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| Big blot on Bihar on Nasa pollution map |
| Jayanta Basu |
| The Telegraph , Sunday, January 30, 2005 |
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Calcutta, Jan. 29: After schoolchildren in Patna, it’s the turn of Nasa scientists to find fault with Laloo Prasad Yadav’s Bihar. Nasa scientists have found “an immense wintertime pool of pollution ov ...More
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| Eco-activists take pledge to protect Mangalavanam |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Sunday, January 30, 2005 |
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KOCHI, JAN. 29. Environmentalists today pledged to protect the Mangalavanam bird sanctuary against encroachments including the proposed construction of a parking bay at its buffer zone for the new Hig ...More
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| Call to fight air pollution |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu Business Line , Saturday, January 29, 2005 |
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HYDERABAD: The Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) has called for integrated strategies to fight air pollution. Mr S.V. Prasad, Director-General of EPTRI, said that all the ...More
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| Natural gas as primary fuel favoured |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Saturday, January 29, 2005 |
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HYDERABAD, JAN. 28. A study of the rapidly growing city of Hyderabad has indicated high levels of airborne particulate matter from `smoking' vehicles, especially those that use adulterated fuel and tw ...More
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| Bihar under `wintertime pool' of pollution: Study |
| Vinson Kurian |
| The Hindu Business Line , Saturday, January 29, 2005 |
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Thiruvananthapuram , Jan. 28 ,SCIENTISTS studying satellite data have discovered a `huge wintertime pool' of pollution over the State of Bihar.
Blanketing around 100 million people, primarily in the ...More
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| Use cycles for fresh air |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Telegraph , Saturday, January 29, 2005 |
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Ahmedabad, Jan. 28: Bicycle bells at night? It could well be policemen, since the Ahmedabad police department is planning to soon introduce “eco-friendly” bicycles for night patrolling, officials here ...More
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| YSR takes tough line on polluting units |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Friday, January 28, 2005 |
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HYDERABAD, JAN. 27. Coming down strongly on pollution causing industries, the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, directed the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) to exercise its author ...More
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| SHRC seeks documents on granting of mining licence |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Thursday, January 20, 2005 |
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 19. The State Human Rights Commission member S. Varghese has ordered the Mangalapuram Grama Panchayat secretary to produce all documents regarding the granting of licence to a ...More
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| ARAI to sign MoU with oil cos to conduct air modelling |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu Business Line , Wednesday, January 19, 2005 |
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Pune , Jan. 18
TO conduct air modelling of the Pune city, the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) is signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with leading oil companies in the country ...More
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| Action plan soon to check vehicle pollution |
| Sujay Mehdudia |
| The Hindu , Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
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NEW DELHI, JAN. 12. The increasingly heavy induction of vehicles on Delhi roads - 400 to 500 on an average every day -- has set alarm bells ringing with experts calling for measures to check the growi ...More
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| April promises to usher a cleaner, greener Pune |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times Of India , Sunday, January 09, 2005 |
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PUNE: April is the cruelest month, said the poet. The Pune municipal corporation (PMC) sure must be nodding in agreement.A supreme court (SC)-appointed committee, set up to list ways for eight cities ...More
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| Adhere to environment rules: Union Minister |
| Our Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Friday, January 07, 2005 |
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TIRUVANNAMALAI, JAN. 6. The magnitude of the havoc caused by the tsunami `has reinforced the need for strict adherence' to environmental rules and regulations.
The lesson to be learnt was that "if w ...More
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| Fight against pollution to shift gears |
| Sujay Mehdudia |
| The Hindu , Friday, January 07, 2005 |
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NEW DELHI, JAN. 6. Faced with flak for slipping on the pollution control front, the Sheila Dikshit Government is all set to unleash second-generation reforms to make the Capital's air cleaner and heal ...More
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| Fight against pollution to shift gears |
| Sujay Mehdudia |
| The Hindu , Thursday, January 06, 2005 |
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NEW DELHI, JAN. 5. Faced with flak for slipping on the pollution control front, the Sheila Dikshit Government is all set to unleash second-generation reforms to make the Capital's air cleaner and heal ...More
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| CNG foray into NCR towns faces roadblock |
| Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar |
| The Hindu , Wednesday, December 29, 2004 |
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NEW DELHI, DEC. 28. Buoyed by Delhi's successful tryst with natural gas, which had immensely helped in bringing air pollution down, the Centre had allocated 0.7 million standard cubic metre of natural ...More
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| Drive against vehicles causing air pollution |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Sunday, December 12, 2004 |
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TUMKUR, DEC. 11. B. Mallikarjuna, Regional Transport Officer, Tumkur, has urged heads of various government offices in the district to get emission test done on their office vehicles.
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| CNG impresses Sindh Minister |
| Aarti Dhar |
| The Hindu , Friday, December 10, 2004 |
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NEW DELHI, DEC 9. Unable to visit the Taj Mahal due to shortage of time during his three-day stay at Agra, Muhammad Noman Saigal, Adviser to Chief Minister of Sindh and Provincial Minister for Environ ...More
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| Ozone pollution affects crop productivity: BHU |
| Kalyan Ray |
| Deccan Herald , Thursday, December 09, 2004 |
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High up in the sky, it protects the Earth from getting torched. But closer to the ground, ozone seems to be adversely affecting productivity of several crops including rice and wheat.
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| Delhi air Asia’s most polluted |
| Sonu Jain |
| Indian Express , Thursday, December 09, 2004 |
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Agra, December 8: This is not going to come as a surprise. New Delhi tops the grim pollution charts released by a World Bank and Asian Development Bank joint study of air pollution for 20 major Asian ...More
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| Steps sought against pollution |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Thursday, December 09, 2004 |
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BELLARY, DEC. 8. Janata Dal (Secular) leaders have urged the Deputy Commissioner to take steps to prevent industrial pollution and transportation of iron ore in Bellary city.
Addressing presspersons ...More
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