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Anupam Chakravartty
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2013-5-15
People insist it was pro-POSCO goons from the village who threw bomb at protesters
2013-5-13
Clears environment management plans for 63 sites; mining officials cite shortage of construction material for show of haste
2013-5-10
Odisha government granted mining, prospecting leases to POSCO in Khandadhar hills by ignoring earlier applications of other claimants
2013-5-7
Directs demolition of company buildings on forestland near Hazira in case Centre denies approval
2013-5-6
Rules in favour of larger public interest; says plant is safe
2013-5-4
National Legal Services Authority, the petitioner, says rampant sand mining is devastating rivers in the absence of guidelines
2013-4-24
Consumers denied cheap electricity because government failed to monitor private firms allocated coal blocks almost free of cost, says report
2013-4-30
Supreme Court fines Sterlite Industries for polluting environment but refuses to shut it
2013-4-30
Reports pick apart NHPC’s hydel project in Assam, call for design overhaul
2013-3-22
Tribunal ignores recommendations of Assam GoM on conducting cumulative impact study on hydropower projects in upstream state
2013-3-21
Petitioners allege loss of public revenue because of discriminatory policy
2013-3-31
The legislation makes it mandatory for farmers to get licence for extracting water
2013-3-31
The legislation makes it mandatory for farmers to get licence for extracting water
2013-3-31
Emboldened by SHG movement, reservation in panchayats, women emerge as key constituency
2013-3-12
Report kept under wraps shows project plan ignores flood control and compromises on design, safety
2013-3-3
Crude bomb was allegedly hurled by hired local goons at a group gathered in the backyard of a house to discuss land acquisition
2013-2-27
Bill introduced in Assembly says errant farmers can be imprisoned up to six months or fined up to Rs 10,000
2013-3-15
After fouling 10 Madhya Pradesh villages with heavy metals and acid, HCL is set to expand its mine
2013-2-26
Cost will be met through borrowings and debt service fund
2013-2-19
Final judgement deferred as India, Pakistan fail to submit details of environment flows and impacts of their hydropower projects
2013-2-14
12 companies had gone ahead with construction of individual units despite court questioning commencement of work without environment clearance
2013-2-28
Backed by three decades of water conservation measures, semi-arid Saurashtra is driving Gujarat’s agricultural growth. Will it be able to sustain it?
2013-2-13
LIC expresses interest in funding project even as increased capital costs make power from the project too expensive
2013-2-11
Supply of inferior quality coal to power plants has increased power production cost, points out NGO
2013-2-15
A hospital for cardiac patients in Ahmedabad is sunlit to cheer up patients. It saves energy, too
2013-2-28
Allocation increased from Rs 3,050 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 5,387 crore
2013-1-31
One-time capacity expansion does not require public hearing, says environment ministry
2013-1-4
New industrial policy follows denotification of SEZ land after promoters backed out of 16 deals
2013-1-4
So says Brazilian environmental journalist Norbert Suchanek who is travelling with his film festival across the world. One of its kind, the Travelling International Uranium Film Festival will be inaugurated in New Delhi on January 4. Anupam Chakravartty caught up with Suchanek in New Delhi on the festival and his ideas on films as medium of message:
2012-12-25
One-time hearing okay, says environment ministry
2012-11-30
Comptroller and Auditor General raps urban development and housing ministries for failing to bring about urban governance reforms
2012-12-15
The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies
2012-11-23
Jayanthi Natarajan asks officials to take stock in various states
2012-10-31
DMRC rejects Reliance Infra notice to terminate contract on Airport Metro Line
2012-11-15
The aviation sector is struggling for survival, while roadways and railways are bleeding the treasury dry. Inland navigation is economical and environment-friendly. More than 25 years ago, India passed an Act to commercially use its 14,000 kilometres of waterways to ferry people and goods. But over the years, the sector has not gained prominence. Anupam Chakravartty and Arnab Pratim Dutta look at why this sector has become a slow boat to China
2012-10-5
Asks Centre, state to continue with ban on mining in the state
2012-10-5
Forest rights of Baigas scuttled to clear way to mine dense forest
2012-10-5
He along with others grabbed the land of people belonging to backward caste and used it to store mined granite
2012-9-28
Central Ground Water Authority had said the order could amount to judicial overreach
2012-10-15
Shah Commission report shows how authorities, mine owners stripped Goa of iron
2012-9-30
Environmental geologist K S Valdiya lives in Uttarakhand and keeps a tab on the changing geological processes in the Himalayan region. He was recently conferred with the G M Modi Award for Innovative Science and Technology for his contribution in the fields of Himalayan geology and neotectonics. Formerly a member of the prime minister’s science advisory council, Valdiya tells Anupam Chakravartty what triggered the recent landslide in Uttarkashi
2012-9-30
Indefinite closure of Delhi airport metro line dashes faith in public private partnerships
2012-9-12
Conditions for restoring clearances not spelt out
2012-8-18
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power made profits worth Rs 29,033 crore as it was allowed to divert coal
2012-8-17
Report names Essar, Tata and Jindal Steel and Power among beneficiaries
2012-8-31
States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity
2012-8-31
Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns
2012-8-2
Grievance redressal authority follows apex court order which said land allotment as per R&R policy is the state's constitutional obligation
2012-7-30
Prohibits future entry of ships for ship-breaking if they violate Basel Convention
2012-7-23
Second incident in a month; authorities say nothing to panic because radiation is a way of life
2012-7-31
Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed
2012-7-12
