A review by C Gopalan, president of
the Nutrition Foundation of-India,
New Delhi, attributes the high incidence of coronary heart diseases in
Delhi to increasing air pollution.
To promote eco-tourism in the
country, the ministry of environment and forests is proposing a
ceiling on the number of tourists
visiting the national parks and sanctuaries.
The Delhi government has chalked
out a Rs 300 crore plan to set up 16
sewage treatment plants in the city to
prevent pollutants from flowing into
the Yamuna.
Cement dust from Karbi Anglong's
(Assam) Bokajan Cement Factory has
exposed the residents of Bokajan
town to cough, skin ailments and cancer. Precipitators installed in the
plant do not work.
The Bihar government has initiated
steps to probe the misdeeds of state
forest officials who have allegedly
siphoned off funds worth over Rs 100
crore meant for environment
schemes.
The World Wide Fund for Nature
is conducting a census operation
of the Lesser Florican, a bird which
is an indicator of the health and
extent of India's grasslands, in the
Saurashtra-Kutch region in Rajkot,
Gujarat.
The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha,
a farmers' association, has served
notice to Kentucky Fried Chicken, the
American fast-food firm to close its
shop in Bangalore. The reason: fried
chicken are considered carcinogenic
and may pose health problems.
Plans for captive breeding of the
endangered Western Tragopan for
the first time in the world, by the
Himachal Pradesh wildlife department - in Sarahan near Shimla -
received a setback as the parent pair
was killed by a Red Martin.
The ministry of environment and
forests has issued the Bio-Medical
Wastes (Management and Handling)
Rules, 1995, under the Environment
Protection Act, 1986, to regulate the
treatment and disposal of bio-med-
ical wastes from hospitals, clinics,
R&D organisations, laboratories and
abattoirs.
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