As the world celebrates yet another ‘Environment Day’ carrying the message of ‘saving the environment’ by planting trees, recycling plastic and switching off the bulbs and fans, the people of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industrial area know that none of these ‘solutions’ will address their deteriorating environmental conditions. The massive air, water and noise pollution in the region […]
By Brendan Donegan When I studied chemistry in school I never imagined I would use those lessons like this. I have just finished creating a spreadsheet by inputting a vast set of data on the chemical content of hundreds of water samples gathered between 2007 and 2010. The samples were collected by the State Pollution […]
REGULAR MONITORING OF POLLUTION BY LOCALS TO CREATE PRESSURE ON PCB AND VIOLATORS Him Parivesh Environment Protection Society today convened a meeting under the leadership of Jagjit Singh Dukhiya to discuss matters related to gross violations of Pollution related norms in the Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh Industrial Area. Specifically referring to the severe dust pollution by […]
GREEN BENCH ORDERS DISMANTLING OF JAL’s THERMAL PLANT FINES JAYPEE 100 CRORES AS DAMAGES FOR INDULGING IN BLATANT FALSEHOODS CONSTITUTES SPECIAL INVESTIGATING TEAM (SIT) TO IDENTIFY PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO CONNIVED WITH JAYPEE The Shimla High Court Green Bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta and Sanjay Karol on 4th May 2012 passed a path breaking judgement […]