Industries

Despite protests and legal battles by the residents of Patancheru industrial area in Hyderabad against the polluting industries, Supreme Court orders, and the National Green Tribunal (south zone) judgment, not much has been done to improve the environment and quality of life of people.

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Rural–Urban Linkages in Bihar

Vol. 56, Issue No. 45-46, 06 Nov, 2021

Tanuka Endow, Sunil Kumar Mishra

The growth of the manufacturing sector is important for employing a growing labour force and much is also dependent on their skill level. Enterprise surveys in six sample towns of Bihar, a state characterised by slow industrialisation and urbanisation, find evidence of fairly strong rural–urban linkages for manufacturing enterprises. Although the linkages indicate that the manufacturing sector has the maximum potential to create employment by absorbing the surplus labour in the rural areas, it was found that this sector has been languishing in the sample towns. The findings also flag the challenges and areas of growth for industries.

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Dirty Flows the Ganga

Vol. 51, Issue No. 25, 18 Jun, 2016

Raghu Dayal

One of the first announcements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi pertained to cleaning the Ganga. But this is not the first time an attempt has been made to clean the river. River cleaning schemes initiated in 1974, 1985, 1993, 1996 and 2008-09 have been monumental failures. While the Prime Minister's announcement was followed by a lot of rhetoric and initial moves towards the goal were frantic, two years later, there has been little improvement in the state-of-affairs. This article looks at some of the problems that have dogged programmes designed to clean the river and suggests measures to address the pitfalls.

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Delhi : Relocating Polluting Units

Vol. 36, Issue No. 03, 20 Jan, 2001

Vinish Kathuria

Whether Delhi's polluting units are relocated or not, closed down or remain functioning, the implications of any of these actions would be far greater than a mere change in the Master Plan of Delhi. In order to make an informed decision, it is imperative to look into all the benefits, costs and issues involved objectively. The present paper is an enquiry into these issues.