Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
It is interesting how the coalitions of the willing and the wanting shift in this world. When it comes to negotiations on ecological globalisation - conventions from climate change to biodiversity protection - the powers almost always align as follows: on one side, the US flanked by its partners (Japan, …
function opensmog1(){ var popurl="html/20030831_smog1.htm" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=500,height=500,scrollbars=yes") } The recent release from the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), Parivesh, January 2003, presents deadly facts about air pollution levels in Indian cities. According to the report, Ahmedabad's air is the most noxious. Kanpur, Solapur and Lucknow follow closely, with small particulate levels (pm10) …
focussing excessively on neem-based products might be harmful to health. Kripa Awasthy from Jharkhand-based kkm College and Parimal Khan from Bihar-based Patna Women's College claim that leaf extracts of neem (Azadirachta indica) damage the genetic material of mice sperms. During their experiments, the researchers extracted the key ingredient of mature …
Last fortnight, I said I did not know how the two Cola giants would respond to our study on pesticides in soft drinks. Now I do. I have learnt how global corporations deal with public concerns. Hours after we released our report, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola convened a press conference to …
Vehicles and Air Pollution . California . USA California is famous for environmental awareness campaigns. Last month, the government banned the purchase of sports utility vehicles by the state. But what do ordinary Californians think? Sure enough, they blame automobiles for air pollution, but only other people's cars. So says …
taking cognisance of the spiralling emission levels, Sri Lanka has recently drafted a national policy which aims to improve the country's air quality. The policy planning division of Sri Lanka's ministry of environment and natural resources has already swung into action, purchasing two gas analysers and one smoke metre for …
on march 28, 2003, the Calcutta High Court passed an order which, if implemented, would make Kolkata the country's only city with 100 per cent Bharat Stage-ii compliance (equivalent to Euro-ii). The court ruled: "All vehicles, be it private or commercial, operating in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (kma) have to …
In February, we released a study on pesticide residues in bottled water being sold in the market. We reported how we found legalised pesticides in bottled water. In other words, the norms for regulating pesticide levels in these bottles were so designed that pesticide residues would not be detected. We …
in an unprecedented development, the members of a gram sabha in Himachal Pradesh (hp) exercised rights conferred on them under the fifth schedule of the Constitution and disallowed the Rs 7,759-crore Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Power (hep) Project. Permission was denied on the ground that the authorities were rushing through procedures …
A few days ago, most of India reeled under drought. Cities thirsted for water. Karnataka's chief minister S M Krishna - seeing water supply in his software capital reduced to once in three days - announced desperate measures, such as prayer. The entire country seemed to await the first emancipatory …
Foundries and units operating furnaces in and around Agra have found an unlikely saviour in the midst of the on-going crackdown on their emissions. Jamshedpur based National Metallurgical Laboratory has developed a the cokeless cupola technology and finalised plans to sell it on commercial basis to furnace owners in and …
Call it sensible water economics or even a miracle, Indira Gandhi International Airport's ambitious rainwater harvesting project among the largest in Delhi is turning into a success story that environmentalists argue should be replicated many times over in the Capital.
The United States Supreme Court will decide soon whether Los Angeles and other California counties can go beyond the federal Clean Air Act to impose tougher emission norms for city buses, airport shuttles, taxis and other vehicles. The court has agreed to hear an appeal from oil companies and diesel …
I first learnt that smoke from chulhas was deadly when Kirk Smith, then a professor at the East-West Centre in Hawaii, visited our office in the early 1980s. He came with a handheld smoke monitor and told us how monitoring kitchen smoke in Gujarat villages had revealed that women were …
A recent study by the Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board (spcb) shows that vehicular pollution has reached alarming levels in parts of the Kashmir valley. The state government has reacted by directing petrol and diesel pump owners not to provide fuel for vehicles without pollution under control certificates. …
Why are we, as a nation, so non-serious about following through on actions? Is it the curse of a foreign language in which we act, but not think, that we pick up words and so believe the deed, too, is done? Take any major challenge that has confronted decision-making in …
An affiliate of Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial has said that it will launch the world's first electric bicycles equipped with GPS enablign owners to trace stolen bikes. National Bicycle Industrial Co. Ltd. affiliated with the consumer electronic giant known for its National and Panasonic brands, will launch the electric power-assisted …
