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Sunday, 16 August 2015

A TALE OF TWO CITIES: IS MUMBAI HOTTER THAN DELHI?





Posted by Darryl D'Monte at 22:12 No comments:
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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  • 29 August deluge swamps Mumbai once again; Shiv Sena-run BMC claims too much rain; drainage measures ignored by country's richest corporation
  • 30th anniversary of Chernobyl
  • A device shaped like an upturned umbrella can provide potable water and electricity; Mumbai start-up designed this innovative device which has multiple uses
  • according to a new study by Navroz Dubash and others
  • Amitav Ghosh query sparks off research
  • Appointment of US Secretary of State
  • as NASA study shows
  • Ashish Kothari and K.J. Joy have attempted the near-impossible of charting the future path that the country must take; this is a bold initiative
  • beginning September
  • believes penalties won't work as much as improving road system
  • Bengaluru bus service shortlisted for Bloomberg Cities award for introducing Intelligent Transport System; situation on the ground far from improved; measure may reduce emissions
  • BEST bus services being downsized; losses held as justification for part-privatisation; as Mumbai's lifeline
  • Bids for solar power in India have hit an all-time lost at Rs 2.44 a unit; But investors wary of bids falling still further with cheap Chinese solar equipment
  • BJP now and Congress earlier
  • Bonanza for builders
  • but still remain within its Paris pledge
  • Cambridge University researchers have studied how the rejuvenation of Himalayan mountain springs can help people adapt to climate change; this forms part of a global study on Forests & Water
  • carbon emissions
  • cities
  • Cities flooded in monsoons
  • Climate change
  • Climate change can reduce food production
  • Climate talks are looking at the implications of restricting global temperatures to both 2 degrees and 1.5 C; Equitably
  • coast road extension scrapped for a sea link; Environmentalists say road will only increase pollution; Will Mumbai go way of Delhi?
  • Coastal Road Mumbai
  • Columbia University meteorologists start study of cyclones hitting Mumbai
  • complaints against illegal construction there
  • Confidential report on Coastal Regulation Zone obtained through court; Government seeks dilution; Builders to benefit; Politicians also colluding
  • continued investments in thermal power threaten to put paid to its progress
  • Decision will affect US renewable energy industry
  • Delhi's air pollution now an emergency
  • Diet will change with less fruits and vegetables
  • Dinesh Mohan
  • Dismal safety record
  • Doesn't address rights of port workers
  • due to climate change
  • Due to protests
  • Elphinstone Railway Station accident reveals lack of planning on former cotton mill land; floating population five times that of residents; infrastructure inadequate
  • environment
  • equity needed
  • especially emergency
  • Excessive rain blamed for Kerala floods; ecological illiteracy also to blame; Gadgil committee report on western ghats ignored; Navi Mumbai airport following Kochi's debacle
  • Failure to heed lessons of precedents
  • Fire in Mumbai's Kamala Mills indicates lack of planning norms; civic administration to blame; 20 years ago
  • followed by Mumbai and Kakinada.
  • for instance; however
  • Former head of Exxon
  • Fritjof Capra is known for his first book
  • Fritjof Capra spoke at the annual Greenaccord meet in Italy about the inter-connectedness of ecological
  • Fukushima also has lessons
  • Greenpeace India study on how India facing overcapacity on coal power sector; reckless expansion and drain on resources; low demand; renewables now price-competitive
  • Greenpeace study shows lack of water affecting coal power plants
  • Gurgao and Bengaluru this year
  • Has done extensive business with Russia
  • Hazards in Indian nuclear power stations
  • he talks about spiritualism and societies
  • In 1973
  • In defence of Pandit Nehru
  • In Gwalior & Allahabad
  • India has a fair share of the remaining carbon budget available to it
  • India is in denial mode
  • India overtaking China as biggest emitter of SO2; Due to excessive reliance on coal as fuel; Health and other impacts
  • India to double its emissions by 2030
  • India's plan to convert all vehicles to electricity by 2030 faces hurdles; high prices
  • India's position before UN Paris climate summit
  • Indian forests turning brown due to climate change and other factors; researchers using satellite images to compare changes over time; South Asia particularly vulnerable
  • Indian media likewise guilty of not covering the country's North-East
  • Influenced by Dubai & London
  • Infosys and IT companies cutting carbon footprints
  • Initial scepticism regarding birth of Olive Ridley turtles on Mumbai's coastline; egg shells discovered subsequently; may not be a rare occurrence
  • Interview with Yashodhara Dalmia on forthcoming exhibition of Progressive Artists' Group at the Asia Society in New York
  • Involving Mahila Mandals
  • it is harmful to cycle more than 30 minutes a day
  • It makes economic sense to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions because they save on health bills associated with air pollution
