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When alienation ruins
@ Issue Date: Nov 30, 1993
VEERAPPAN, the legendary sandalwood smuggler, may be nabbed shortly, but putting an end to rampant sandalwood smuggling in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu may prove considerably more difficult. The ban on sandalwood export, in conjunction with anti-people conservation measures, have seen more and more people turn to sandalwood smuggling, with the result that Veerappan is now only part of a larger social disease.
Firm action
Issue Date: Apr 30, 1998
The Madras High Court has ordered that 100 dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur be closed if they fail to make any progress in commissioning effluent treatment facilities by May 12, 1998. These units will have to obtain approval from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board once they meet the prescribed pollution control norms. These include solution to handle total dissolved solids and chlorides. The Court has also obtained an undertaking from the units to contribute an amount decided by it to bear the cost of repairing for the damage done to the environment of the Noyyal river.
Flyash users charged
Issue Date: Feb 28, 1997
tamil nadu's brick-makers who have been using flyash generated by thermal power plants in the state, will have to pay for the ash under the pretext of handling and delivery costs. Complaints regarding these payments were received by the Visakhapatnam-based Institute for Solid Waste Research and Ecological Balance, which has popularised a technology for making bricks that have a higher quality than the clay bricks that utilise flyash.
Lignite luminescence
Issue Date: Nov 15, 1996
in a move to reduce emissions from coal-fired plants, India is installing a coal gasification plant. It will be the first commercial-scale coal gasification project in the world to use lignite for producing electricity and steam.
FLUSHING OUT
Issue Date: Sep 30, 1996
The Supreme Court of India recently slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on about 900 tanneries in Tamil Nadu for causing pollution in their surrounding areas. The tanneries would face closure if the fine is not deposited by October 31. The court also requested the Madras High Court to constitute a special 'green bench' and to settle matters relating to ecological and environmental degradation. It also directed the Central government to set up within a month an authority headed by a high court judge who would be empowered to order the closure of industries, impose fines on them and award damages.
Spreading the fire
Issue Date: Sep 30, 1996
Reptilian riddle
Issue Date: Sep 30, 1996
What a trap
Issue Date: Jul 31, 1996
farmers in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu, have shown that it is possible to farm without using pesticides and have thus proven that eco-farming is a possibility even in water-starved regions like this district. Cotton is a lucrative cash crop for Salem farmers but it also attracts its fair share of pests. One way of controlling these pests is by using pesticides. However, apart from the environmental hazards, often over-usage of the chemicals induces resistance.
Measuring defects
Issue Date: Jun 30, 1996
A TEAM of scientists, led by R S Sirohi, at
the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, has developed a video
halographic system which they say will provide a convenient way of quantifying the
deformation of components in a non-
destructive way and can be used in varied
fields like space research, optical metrology, biomedicine and engineering of machine
components. The system is based on
fibre optics and has quite a few advantages
over conventiona! halography.
Conventional halography is
A never-ending battle
Issue Date: May 31, 1996
NESTLED 7,000 feet above sea level - in a
northern offshoot of the Western Ghats
called the Palani hills - lies the scenic
hill station of Kodaikanal. This mountainous region is a major watershed for
the plains below. The forests of the
region trap rain water and release it
slowly into perennial streams. These
perennial streams, however, have been
under threat ever since Kodaikanal
began mushrooming into a big time
