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Aug 15-31, 2000
Cover Story
It's all about taming traffic: keeping a tab on the number of vehicles on the road, and promoting public transport. Singapore, one of the smallest but richest Asian cities, has mastered this art. From being one of the most polluted Asian cities three decades ago, its pollution levels are now below World Health Organisation standards. They have remained so for 10 years now. Its citizens breathe air, which is among the cleanest in the world, while people in its South Asian counterpart, India, are choking in exhaust fumes. Indian policymakers need to take a close look at the Singapore model that guarantees its rich citizens the right to clean air. But for this, they have to take the bus, cycle or walk
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The sandalwood forests are gone. Now an ageing Veerappan looks for greener pastures
A study of 90 US cities clearly links air pollutants to death and disease
Replace old diesel vehicles, proposes a Japanese study
A new report accuses Big Tobacco of sabotaging WHO's efforts to fight smoking
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court rules against a mining project that would have displaced thousands of people
The government asks schoolchildren in the UK to restrict the use of mobile phones
Three new studies reveal pesticide residue in wheat flour
Coal and nuclear power plants are pass; invest in micropower technologies, says a Worldwatch report
Even flash floods cannot refresh the authorities' understanding of the dynamic and fragile ecosystem of the Himalaya
PVCs come under scrutiny as the European Commission launches a debate on its use
That's what the national agricultural policy is all about
Interview
P S Ramakrishnan , former director of G B Pant University in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh and currently professor at the School of Environmental Sciences in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, spoke...
Science & Technology
The benefit of transferring technologies under the Kyoto Protocol's mechanisms is questionable
Weather conditions to disrupt transport systems throughout the world
A radical new approach to curing girls obsessed with their figures
Latest findings in tests with rats could lead to the development of new pain-killing drugs
Restaurants and other eateries could hold the trumps in the battle against spiralling petrol prices
A fuel from a vegetable source that is non-toxic, biodegradable and can be used in conventional diesel engines with little or no modifications
Can the Indian two-wheeler industry face up to the challenge of meeting the toughest emission norms in the world?
Genes of fathers and mothers play unequal roles during infancy, even in plants
The unique sex life of the malarial parasite
Analysis
Special Report
Skin diseases and stomach ailments afflict most of the people living around a tannery area in Kanpur - one of the fallout of the failure of the Ganga Action Plan initiated eight years ago
Despite the deadline for hospitals to set up bio-medical waste disposal methods having expired, nothing has changed
Life & Nature
There is more water than land in north Bihar. The rivers that ramble down from the Himalaya feed numerous depressions scattered all over the plains making wetlands innumerable, one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Rich in flora and fauna, it is here that makhana (foxnut) fruit is cultivated, and the lesser-known singhara (water chestnut), too. Fishing is one of the most important sources of income. Unfortunately, in the last few decades many of the waterbodies have either dried up or have been reclaimed for agriculture. The rest have been reduced to cesspools of foul-smelling filth. The fragile interface between land and water is threatened, and along with that, the lives of the thousands of people who depend on them. Policy-makers do not realise that this part of the state has a water economy, not a land economy. The poverty of the state reflects the mental poverty that goes into planning for north Bihar
The Fortnight
Neither Project Tiger nor the eco-development project can end the conflicts between the forest officials and the villagers in Ranthambhore
Crosscurrent
Most Indians are defenceless against the fine toxic particles in the air -- largely products of vehicular emissions -- and scientists are finding newer and deadlier things about pollution. Surprisingly, this is not confined to metropolitan cities. Evidence of the growing anguish over pollution has poured in from across the country in response to the Centre for Science and Environment director Anil Agarwal's article "Pollution is snuffing us out" carried in Down To Earth and The Hindu recently. A selection from the 125-odd letters received:
Grassroots
Seven months of hard work and sheer dedication has made Pithoragarh free from polythene bags
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Congratulations, it is an eye opener to other states that are thinking of such schemes.
In Hyderabad, the government...
Thanks. You have raised a very pertinent issue. My family is a great lover of Makhana and we use it in different ways. Slowly...