Monthly Archives: November 2008
[India] Asbestos, endosulfan escape blacklist
India blocked export restrictions on them at Rotterdam Convention. India yet again played spoilsport by preventing chrysotile asbestos and endosulfan from being included in Annex III of UN’s Rotterdam Convention that brands them hazardous. Had the two been included in … Continue reading
Corporal lab – Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s Riot Victims
Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s riot victims When her husband took chronically ill after communal riots drove them to Juhapura, a ghetto on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, poverty made life seem unmanageable. Free will then became a matter of Rs 8,000 … Continue reading
Ganga’s moment
New studies, committees and a tag of national river. Will it help? The government has decided to declare the Ganga a national river, following campaigns from several quarters to preserve its cultural and religious significance. A High Powered Ganga River … Continue reading
Pollution Not under Control
Parliamentary report calls for saving the Central pollution control body It’s official. The Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), the nodal body for regulating environmental norms in India, is being “reduced to a near-defunct body”. The parliamentary standing committee on science … Continue reading
Flood sans river
Saurashtra was flooded since rainwater could not drain THE state highway between Viramgam and Surendranagar towns in Gujarat presents a stark contrast. On one side is a carpet of green fields for miles, and on the other, decaying Jowar and … Continue reading
Yamuna Satyagraha Yatra-fight for the river
“Only 28 per cent water in the world is fresh, rest is all saline. Still, we do not understand it’s value. The next world war will surely be over water,” said Hero Hiralal, a boatman who ferried us around the … Continue reading