It's not just another day
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-20 07:25:43 -0700 | green-news
Geeta Padmanabhan suggests what we can do to protect our planet Whenever Savithri, a resident of south Chennai lifts a drink of water she sends a silent thank you to the sea near her home...Breeze, boat rides, beach, open air,...
Youths join hands to protect environment
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-21 06:48:37 -0700 | green-news
All the species on the earth should be given equal importance, says convener of FBV The City of Destiny used to be a beautiful destination with more of greenery some five decades ago. However, it has gone through a lot...
Olive Ridleys hit highs and lows
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-20 00:01:42 -0700 | green-news
During the season, around 200 Ridley turtles were found dead on the coastline from Marina to Neelankarai, but 285 nests were also found on this stretch In about a couple of weeks, the last batch of Olive Ridley hatchlings will...
Plastic units pose a health hazard
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-19 12:52:09 -0700 | green-news
Residents of Karwan have to put up with the foul smell that emanates from more than 50 plastic cover making units operating for the last 10 to 15 years Pollution due to plastic units is not new to residents of...
Keeping man-animal conflict at bay
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-19 08:27:35 -0700 | green-news
Lookout towers have been put up inside Neyyar, Peppara, and Agasthyavanam forests to spot wild animals. At 6 a.m. on all days, except Sunday, Bhagavan Kani, a forest tribal, clambers up a narrow bamboo ladder to get to a watch...
End water woes, farmers tell Collector
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-19 02:18:52 -0700 | green-news
The Hindu Farmers demand survey to clear encroachments Farmers who participated in the monthly agriculturists grievances day meeting held here on Friday, urged the district administration to take steps immediately to tackle the drinking water crisis in rural areas.
Warasgaon villagers turn landless again
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-18 15:10:02 -0700 | green-news
Allowed to till land acquired in 1963 for Panshet dam but not used, 27 villagers displaced again as government now gives land to BSF. For the poor villagers of Warasgaon who do not understand the difference between military and paramilitary,...
Coal shortage to be significant by end of XII Plan
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-18 13:07:49 -0700 | green-news
The dependence on imported coal for meeting energy requirements is likely to continue in the coming years, going by the Planning Commission's estimates. The Plan panel is of the view that the country would face shortfall of 200 million tonne...
Tension mounts in Posco project area as villagers oppose work
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-18 08:10:49 -0700 | green-news
Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti activists stage a demonstration Tension prevailed in the Posco project area in Jagatsinghpur district on Thursday as hundreds of agitated villagers came out to oppose digging of a trench for construction of a boundary wall along...
Punjab, Haryana stare at lower wheat arrivals
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-18 06:19:11 -0700 | green-news
PTI Labourers unload wheat bags at a market on the outskirts of Chandigarh on April 17, 2013. What was supposed to be a bumper crop with a record target for wheat procurement has turned out to be a dampener with...
Drop in coconut output worries farmers
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-18 03:42:56 -0700 | green-news
Production drops from 6,000 coconuts an acre a year to 3,000 in many areas in East Godavari The drastic fall in production of coconuts, the main source of livelihood for thousands in the Konaseema region and other parts of the...
23.4 lakh tonnes of fertilizers released for kharif season
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-17 21:53:36 -0700 | green-news
Prices have fallen marginally this year The Union government has allotted 23.4 lakh tonnes of fertilizers to the State for the 2013 kharif season. Nutrients would be supplied to about 75 lakh farmers through a network of 13,150 licensed dealers....
Mulayam''s lion safari gets green nod
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-17 17:12:10 -0700 | green-news
A year ago, MoEF had stopped all work following alleged Forest Act violations A month after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav himself wrote a letter requesting speedy approval for Mulayam's dream project of setting up a Lion Safari in Fisher Forest...
Land, a key issue in tapping shale gas potential: ONGC chief
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-17 11:40:49 -0700 | green-news
Suitable environment should be created for nurturing this nascent and yet highly potential fuel source' Land is one of the major challenges that would have to be handled strategically before India could tap its resources of shale gas, Chairman and...
Recruitment norms for firemen relaxed
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-16 23:40:30 -0700 | green-news
After few could pass the physical ability test for the recruitment of firemen, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) standing committee on Thursday relaxed the qualification norms for swimming and running. In the earlier test, only 71 had cleared out of...
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