-Down to Earth India's most comprehensive study ever is important in the face of the Centre denying health repercussions due to uranium contamination of groundwater India has put its largest ever groundwater testing for uranium contamination on high gear. Started by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in 2014, the testing drive, which had slowed down, has again picked up in recent months. The drive is to be finished by 2019 and...
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The bullet train may trigger social conflict and have significant Environmental cost -Mayank Aggarwal
-Mongabay.com * December 2018 is the official deadline for the land acquisition for the bullet train project but till now not even one percent of the required land is acquired. A court case is already going on in the Gujarat High Court against the land acquisition process undertaken by the Gujarat government. * Despite documents showing that the project has the potential to cause social conflict and have adverse Environmental impacts, the...
More »'By 2025, 95% of Bengaluru will be just concrete'
-The Times of India BENGALURU: Reiterating that the city is becoming an urban jungle, experts on Saturday estimated that nearly 95% of the city will be just concrete if the unchecked urbanisation was allowed to continue. Experts debated a host of issues, ranging from depleting green cover and poor solid waste management to inability of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) Act in solving problems. At least 500 people representing various residents'...
More »Conservationist warns against dam permit in Arunachal
-The Telegraph He said the report based on which the decision was taken to give clearance to Demwe Lower project was “faulty” New Delhi: A wildlife expert has appealed to the Union forest and Environment ministry to roll back the clearance given to the Demwe Lower project, saying the report based on which the decision was taken, was “faulty”. A wildlife conservationist from Assam, Bimal Gogoi, who was an appellant in the National...
More »More Equal Than Others -Usha Ramanathan
-The Indian Express The Aadhaar judgment divides the people of this country into those receiving state assistance, and others. The former will get socio-economic rights if they do as they are asked to do. Privacy is a luxury they can ill afford. The signs were there from the beginning. The poor were part of the marketing strategy for promoting a project that would require people to enrol in a database that...
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