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The dust that kills
By Jagdish Patel. Published on InfoChange News & Features, April 2009 The longest word in the English language is the full form of silicosis. No one knows it, just as no one knows that 10 million workers in India are … Continue reading
The Scent Of A Betrayal
By Smruti Koppikar with Debarshi Dasgupta, Sugata Srinivisaraju, Prarthana Gahilote, Madhavi Tata, John Mary, Saikat Datta, Snigdha Hasan, K.S. Shaini and Sharat Pradhan. If normalcy is the mere absence of violence, then even the most volatile parts of the country … Continue reading
The Earth Is Rumbling
By ANURADHA RAMAN For the last one year, the Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district of southwestern Orissa have been reverberating with protests and demonstrations. The tribals of the area—the Khonds, Kutiyas and Jharaniyas, who worship the hills as living gods—are … Continue reading
There’s nuclear gold in this sand. And it’s being sent out with impunity
BY KUNAL MAJUMDER. From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 41, Dated October 16, 2010 VV MINERAL, a two-decade-old company, has been mining beach sand that includes radioactive minerals on the Kanyakumari coast. The company says it doesn’t have the technology to … Continue reading
The rules are in place. But they are broken all the time
BY TEHELKA BUREAU. From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 39, Dated October 02, 2010 After the legwork, it’s time to fix accountability. What exactly are India’s existing safety guidelines relating to functioning of nuclear power plants and mining of radioactive material? … Continue reading
The nuclear park at Jaitapur will be huge. So will the human cost
BY NIKHIL GHANEKAR. From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 37, Dated September 18, 2010 THE PROPOSED site for the Jaitapur nuclear park is a sight for weary eyes with blankets of lush grass covering the plateau 25 metres above sea level. The … Continue reading
Accident Sites – radiation, cancer, blindness, tardiness, cover-ups. The lessons from the Kalpakkam nuclear facility
BY KUNAL MAJUMDER. From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 36, Dated September 11, 2010 In the end, loud voices were all that mattered. After three months of extended discussions, legislators in the Indian Parliament yelled their assent. The Civil Liability for … Continue reading
Nuclear energy. Ministries warn they are far from ready
BY SANJANA From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 35, Dated September 04, 2010 WHEN CONGRESS president Sonia Gandhi, in her recent address to the Congress Parliamentary Party, acknowledged “inadequacies” in dealing with the Bhopal gas tragedy, it made headlines. The … Continue reading
HIGH-GRADE ENERGY, LOW-GRADE SAFETY
by G VISHNU From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 38, Dated September 25, 2010 It was in 1967 that Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL), a public-sector undertaking, opened its first mine in Jaduguda. This region in East Singhbhum district … Continue reading
India to have green national accounting system soon
India expects to put in place, in five years, a system of green national accounting that will take into account the environmental costs of development and reflect the use of precious natural resources in the process of generating national income