  • It may pull out of the Paris climate agreement
  • Jairam Ramesh's biography of Indira Gandhi's green policies sympathetic; however she relied on elite ecologists; authoritarian instincts
  • July 2005 floods literally a watermark in city's history; few lessons learnt; Mithi and three other rivers neglected
  • Keeping up the heat in Paris
  • lack of government support to blame; manufacturers gearing up
  • Lecture by Dr M V Ramana from Princeton University; India and Pakistan most dangerous nuclear powers across a border in the world; nuclear armament poses grave danger to both countries
  • Leopards in Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park do humans a service by preying on stray dogs and reducing the risk of rabies; global experience confirms this trend
  • Liberal Western media cites how it ignores much bigger floods in South Asia while reporting those in US
  • Looking at poverty directly
  • Mahararashtra proposes to carry out feasibility studies for two tunnels under Sanjay Gandhi National Park to cut commuting time; greens are opposed
  • Mangaluru as a port city is the most vulnerable in India
  • marred her record
  • middle class seceding from Bharat
  • Mill land to reap this advantage
  • Motorists charged high fees everywhere
  • Mumbai
  • Mumbai gets flamingo sanctuary in return for a trans-harbour sea link which will also connect to the new Navi Mumbai airport; new airport located in wetlands and environmentally damaging
  • Mumbai in 2005
  • Mumbai reintroducing parking fee policy
  • Mumbai-Ahmedabad horribly expensive at Rs 1.10 lakh crores; fares will have to be lower than airlines; may run at huge loss
  • Mumbai's Development Plan all at sea
  • Nearly 100 buildings in Mumbai have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site; these include Victorian Gothic and Art Deco styles
  • Need to restrict cars
  • needs to be subsidised
  • Neglects need for open spaces
  • New EPA head has sued it in the past
  • New initiative to gift a tree in remote plantations helps reduce carbon emissions and meets the need for gifting. The tree/s are monitored for their growth
  • New Vishva Hindu Parishad leader vows to take law into his own hands if Supreme Court rules against its wishes on Ayodhya; Hindutva votaries also rewriting archaeology
  • Night parking to be charged too
  • No construction for 100 metres against 500 metres
  • North India has 14 of the worst polluted cities in the world
  • Nuclear power plants have hazards
  • Overcapacity in this sector leads to poor returns
  • Proposed redevelopment of Mumbai Port
  • Public Infrastructure
  • put his mind to several subjects. This book is published posthumously by his colleagues and friends.
  • RattanIndia coal power plant in Maharashtra being paid for not producing power; State surplus in electricity
  • Rauf Ali
  • Recent research shows that Ockhi may indicate rising likelihood of cyclones in Arabian Sea; climate change be responsible; Mumbai not free from risk
  • Religious institutions changing conservative image to generate solar power at mosques
  • road safety expert
  • says WHO; Indo-Gangetic plain harbours pollutants; public health emergency
  • Scheme will decongest city
  • Sea-level rise likely to flood 40%city in a century
  • Seashore redesignated as bays
  • short-lived climate pollutants
  • social and economic problems; Others criticised the GDP 'addiction'
  • Solar and wind now competitive
  • South Asia worst affected
  • Substandard Food for Malnourished Children
  • Take home rations scam
  • Tamil Nadu figures ninth in a world list of markets with a high share of renewables in the energy mix; however
  • temples and churches. It also makes sound economic sense to save electricity.
  • The first penguin chick born in the Mumbai zoo died within a week; the special enclosure was itself criticised two years ago; ecologists decry import of exotic species
  • The just-concluded Bonn climate conference dealt with procedures
  • The Tao of Physics
  • the Times Weekly carried poetry and prose by Dalit writers
  • the wildlife biologist who was a quintessential nonconformist
  • then unknown. Dileep Padgaonkar guest-edited the issue
  • though forewarned; Central and state governments doing too little
  • Three global studies show that India is the worst off for air pollution in cities
  • too late
  • Trump has ordered review of all treaties which US has signed
  • Trump threatens Paris climate agreement; Developing countries get short shrift; Within India
  • UC Berkeley study linking farmers' suicides to climate widely reported; Indian academics criticise it; other factors play a role
  • Unlike China
  • unmindful of the looming catastrophe; Funds promised in 2009 haven't materialised; India can combat pollution
  • Vijay Kumar is an amateur sleuth who has helped India retrieve some of its stolen antiques. He describes his modus operandi in this interview
  • Warnings by experts
  • waterfront in Mumbai
  • What can India learn from them
  • which has sold over 1 million copies. In this interview
  • which still makes waves
  • Why did Mumbai drown once again this monsoon; drainage report 24 years ago suggested measures not implemented; BMC departments ridden with corruption
  • With sea level rise
  • Wrong message to the rest of the world

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