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Showing posts with label environmental. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environmental. Show all posts
Sunday, September 16, 2012
கூடங்குளம் அணு உலை போராட்டத்தை எதிர்ப்பவரா நீங்கள்?
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Endosulfan should be Banned
Endosulfan is a pesticide which is heavy used in India agriculture, India is the largest user of Endosulfan, it is considered to be highly toxic and dangerous to human and human environment. The Kerala government had banned the use of endosulfan in the year 2001 and later it with drew the ban due do the pressure from the pesticide/fertilizer manufacturers, after about 10 year now Kerala government is once again seeking for a ban and for national wide ban. On the other hand congress government is reluctant on this issue as there are pesticide companies interests involved in it. It is high time that government should ban such toxic pesticide.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Comments on The Tamil Nadu Groundwater (Development and Management) Act, 2003
The act has given away a substantial amount of power in the hands of the authorities, by way of delegated legislation. It’s important to have sub delegations and it is equally important to have guidelines & measures to prevent corruption.
- Appointment of the authorities: There is not much of detailed description about the appointment and meetings of the committee. it’s left to the discretion of the government.
- Sec.9: which is for notification of the area for development, control and regulation. According to the sec 9, the authority shall provisionally notify an area which the authority thinks fit, within a month from the notification date authority has to invite public representation. There is no clear definition of public representation, that is a minimum number of person constituting a public representation, how such representation has to be heard etc is not defined. government has to make rules for the same. It would have been better if there was an guidelines for forming the rules in respect of public hearing.
- Punishment is too little, the offenders would prefer to pay a fine and continue their business.
The act would literally have a very little impact on the preventing the misuse/commercial use of the ground water.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Environmental clearance is it a form of licence raj?
Prime minister has expressed concerns over the environmental clearance during the one-day National Conference of State Ministers of Environment. Licence raj should be eliminated is the contention of the prime minister and now the question is whether environment clearance an form of licence raj ? well the answer could be no. licence raj was introduced in India in order to have a check over the industries ,to control the growth of monopolies and to provide an equal opportunity. Environmental clearance is way to check the impact that a newly proposed industry would cause on the existing environment, on the basis of the assessment report permission is given to setup the industries. on the other hand environmental clearance is essential and exist in almost all the developed countries. The government should provide a transparent and faster method of obtaining environment clearance. The delegated legislature should be guide with principle and clear and unambiguous guild lines. The government should be worried about eliminating corruption and the environmental clearance as the whole. PM’s remarks is unacceptable. He should focus on peoples issue but he is looking at the wellness of the corporate. We need a balanced growth, cannot afford to grow by damaging our environment.
Related links: USA environmental protection agency : http://www.epa.gov
