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India introduces mandatory water quality tests for waterbodies

The Pioneer December 26, 2005 www.dailypioneer.com/ The Indian government has somewhat belatedly decided to test for pollutants at their source and has introduced standardised pollution tests for waterbodies across the country. Water quality tests for groundwater, lakes and all seasonal and perennial rivers in India have been made mandatory by the country’s Ministry of Environment […]

Protests over toxic landfill site

Asian Age Jan 14, 2006 Chennai: A major confrontation is brewing between Tamil Nadu villagers and the authorities over a hazardous waste disposal site, which people say will poison the land and groundwater. The bone of contention is a landfill site in Gummidipoondi, 40 km north of Chennai and bordering Andhra Pradesh, where the government […]

Protest over TN toxic landfill

The Penninsula On-line 1/14/2006 Chennai: A major confrontation is brewing between Tamil Nadu villagers and the authorities over a hazardous waste disposal site, which people say will poison the land and groundwater. The bone of contention is a landfill site in Gummidipoondi, 40km north of Chennai and bordering Andhra Pradesh, where the government wants to […]

Gummidipoondi Residents Stop Illegal Construction of Toxic Waste Landfill

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Update: 4.30 p.m. 12 January 2006 GUMMIDIPOONDI, 12 January, 2006 More than 200 residents, primarily women, from Gummidipoondi and neighbouring areas physically entered and stopped work at the project site of Tamilnadu Waste Management Ltd (TNWML)s hazardous waste landfill and incinerator. The construction was being carried out without permission from […]

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