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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Bad state of toilets for women
<font class="UCASE"><b>Q2P by Paromita Vohra</b></font>
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Bangalore Mysore corridor leads nowhere
on october6, 2006 the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (kspcb) withdrew the consent for establishment it had granted to Bangalore-based Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (nice) for the
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Goa sponge iron plants get closure notice
on october 6, 2006 the Goa State Pollution Control Board (gspcb) shut down five sponge iron units
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Maharashtra set to notify standards for private healthcare units
After the liberalisation of the Indian economy, private health care units (hcus) have mushroomed across the country. Regulating them figures nowhere on the agenda of the Union government. The
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"Waste minimisation, a training manual"
Waste Minimisation
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Creation of Greater Bangalore will strain the city's resources
karnataka's decade-old plan for creating a Greater Bangalore entity has finally got a fillip with the state government's recent go-ahead for the merger of seven city municipal councils (cmcs), one
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Row over Mumbai transport surcharge
the Rs 5,745-crore Mumbai Urban Transport Project's second phase (mutp-ii) for a suburban railway is facing a roadblock because the Union ministry of railways and the Maharashtra government disagree
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Mumbai suburbs gets a landfill site for hazardous waste
Kanjumarg will aggravate Mumbai s waste crisis
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Mumbai's water supply earns rural ire
<font class="UCASE">people</font> from about 104 villages of Thane district near Mumbai have threatened to break valves of the pipeline supplying water to the metropolis and bring the city's water supply to a halt. The reason: all their water sources have been completely diverted to Mumbai and they are facing acute drinking water and irrigation crisis.<br>
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Open floodgates
Will mere slum removals along Mithi stop Mumbai floods?