INTERVIEW

Issue 8
January 05, 2008

 Doors have opened and so have minds, says Usha ji

''Doors have opened and so have minds,'' says Usha ji, community mobiliser with Toxics Link's communities and waste programme, about the zero-waste community intervention in Defence Colony, in conversation with Toxics Alert.

Issue 5
May 08, 2007

 Delhi speaks for its trees

Ever since a sign-on campaign was launched in the month of March to allow citizens of Delhi to express solidarity with the demand to stop heavy felling of old neighbourhood trees in some of capital's greenest avenues to make way for High Capacity Bus Service corridor, messages have poured in from a wide cross section of people on what they feel and opine on the issue.

Issue 4
March 12, 2007

 Solution is urgently needed for rapid reduction in municipal waste: Urvashi Dhamija

Despite the failure of incineration-based projects in Hyderabad, Lucknow and Delhi, it seems to me that a proposal to set up such a project in Delhi should not be dismissed imperatively. With waste stacking up at the existing sites at levels higher than high rise buildings in the vicinity a solution is urgently needed for rapid waste reduction. However, reasons for the failure need to be identified and suitable steps taken to prevent their re-occurrence, says Prof. Urvashi Dhamija in conversation with Parvinder Singh.

Issue 3
February 08, 2007

 Time for ban on India's mercury import

According to an international spatial study data, the anthropogenic emission of mercury by India has risen by 27 per cent in the past decade, says Priti Mahesh, Programme Officer, Toxics Link, through this Q & A and asserts that it is now time for urgent measures.

Issue 2
January 06, 2007

 We can leapfrog to the future without pollution and congestion: Anumita Roychowdhury

India's urban planners must recognise that there are cities around the world which have demonstrated policies that restrain use of personal vehicles and reverse automobile dependence, says Anumita Roychowdhury Associate Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in conversation with Parvinder Singh.

Issue 1
December 06, 2006

 Free Software is voice of protest against corporate monopoly: Stallman

Free software is an embodiment of fight against monopoly of corporate power says Richard Stallman, who is popularly known as RMS, founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation in an interview with Dr. Abhay Kumar.