Health & Labour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour

The National meeting of the unorganized sector workers was held on 25th Feb. 2003 at Indian Social Institute, Lodi Road, New Delhi. This meeting was organized by the National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labourers (NCCCL).

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National Housing & Habitat Policy

Political servitude detracts from the dignity of the individual. But political independence by itself does not fully restore it. After fifty years of independence most of us still live in conditions in which even beasts would protest.

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Emergency Health Alert: Toxic Chromium Leaching Into Groundwater At Ruma, Kanpur

Urban Solid Wastes include sludges (settled solids) from Sewage Treatment Plants or STPs, usually used as fertiliser. At Kanpur, because of about 280 tanneries which use chromium sulphate for tanning, sludge from one STP contains chromium compounds also.

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SWM, Public Health & the Human Development Index

Longevity is affected by water-borne diseases (80% of infectious diseases) & fly-borne diseases from waste dumps.

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