Jayanta Basu Vehicular pollution, particularly from diesel cars and trucks, are primarily responsible for the worsening air quality in Kolkata, which is emerging as the pollution capital of India Will Kolkata soon wrest the country’s pollution capital crown from Delhi? Delhi may be vying with Beijing for global topper status in air pollution and garnering… Continue reading Kolkata India’s air pollution capital
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Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, saviour of the East Kolkata Wetlands, believed in people and not policies
The environmentalist, who died on Friday, fought his battle as a bureaucrat, researcher, academic, public intellectual and activist It was only 10 years ago. On a hot summer afternoon on the banks of the Mahananda river in Malda, West Bengal, we had just finished speaking with a group of village elders about floods and wetlands.… Continue reading Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, saviour of the East Kolkata Wetlands, believed in people and not policies
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