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Mosquitoes invade city

Experts say mosquito control is an ongoing process and should not be discontinued. But this does not happen in India. An entomologist said, India being a tropical country, this process should always

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Kerala greens oppose TN river basin project

Environmental groups in Kerala are planning to launch a struggle against the Pandiyar-Punnappuzha multi-purpose water project in Tamil Nadu, protesting that the plan would dry up the Chaliyar river

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Gowda in a bind over Upper Krishna project case

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01/05/1998

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has been put in a tight spot following a Karantaka House panel recommendation for the CBI to probe charges of irregularities in the Upper Krishna Project. The

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Industrial waste increases pollution of Brahmani river

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01/05/1998

Brahmani river may be the life line for lakhs of people, but it is no more suitable for the human consumption. Latest study has shown that increasing pollution levels of Brahmani river in recent

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Law on anvil to ban new ODS-based units

Three years after it was first mooted, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) is to bring out a legislation banning of any industrial units consuming or producing ozone depleting substances

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- Power supply, sewage system rated lowest

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01/05/1998

Delhi gets low marks from its citizens for most essential public services. Around one-third of Delhi households have interacted with one or more public agencies in the past six months to complain of

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- Tanker drivers quench their thrist before anybody else's

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01/05/1998

In the middle of a water crisis, it is one world which promises succour--tanker. But very often, the promise fails to translate into reality. For, much as the Delhi Jal Board may choose to think

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- Tirupur dyeing units to move SC

After the green bench of the Madras High Court refused to extend time limit beyond May 11 for the dyeing and bleaching units to complete the common and individual effluent treatment plants in Tirupur

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2000 AD

Punjab tourism year : Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpaye has designated year 2000 AD as 'Visit Punjab Tourism Year' in order to bring Punjab on the world map of

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01/05/1998
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Police asked to enforce smoking ban

The Delhi government has sought the help of Delhi Police to enforce its anti-smoking law. The request came in the wake of complaints voiced by Government personnel about beligerent smokers who cocked

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