the lost city of Urkesh in what is now northeastern Syria near the Turkish border, The find was reported recently by Giorgio Buccellati, director
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UGANDA
Around 2,000 doctors from all over the world assembled for the ninth international conference on AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, which opened on December 10 at Kampala, the capital of
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Calcutta's sorrow
There is growing evidence that the recent outbreak of the malaria (plasmodium falciparum) epidemic in Calcutta is related to the clogged drainage system of the city. And this is because the state
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Free parking
A municipal park in Nagercoil is up for grabs
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Surat: banking on money
A cash rich municipality and a set of dedicated officials have made Surat s waste management system a successful but expensive exercise