India's gas chambers
POLLUTIONWHO's latest research reveals that Delhi has the highest levels of air pollution. Choking air Indian cities are reporting dangerously high levels of air pollution with Delhi topping the list
Nidhi Jamwal
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For the sake of roads well travelled
This month, a pedestrian activist in Bangalore lost her life in a road accident. But the fight goes on. Sunday Times profiles some custodians of the roads who are getting pedestrians off the back foot
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We, the people, say ‘no’
BEATING DRUMS and fireworks underline the jubilation in 45 villages of Raigad district in Maharashtra. The occasion: the denotification of the Maha Mumbai special economic zone (SEZ). Over 10,000 hectares
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Mumbai BRTS: held up in transit
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (mmrda) is rushing ahead with its multi-crore metro rail and monorail projects. But its proposal to build the less expensive Bus Rapid Transit System (brts) has been delayed. Reason: the development authority, charged with planning for Mumbai, transferred the project to the municipality in February last week.
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Carriage of convenience
Metro projects can ease congestion. But lack of integrated planning is undoing the benefits of this mass transport system. Delhi Metro
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Carriage of convenience
Metro projects can ease congestion in Indian cities. But lack of integrated planning is undoing the benefits of this mass transport system. This special Down To Earth report demands integration of Metro with buses and pedestrian paths. To know more click on the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20100415&filename=news&sid=22&sec_id=9 See Also
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Coal emissions nourish trees
an expert panel of the Union environment ministry has justified the setting up of coal-fired power plants in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. It has said the thermal power plants may prove beneficial for mango plantations as the trees could draw sustenance from the oxides of sulphur and nitrogen emitted by them.
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Mess multiplied
This analytical report published in Down To Earth questions the role and authority of state environment regulatory bodies formed under the 2006 Environment Impact Assessment Notification.
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Spam in fishing net
Kalawati Eknath Mangela and Parvati Bai Somna do not consider themselves fisherwomen any mo re. Every time they cast nets in the Arabian Sea, off the Tadgam beach in Valsad district of Gujarat, all they catch is garbage.
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High court closes polluting factory
ON JULY 22, villagers of Londa in Karnataka