Comments on: Are we living in a “Kaliyug” hell?

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:09:58 +0000

Excerpts from Environmentalists see red over green sops by Latha Jishnu (Mar 23 ’09)

…What is proposed in the draft notification (S.O. 195 (E) issued by the MoEF is a generous relaxation of the provisions of a 2006 law, the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification. This notification requires projects that cause pollution, displacement, destruction of natural resources, whether from greenfield ventures or through expansion, to comply with a number of laws.

…The proposed amendment sweeps aside most of these requirements. Instead, industries can expand simply by certifying that they are not polluting.

…Kept under wraps till a series of Right to Information (RTI) petitions filed by a Delhi-based advocacy group forced the hand of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), the draft amendment has caused outrage among environmentalists.
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One of the reasons offered for granting such sweeping concessions is that MoEF was unable to create statutory environmental monitoring and clearances agencies, such as the State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities and State Expert Appraisal Committees, in several states since the EIA Notification was passed.

By: v.c.krishnan

v.c.krishnan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:20:26 +0000

DEar Sir,
What a set of losers we are. Once again the blame game. This is dirty that is dirty, this place city in India is the dirtiest in the world and we give numbers also to them!!!
What a shame? Should we not hang our heads in shame?
On the other hand. Eulogies for our friends and relations abroad. “You know how it ees where we come from— is it Mars, as if they have not stayed here or lived here or educated here!!!”
Why?? It is very easy. Do not take ‘No spitting laws’ easy, do not take ‘no littering laws’ easy, do not take ‘no parking laws’ easy, do not take “Q” here easy, do not take ‘no entry’ boards for putting clothes on!!! I can go on, on and ON.
So who is to blame we or the local politician.
Why? Easy once again.
A dhobiwala sets up shop on th platform next to your house, and what do we do. We encourage him for a reduction of ten to fifteen paise for the ironing.
A small shop selling sweets, blades, eggs etc. is set up on the platform next to your house and for the immediate ssupply of these things plus others we encourage that also.
Slowly a housing colony comes up there and they develop the local politician and then ONE IS LEFT WITH A SLUM AROUND!!!
Who did it we did. If all of us had banded together and taken them on at the firstr time itself without encouraging and SAVING a total of Rs. 100 per year we would not have the problem.
We encourage all types of subterfuge and when we find that it has reached Garangutan proportions and we are unable to match the needs and also when we have LOST IMPORTANCE FOR THEM, we create a hue and cry and blame everybody else EXCEPT OURSELVES!!
IS IT FAIR?
Regards,
vck

By: shidairyproduct

shidairyproduct — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:36:03 +0000

what a load of crap. On one hand, we have a booming pseudo free-market economy and they mismanage things so badly, they turn to the government for help? The Market shouldn’t act recklessly and turn to the government when held accountable; rather, they should lead the way and let the potbellied incompetent losers running the government learn a thing or two as to how to run things.

We don’t even deserve half these losers leading our pseudo free-market or our government if they display such reckless, irresponsible behavior.