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Reports - Eco Friends [ecofriends.org]
Massacre ghat of Kanpur. The Ganga Praharis (Ganga Keepers) of Massacre Ghat, Gola Ghat, Shukla Ganj and ... kgs of worship material from Ganga. Ganga Praharis fished out 35 corpses from a 6 km stretch of Ganga in Kanpur (Massacre ghat to ... Ganga communities whom we reckon as the custodians of the river. But we failed to evoke any interest in government agencies. The Ganga ...
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HEARING ON IMPACT OF GANGA POLLUTION ON GANGA COMMUNITIES (April 03, 2003) Background: Kanpur is the most populated and polluted town along the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh. The ... Ganga Praharis are those ghat people who have vowed to fight the Ganga pollution and stop those who profane the river. Urging the district administration to ensure the participation of Ganga communities in future Ganga ...
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Coke’s Criminal Activities in Mehdiganj, Varanasi
Ganga. In 2002, coke has also dumped its toxic waste water on ... land. The waste water was earlier being dumped untreated in the Ganga, but the World Bank’s super highway blocked the flow into ... of their company Mehdiganj. * The human rights and civil liberties of communities engaged in peaceful non-violent action to defend their water rights ...
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From Water Wars To Water Democracy
Suez privatisation of Ganga, said "Our Mother Ganga is Not for Sale". He also narrated how the Ganga ran dry for the ... and our rivers will be the inevitable results. 2. Riparian communities have not been consulted in announcing this mega project even ... to ensure peoples participation and transparency. B. The alternatives that communities and citizens groups have evolved on the basis of conservation ...
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Earth Democracry comprises three Swarajs, or sovereignties.
Under the Anna Swaraj, the local communities take pledge to save our food and food culture from the onslaught of corporate takeover ... Delhi’s Water Supply being handed over to the water giant Suez, which will steal Ganga water from U.P farmers. We along with farmers group from Bundelkhand and Uttaranchal have ...
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Navdanya catalogue
Linking Indian Rivers - Some Questions 30 Ganga. This shows how MNCs are diverting Ganga water to make astronomical profits 90 Quenching ... food security 500 / $25 Patent Pending. This shows how rural communities in India are fighting for their common IPR against corporate ... 500 / $25 List of Publication for the year 2004-2007 Ganga: Common Heritage or Corporate Commodity Seeds of suicide Aiding ...
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Links / Contacts to River Organizations (contacts)
International Network of Basin Organisations (french: RIOB) InterDrava, Website, platform for cooperation between communities, organisations and businesses along the Drava-Mura rivers, in programmes of sustainable ... : SAWSE Sakia Association for Water in Society and Environment India : Clean Ganga Campaign for a clean Ganga River "Friends of the Narmada" "Friends of the Narmada", international ...
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Sanctuary Asia - Interviews
Bihar, including Valmiki and Monger as well as some excellent wetlands, particularly along the Ganga. Twenty-five years ago, Bhimbandh was among the best PAs in India with seven ... productivity of nature. The Sundarbans, which I recently visited, is one such classic example. But communities must not merely demand access to resources, they must also accept responsibility for protecting forests ...
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Environmental Health Perspectives: Volume 112, Number 1, January 2004
Center for Regulatory Effectiveness Risk of Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater Affecting the Ganga Alluvial Plain, India Risk of Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater: Response from Chakraborti et al ... Download PDF] Lead, Arsenic, and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil and House Dust in the Communities Surrounding the Sydney, Nova Scotia, Tar Ponds Lambert and Lane p. 35 [HTML] [ ...
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Water pollution
This is known as eutrophication. The discharge of waste from industries, agriculture, and urban communities into water bodies generally stretches the biological capacities of aquatic systems. Chemical run-off ... , a number of large- and medium-sized industries in the region covered by the Ganga Action Plan do not have adequate effluent treatment facilities. Most of these defaulting industries ...
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