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• Health impacts of endosulfan     • EPW Report: Endosulfan - Centre in Denial - Feb 19, 2011     • Petition Filed by Emfwa Against Karnataka Government.     • Decisions adopted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee at its fifth meeting    

Background Note for consultation meeting with policy makers on review of national water policy

WATER RESOURCES OF INDIA – AN OVERVIEW The average annual rainfall in the country has been estimated to be about 1170 millimeters (mm). The total of average annual rainfall, snowfall and glacier melt in terms of volume works out to about 4000 billion cubic meters (bcm). However, due to losses through evaporation and evapo-transpiration, the water availability has been assessed to be about 1869 bcm. Read more

Status of implementation of CNG as a fuel for urban buses in Delhi

WHY THIS STUDY? On April 1, 2001, there was mayhem in Delhi. Not many buses were plying on the roads as the Supreme Court ruling on moving the entire public transport fleet to CNG, came into effect. Unfortunately this had not been complied with. Without diluting the original order the Supreme Court only allowed a conditional extension of the deadline till September 30, 2001. Read more