Vacates stay on payment of compensation to project-affected people in Himachal Pradesh; stay on forestland diversion continues for now
2012-7-12
'None of the 42 mining sites on the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers have environment clearance'
2012-7-4
Project yet to become fully functional has already destroyed creeks and mangroves, says report
2012-7-2
Supreme Court gives Centre eight weeks to decide fate of the project
2012-6-29
Health hazards unlikely says Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
2012-6-28
Brahmaputra breaches danger mark, 300,000 people displaced
2012-6-22
Company allotted captive coal block sold stakes; coal ministry issues show cause notice
2012-6-16
North-eastern states and Himachal Pradesh score high on environmental sustainability index, says report by Chennai non-profit
2012-6-15
Christopher Albin-Lackey, senior researcher with New York-based non-profit Human Rights Watch (HRW), has documented the large-scale environmental degradation and social cost of mining in Karnataka and Goa. Helped by a team of people, comprising individuals who are protesting exploitation by mining companies, he has put together a report—Out of control: mining, regulatory failure and human rights in India”. Anupam Chakravartty caught up with him in New Delhi before his departure to Goa for the release of his report. Excerpts of his interview:
2012-6-14
Many residents shifted to areas with high radiation; system for issuing safety warnings on radiation failed
2012-5-21
WAPCOS completes cumulative impact studies for dams in Subansiri and Siang sub-basins
2012-5-19
Centre returns bauxite mining proposals in Schedule V areas
2012-5-17
Central Pollution Control Board guidelines, however, state that no construction activity can take place within 500 metre of treatment, storage and disposal facilities
2012-5-31
After cracking the whip on mining offenders, CEC is now going easy on them
2012-5-11
Jindal Steel Works and South West Mining will also be investigated for allegedly paying bribes to kin of former chief minister
2012-5-9
Bench questions commencement of work without environmental clearance
2012-5-8
Gujarat High court directs medical check-up of all employees
2012-4-23
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yedduruppa might face CBI probe for his role in illegal mining
2012-4-20
Begins construction without taking forest and CRZ clearance
2012-4-20
In Assam, activists block road leading to Gerugamukh project on Assam-Arunachal border
2012-4-30
Centre continues to allocate coal blocks despite calls for competitive bidding
2012-4-30
Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, many senior bureaucrats and politicians in power are hand-in-glove with local contractors to make huge gains from illegal sand mining. Even as the exchequer suffers, little attention is given to the long-lasting scars sand mining leaves on ecology. Communities fight on the river banks and in courts to keep sand reserves from getting exhausted.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava travelled to Madhya Pradesh, Anupam Chakravartty to Punjab, M Suchitra to Andhra Pradesh and Ashwin Aghor to Karnataka to examine the murky business of sand mining
2012-3-16
Environmentalists say ministry of finance apathetic towards social environmental consequences
2012-3-14
Official, activists counter, say the statement is to allow dams on the river
2012-3-31
Having served the country for more than a century and a half, the Indian Railways has taken apathy in its stride. Politicians’ whims, and not economic planning, have dictated its existence. But now, the tracks on which the giant moves have begun to show signs of stress. The health of this ailing mammoth needs to be restored. Arnab Pratim Dutta and Anupam Chakravartty trace the network’s ailments and examine ways to bring it back on track
2012-2-22
New environment ministry policy says NMIZs need obtain only one time environmental clearance
2012-2-17
Follow Karnataka’s example which raised huge revenues through the initiative
2012-2-29
Repeated court orders fail to save part of the primitive mountain range in Alwar from mining
2012-1-4
Assam appoints group of ministers to talk to agitating people
2011-12-21
Company's Jharsuguda refinery has using water for free because it has no agreement with the state government on water
2011-12-3
The Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development Works, set up jointly by the Confederation of Indian Industries and ITC Limited, helps industries frame corporate governance policies, keeping in the mind the triple bottom line—people, planet and profit. Seema Arora, director of the centre, which recently organised a sustainability summit in Delhi, speaks to Anupam Chakravartty on the industry road map for achieving sustainability goals
2011-11-24
It proposes abolishing existing licence system for vendors
2011-11-16
Ministry order has no provision to curb illegal sand mining in river beds
2011-11-30
Industrial effluent is contaminating Gujarat villages, but the authorities have not nailed the culprits
2011-11-14
Odisha forest department says ship movement will disturb turtle habitat
2011-11-29
No assessment yet of damage caused by industries to villages in Vadodara district
2011-10-21
Directs Centre to submit detailed report on project cost and land acquisition
2011-10-31
How government bent all rules to ensure Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh goes to Essar and Hindalco for mining coal
2011-10-14
Most clean projects cleared on face value and are based on tall claims
2011-10-13
Narmada Bachao Andolan cites cheating and fraud cases registered by police in support of its press statement against S Kumars and state financial institutions
2011-9-27
People opposing expansion of Koradi thermal plant near Nagpur furnish evidence on high radiation from coal-fired plants
2011-9-21
Chairperson of expert committee that granted clearance had conflict of interest
2011-9-21
Advisory panel members want independent experts to assess large projects
2011-9-20
Greenpeace report says pollution from coal-fired thermal plants not considered while allowing mining in coal belt
2011-9-14
Dam-induced floods feared in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kheda districts
2011-9-12
Supreme Court asks the industrial house to prove that the plant site is a wasteland
2011-9-9
Non-profits ask for white paper on the upfront payments received
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