Illegal Ironore mining in Odisha (Indialatest.org)
Drinking Water
Big steel firms illegally mined Rs. 45,000 Cr worth
News this week: Commission finds that big corporates mined Rs. 45000 Cr worth iron ore, Delhi residents protest waste incinerator and POSCO's clearance to be revalidated.
Corporates like Tata Steel, Essel Mining violate green laws in Odisha
Residents protest waste incinerator in Delhi
POSCO's green clearance to be revalidated
East Kolkata wetlands up for sale
River Monitoring station near Periyar
A river monitoring station has been set up near the Periyar river in Ernakulam district of Kerala. The equipment will check the river and water quality and display the results at the board installed by the State Pollution Control Board. Environment activists, however, have raised apprehensions about the usefulness of the system. According to them, the quality-measuring equipment and censors for detecting water quality are placed in areas of the river far away from the discharge points of industrial units and polluted areas.
This is a weekly roundup of important news from January 5-11, 2014. Also read last week's policy matters updates.