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Issue 10
February , 2009

 PRASAR: Extending help to silicosis victims

Sometime in 1999, few young professionals came to Lalkuan, extreme south of Delhi, to work in the field of education amongst the people staying there. Generally the prime residents of this area are workers in the local stone crushing units. Poor sanitation, health stan...Read Full Story

Issue 7
November , 2007

 Tree Authority has its first meeting

The very first meeting of the Tree Authority made clear to the civil society representatives that the issue of planning all constructions and projects around trees will have to be campaigned outside in the public space as the body itself has little role beyond informati...Read Full Story

Issue 6
July , 2007

 Clearance to Commonwealth Games Village illegal: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan

A grouping of citizens and civil society organisations, Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan (YJA), has alleged that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has gone ahead with the plans to build the Commonwealth Games Village on the Yamuna riverbed overriding serious concerns expressed ...Read Full Story

Issue 5
May , 2007

 Missing trees and some numbers: An audit of HCBS project site

A team from the Trees For Delhi forum undertook a tree audit on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg on 8th & 9th of April 2007. The objectives of the audit were broadly to verify the accuracy of tree count as stated in the official records, to assess how many trees had been transp...Read Full Story

Issue 4
March , 2007

 NGO recommendations on planned DMRC-link through Delhi Ridge

Delhi-based Environmentalists spurred into action last month following reports of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) planning a segment of Mehrauli to Gurgaon line that would cut-through the Delhi-ridge forest area, believed to be one of the oldest geographical entitie...Read Full Story

Issue 2
January , 2007

 Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership meet held in Delhi

A day-long meet of Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership (EEJP) grant winners, an initiative of the Just Environment Charitable Trust, was held recently to brain storm on the progress and challenges pertaining their projects being supported under two programmes: ...Read Full Story

Issue 1
December , 2006

 Lal Kuan: Progress from silicosis to hopeful future

Many hills were flattened and spaces carved out for the making of the capital city of New Delhi. Behind the grandeur of the city lie the heartbreaking stories of those who have paid the price for it. Lal Kuan, a small urban village near the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, is fi...Read Full Story