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Mendha Lekha wins right over bamboo, finally
Environment minister warns of legal action if officials refuse passes
Ongoing action must gather momentum
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| Mendha Lekha's struggle for bamboo rights | ||
24.2.91
The Anil Agarwal Reader
Calls the decision “timely” and “significant” for protecting water bodies
Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) issues notification stopping work on cement factory being built in Bhavnagar.
Factory was being built over a water body used by farmers for irrigating their fields.
Finds the industry growing unsustainably in West Bengal and other parts of India
Says over 40 per cent of sponge iron factories in West Bengal violate environmental norms