| 'Scrap CMZ Petition' | | The Government of India wishes to put the CMZ notification into effect anytime after 30 June 2008. This will spell disaster for our coastal environment and tens of millions of coastal fishers and fishworkers. Please read and sign the petition |
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| 'CZM: The Result of Struggle in Kerala' | | I came to know that Prof. M.S. Swaminathan Committee appointed to review the CRZ Notification 1991 has already submitted its report. Based on the recommendations of Swaminathan Committee the Ministry of Environment and Forest has issued draft notification on the Coastal Zone Management (CZM) inviting suggestions and objections from State Governments and general public. |
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'Diversion of Tsunami Funds for Tourism Lobby in Kovalam Questioned'
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Plans by Kerala Tourism and the Harbour Engineering Department to construct an artificial reef in Kovalam, by using funds from the Central Government assisted Tsunami Rehabilitation Project, have come under fire from the fishing community. |
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[FILM ON SANITATION] | It’s nigh onto 3 years after the Tsunami. Yet some people continue to live in temporary settlements, in deplorable conditions, with no proper water supply and toilet facilities.  What song shall I sing today? journeys through the process of rebuilding of lives in the various phases of emergency relief to temporary shelters,and then on to permanent houses. It highlights the plight of those in temporary shelters hoping to get permanent houses; and of those in permanent settlements, awaiting the arrival of basic amenities - especially the hurdles placed by mindless application of regulatory provisions of the CRZ and the many other practical problems faced, that still keep some in temporary shelters. The irony is that sanitation conditions in some permanent settlements are far worse than what obtains in the temporary shelters. | |
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| New Film on Sanitation | 
| This is what the women at the East Devadhanam in Trichy decided. And they succeeded. Simple methods, collective awareness, commitment and action brought about good sanitation. The women’s self-helpgroups in this slum are operating the first ever community-based DEWATS system in Tamil Nadu. A “pay and use” toilet complex, the income is being used for aintenance and the treated water is being used for growing vegetables.  In Madhuranthaganalore village, Cuddalore, enthusiastic school children participate in a Sanitation Parliament. The young social reformers from the Panchayat Union Middle School (the first school to have an ECOSAN toilet in Tamil Nadu) have taken the onus of maintaining toilets and general hygiene in the school. They not only spread the message within the school, but also take it to their families, the community and to near by villages. Write to
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