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River Pollution
A civilisational loss
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2011
One of your more quoted statements is that the Bagmati is dirty because there is too much money flowing in it.
Bagmati is nature. She needs to be honoured and feared like nature. Feared like a teacher. She does not like money. Hindus believe when they die, they will be reclaimed by the five elements or panchatatva—jal (water), prithvi (land), vayu (wind), agni (fire) and aakash (space or void). I’m almost 90 and very sensitive to the need to protect nature. It will then care for us. If you start handling nature in a bad way, it will not honour you. If we concentrate our science on these five elements, we may be able to revive the Bagmati. Maybe it will take a long time. The easiest way to revive the Bagmati now is by not thinking big projects.
Interviewee:
Huta Ram Baidya
Letters
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2011
A place called forestland
Power plant in the dock, third time
@AparnaPallavi1 Issue Date: Jul 31, 2011
HOLDING a thermal power station in Chandrapur city in Maharashtra responsible for polluting a river, the state pollution control board has ordered forfeiture of its bank guarantee of Rs 5 lakh. Toxins released by the station killed thousands of fish in the Irai river, on whose bank it is located.
A river hard done by
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2011
The film begins with images of a gushing stream, birds chirping and a typical audio overlay of the santoor that captures any pristine environment.
Cuddalore flouts rules
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2011
A swami and sand mafia
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2011
Just a few days before Swami Nigamanand died while on a fast to protest state-sponsored sand mining and stone crushing along the Ganga near Haridwar, the Uttarakhand government ordered a ban on mining activities in the region considered sacred. Millions of pilgrims visit the place to take a dip in the Ganga during Kumbh Mela. But the ban came too late for the comatose ascetic and ecology of the river.
Instant quality check of rivers
Issue Date: May 31, 2011
IN THE first week of April, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) oversaw an experiment to monitor, minute to minute, the water quality of the river Yamuna. The two-week trial at the water intake point of the Wazirabad water treatment plant in north-east Delhi was conducted by a private firm to ascertain the feasibility of monitoring water quality real time.
Towards zero discharge
Issue Date: May 31, 2011
Drilling by ONGC stopped in Mizoram
Issue Date: May 15, 2011
THE Mizoram State Pollution Control Board has asked the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to suspend exploratory drilling for flouting environmental norms.
