Foul waters
there are increasing number of fluo rosis cases among the residents of Delhi. Fluorosis is caused by consuming water contaminated with fluoride. A recent survey to check the content of
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The political economy of defecation
This is a story about Delhi and the Yamuna, about the relationship between one of India’s richest cities and one of her most revered rivers. The plot is an economical one: the Yamuna stretches 22 kilometres along Delhi, but after Rs 55 crore to Rs 75 cror
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Wrong path
NH 4 being made a toll expressway
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Steering the way
The computer generated <b>Anil Agarwal Clean Air Model</b>, developed by CSE, assesses what it takes to clean up Delhi's air. Some astounding results have come out of its first application. Had the Supreme Court not intervened, Delhi would have been choki
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Better grade gasoline
Another step towards reducing pollution levels
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CHINA
For the first time in decades, this August people can expect to find lakes and rivers in central Beijing cleaned up and sparkling with clear green water. Yan Changyuan, director of the Beijing
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From cinema to commune
The UFA (Universal Film Studios) Fabrik in the German city of Berlin is a unique experiment in urban living. The former film studio is now home to a comm unity of 50. Having acquired a worldwide
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SPOTLIFGHT
Germane to India "Come hither ye men; come hither ye women; come one come together' is a cry often associated with Indian villages, but this one emanates from the Marxloh Comprehensive School's
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Treating hospital waste
most Andhra Pradesh hospitals lack facilities to treat the hazardous pile-up of waste that is generated everyday. There are more than 400 hospitals in the city and the total number of beds
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Guilty of non compliance
only one of 10 us metropolitan areas required to submit anti-pollution plans in 1999 have met the government's goals to crack down on smog into next millennium, the Environmental
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Liquidation of solid wastes
Management of solid wastes is a corollary of triumphing civilisation. But how does one recycle or reuse increasing solid wastes in radically expanding cities ?
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Rajkot gears up
the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (rmc) has drawn up a Rs 1 crore plan for solid waste disposal. The proposal has been forwarded to the state government for obtaining necessary financial
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In the red
The Union Budget fails to make any provisions for protecting the environment.
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Oceans in distress
China is battling a massive oil spill, one of the worst in its history, following the collision between a German and a Panamanian ship in the South China Sea, near the Pearl River. The German ship,
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Groundwater pollution
residents of Tannery Road in Bangalore are facing a potable water crisis because tanneries located in the area are polluting the groundwater. Untreated hazardous sludge from these units
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Air Pollution
Two-stroke engines are adding to air pollution in Karachi, say newspaper reports. According to experts, these engines fitted in motorcycles, rickshaws and several thousand four-wheelers are
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A plague on this country
The plague today holds the same threshold of dread that it did in the 14th century. So when the Black Death struck India late last month, the administration and the country's health system collapsed under the power of both
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The cable edge
Trees in the cities of the UK are feeling the cutting edge of the latest communications boom. Tree roots are being severed as cable companies dig trenches along an estimated 80 km of streets a day to
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Ban on mullet sale
kuwait's leading fish farm has trashed 51 tonnes of dead fish. Probably a poison scare prompted the firm to do so. However, government officials said the poison scare sweeping the emirate was
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Death track
New US study directly links deaths with air pollution