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November
2007
MAJOR
DISASTER IN INDIA
Sets
the beginning of Tsunami rehabilitation programmes
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Integrated
Projects for drinking water distribution in the worst affected
coastal areas
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Golden
rays of relief to the coastal and adjacent areas which throngs for
drinking water
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Signing
the agreement for 100 plus water distribution projects in a spread of
9 districts
The
Hindu. 01/11/2007
RTI
brings tsunami fund irregularities to light
Three
years after tsunami hit Indian shores on December 26,2004, the Kerala
government has found that Rsl7.16 crore of the relief money spent for
rehabilitation programmes is unaccounted for. Though a commission
formed by the LDF government to probe allegations of irregularities
in tsunami fund allocation submitted its report, prepared by former
chief secretary M Vijayan Unni, in January, it was not made public
till advocate D B Binu resorted to the Right to Information Act.
by
Don Sebastian. DNA. 02/11/2007
Less
number of houses for tsunami-hit
The
number of new tenements for the tsunami-affected residents of
Nochikuppam and Srinivasapuram may go down from the originally
planned 7,230 to about 7,000 in order to make space for road
expansion work.
The
housing project, estimated to cost Rs.138 crore, is already delayed,
as the number of claimants to the allotments exceeds the number of
apartments proposed.
The
Hindu. 30/11/2007
Raging
waters hit women hardest
When
floodwaters invaded Devna village during the monsoon, everybody
gathered their belongings and climbed on to a safe portion of the
embankment. Chutki Devi was no different. Except that she was in an
advanced stage of pregnancy and had to scale the 20 feet high mud
wall in north Bihar's Darbhanga district.
With
a little help from her Dalit husband, Joginder Sadai, she managed to
climb to safety. But her ordeal was far from over.
by
Avijit Ghosh. The Times of India. 10/11/2007
Marooned
Bihar village struggles for livelihood
Devna
is the sort of village where the kitchen utensils are the most prized
possession in homes. Where kids wander barefoot because footwear is a
luxury. And where even 60years after Independence, alone street solar
panel is the only source of electricity. On July 28, life in this
castaway Dalit-dominated village located in north Bihar's Darbhanga
district got worse.
by
Avijit Ghosh. The Times of India. 08/11/2007
23
yrs after Bhopal gas tragedy, MP's clean-up call finds a taker
At
a time no one is willing to touch the toxic waste left by Union
Carbide in Bhopal after the gas tragedy of 1984, one transport
company has responded to the tender by Madhya Pradesh's Department of
Bhopal Gas Relief and Rehabilitation to clear the waste — 370
metric tonnes of it — buried on the company premises. Nobody had
responded to the last tender.
by
Shreelata Menon. The Business Standard. 07/11/2007
Dow
Chem R&D cleared
The
department of industrial policy and promotion, which has just signed
a memorandum of understanding with America’s Dow Chemical, allowing
it to set up a research and development unit in Maharashtra, is also
preparing a note for the consideration of the Union Cabinet to
facilitate operations of the US multinational in the country. This
note is intended to help delink Dow Chemical from the legal
liabilities of its subsidiary, Union Carbide, for the horrific 1984
Bhopal gas disaster.
by
Seema Mustafa. The Asian Age. 20/11/2007
Gujarat
against disposal of Bhopal waste at Ankaleshwar
The
Gujarat government has refused to allow disposal of toxic waste from
the abandoned Union Carbide plant at the incinerator facility in
Ankleshwar, according to copies of letters from the Gujarat Pollution
Control Board (GPCB) and the State's Department of Forest and
Environment.
The
Hindu. 12/11/2007
Alarm
ignored
Had
officials of Delhi Vidyut Board and Delhi Fire Service fixed the
problem which led to the out-break of fire inside the Uphaar cinema
hall in the summer of 1989, the major tragedy less than a decade
later might have well been averted.
The
Times of India. 21/11/2007
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