Category: News on Related Issues
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When the government wants your house
CIVIL SOCIETY ONLINE, MAY 12, 2006 For all the negative vibes that Medha Patkar attracts she is probably the best the thing that could have happened to a country caught up in the complex processes of economic and social reform. Most businessmen bristle at the mention of her name. Some journalists do likewise, perhaps because…
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Narmada dam work 'can continue'
SEEMA CHISHTI, BBC NEWS, DELHI Sardar Sarovar Dam: the project began in the 1950s India’s Supreme Court has ruled that work on the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river in central India can continue. The court refused to stop the height of the dam from being raised, as demanded by campaigners, and said…
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Soil tests to begin this summer; dioxin resolution planned for 2017
KATHIE MARCHLEWSKI, MIDLAND DAILY NEWS, MAY 11, 2006 DOW WANTS RESULTS DIOXIN SURVEY KEPT CONFIDENTIAL FOR HOUSEHOLDERS’ SAKES, DO NOT ENVISAGE REMEDIAL ACTION ANY TIME IN THE NEXT DECADE The Midland residents whose properties have been chosen for the first phase of dioxin-related soil sampling are expected to be notified in June. A final resolution…
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Judge clears way for dredge basin
JEREMIAH STETTLER, THE SAGINAW NEWS, MAY 10, 2006 “TWO FOR THE GOOD GUYS!” EXCLAIMS MORONIC OFFICIAL KOSKI AS TOWNSFOLK FAIL IN THEIR BID TO KEEP TOXIC DIXOIN SLUDGE AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES DETROIT — A U.S. District Court judge has refused to stop construction of a nearly 300-acre storage basin for dredge spoils along the…
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Hearing delayed in Agent Orange case
VIETNAM NEWS SERVICE, MAY 11, 2006 HA NOI — A hearing on the appeal in the ongoing lawsuit against US chemical companies on behalf of Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange was delayed for unknown reasons, according to Prof Tran Xuan Thu, general secretary of the Viet Nam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin. A hearing…
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New Zealand government to release Agent Orange report
STUFF.CO.NZ, MAY 11, 2006 The Government intends to release in full the report into the exposure of Vietnam War veterans to Agent Orange, a spokesman for Veterans Affairs Minister Rick Barker said today. However, submissions on the report would not be released unless the people who made them gave their consent. Today National’s Judith Collins…
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25 women every day die of maternity complications in Madhya Pradesh
IANS Bhopal, May 7: As many as 25 women die every day in Madhya Pradesh due to pregnancy related complications, owing to poverty, lack of awareness and poor health. According to data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the Maternal Mortality rate (MMR) in the state stands at 498 – which means that out…
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Agent Orange group delivers report
NEW ZEALAND NEWSWIRE, 10:45 AM, MAY 11, 2006 A working group set up to advise the Government how to assist Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides, has handed its report to the Government. The working party met with more than 500 veterans and their families. Defence Minister Phil Goff and Veterans’…
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An award-winning book tells stories of Chernobyl
THE PLAIN DEALER, WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 2006 Donna Marchetti It has been 20 years since the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl blew apart, spewing radiation that caused 100,000 people to flee their homes in Ukraine and Belarus. The accident has triggered a rise in cancer, neurological disorders and genetic mutations every year since. In Voices From…
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Commentary: A tour of Chernobyl, 20 years after
By Trish Williams-Mello May 10, 2006 Climbing into an ancient relic of a bus in front of the hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, I somewhat hesitantly began my trip to the 30 kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Along with many of my colleagues, there last month for the anniversary…
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Congress looks like the B-team of Modi
Medha Patkar Medha Patkar is furious the Prime Minister has not stopped construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam till all oustees are rehabilitated. The Supreme Court is expected to take up the matter on May 8. The Narmada Bachao Andolan leader talks about the politics of water in an exclusive interview to Poornima Joshi Q:…
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Why should the UN intervene in Narmada? – A somewhat confused article which argues in all directions at once
BHARAT JHUNJHUNWALA Three United Nations representatives have advised the Indian government not to increase the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam until rehabilitation is complete. These include special representative on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, special rapporteur on housing as a component of adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, and special rapporteur on…
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Advanced welfare should arise from Minamata
TAKETO KATO, WRITING IN THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, MAY 10, 2006 The innocent Shiranui Sea sits out there shimmering in the warm spring sunshine. The briny waters and the sea bed are filled with life and procreation. On the shore, new leaves are shooting from the trees, while wild flowers carpet the ground. The way this…
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Patkar, Arundhati protest Supreme Court Narmada verdict
Tuesday, 09 May , 2006, 17:57 New Delhi: Describing the Supreme Court’s judgement rejecting the plea for stopping construction work at the Narmada Dam as “shocking”, NBA leader Medha Patkar on Tuesday vowed to continue her campaign against the “injustice” meted out to the people displaced by the dam. The NBA leader, along with a…
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Supreme Court lets dam work go on, says wait for Prime Minister on rehab
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE July 7 is next hearing: We will survey entire area with NSSO help for rehab, says Centre NEW DELHI, MAY 8: Work on raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam will continue. The Supreme Court today refused to grant the Narmada Bachao Andolan’s request for staying the raising of the height…