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Tanneries often do not pre-treat waste before sending it to the …
by Sayantan Bera
Constant nausea and burning in the eyes are common among workers. …
by Sayantan Bera
Storm water canals inside the leather complex choked with solid waste.
by Sayantan Bera
In its first ever environment audit the Comptroller and Auditor …
by Sayantan Bera
Elephant warning sign on National Highway next to Gorumara …
by Sayantan Bera
Houses damaged by elephants on the night of January 8, 2014, in …
by Sayantan Bera
Houses damaged by elephants on the night of January 8, 2014, in …
by Sayantan Bera
Resorts, habitations and tea estates have fragmented the elephant …
by Sayantan Bera
Chapramari rail crossing in North Bengal- a high risk zone where …
by Sayantan Bera
Chapramari rail crossing in North Bengal- a high risk zone where …
by Sayantan Bera
Boudha Oraon, More than 70 years ago Oraon was born in the …
by Sayantan Bera
Anil Lama, whose 57 year old father was trampled by an elephant …
by Sayantan Bera
Haripada Ray of Malbazar elephant squad has on several occasion …
by Sayantan Bera
Members of Malbazar elephant squad with their crude equipment- …
by Sayantan Bera
Lalita Lohar, a worker from Hila tea estate says her house has …
by Sayantan Bera
Elephants damaged hut of Kalapadi Bawari of Dadhimukha Village in …
by Alok Gupta
Broken thatched huts by elephants is a common sight in Dadhimukha …
by Alok Gupta
Villagers of Dadhimukha Village show how herds of elephant ate …
by Alok Gupta
Villagers of Dadhimukha Village showing elephant foot marks in …
by Alok Gupta
Elephants are migrating from Saranda forest due to extensive …
by Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
The protesters included forest dwellers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,…
by Vikas Choudhary
flood affected villages along the western embankments
by Rustam Vania
flood affected villages along the western embankments
by Rustam Vania
flood affected villages along the western embankments
by Rustam Vania
flood affected villages along the western embankments
by Rustam Vania
flood affected villages along the western embankments
by Rustam Vania
flood affected villages along the western embankments
by Rustam Vania
flood affected villages along the western embankments
by Rustam Vania
flood affected villages along the western embankments
by Rustam Vania
flood affected villages along the western embankments
by Rustam Vania
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DIG044858

Tanneries often do not pre-treat waste before sending it to the common effluent treatment plant. Last year the state pollution control board issued closure notices to 18 tanneries. These were violating standards for Ph level, total suspended solids and ch

June, 2013 , Kolkata , West bengal
Calcutta Leather Complex , Effluent treatment , Kolkata , LEATHER INDUSTRY , Sayantan Bera , Solid Waste , Solid Waste , Tanneries , Toxic-hazardous waste , WASTE DISPOSAL ,
Sayantan Bera
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
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DIG044859

Constant nausea and burning in the eyes are common among workers. Very few units supply them with protective gloves, boots or masks. Despite the Supreme Court order there is no hospital yet for the 12,000 workers.

June, 2013 , Kolkata , West bengal
Calcutta Leather Complex , Effluent treatment , Kolkata , LEATHER INDUSTRY , Sayantan Bera , Solid Waste , Solid Waste , Tanneries , Toxic-hazardous waste , WASTE DISPOSAL ,
Sayantan Bera
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
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DIG044860

Storm water canals inside the leather complex choked with solid waste.

June, 2013 , Kolkata , West bengal
Calcutta Leather Complex , Effluent treatment , Kolkata , LEATHER INDUSTRY , Sayantan Bera , Solid Waste , Solid Waste , Tanneries , Toxic-hazardous waste , WASTE DISPOSAL ,
Sayantan Bera
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
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DIG044861

In its first ever environment audit the Comptroller and Auditor General rapped the state and central authorities for failing to relocate the leather complex properly. 'The project failed to achieve its stated objective of ensuring safe disposal of industr

June, 2013 , Kolkata , West bengal
Calcutta Leather Complex , Effluent treatment , Kolkata , LEATHER INDUSTRY , Sayantan Bera , Solid Waste , Solid Waste , Tanneries , Toxic-hazardous waste , WASTE DISPOSAL ,
Sayantan Bera
DVD NO. Mdvddp036
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DIG047477

Elephant warning sign on National Highway next to Gorumara National Park in North Bengal

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Elephant , Fodder , FOREST Deforestation , Forest Encroachments , Forest Personnel , Jalpaiguri (D) , People - Animal Conflicts , RAILWAYS , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Sayantan Bera
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DIG047478

Houses damaged by elephants on the night of January 8, 2014, in Hila tea estate in north Bengal. Elephants, driven by their powerful sense of smell, demolish walls of rooms where grains are stored.

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Elephant , Fodder , FOREST Deforestation , Forest Encroachments , Forest Personnel , Jalpaiguri (D) , People - Animal Conflicts , RAILWAYS , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Sayantan Bera
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DIG047479

Houses damaged by elephants on the night of January 8, 2014, in Hila tea estate in north Bengal. Elephants, driven by their powerful sense of smell, demolish walls of rooms where grains are stored.

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Elephant , Fodder , FOREST Deforestation , Forest Encroachments , Forest Personnel , Jalpaiguri (D) , People - Animal Conflicts , RAILWAYS , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Sayantan Bera
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DIG047480

Resorts, habitations and tea estates have fragmented the elephant landscape in north Bengal.

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Deforestation , Elephant , Fodder , Forest Encroachments , Jalpaiguri , People-Animal Conflicts , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal ,
Sayantan Bera
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DIG047481

Chapramari rail crossing in North Bengal- a high risk zone where several elephants have been killed by speeding trains.

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Elephant , Fodder , FOREST Deforestation , Forest Encroachments , Forest Personnel , Jalpaiguri (D) , People - Animal Conflicts , RAILWAYS , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Sayantan Bera
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DIG047482

Chapramari rail crossing in North Bengal- a high risk zone where several elephants have been killed by speeding trains. Since 1987, more than 130 elephants have been killed by trains in India, with nearly 90 percent of the deaths concentrated in West B

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Deforestation , Elephant , Fodder , Forest Encroachments , Jalpaiguri , People-Animal Conflicts , RAILWAYS , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal ,
Sayantan Bera
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DIG047483

Boudha Oraon, More than 70 years ago Oraon was born in the labour lines of Grassmore Tea Estate in Jalpaiguri district of northern West Bengal.

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Elephant , Fodder , FOREST Deforestation , Forest Encroachments , Forest Personnel , Jalpaiguri (D) , People - Animal Conflicts , RAILWAYS , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Sayantan Bera
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DIG047484

Anil Lama, whose 57 year old father was trampled by an elephant in December 2013, thinks elephants raid villages and croplands as they have no food inside the forests.

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Elephant , Fodder , FOREST Deforestation , Forest Encroachments , Forest Personnel , Jalpaiguri (D) , People - Animal Conflicts , RAILWAYS , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Sayantan Bera
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DIG047485

Haripada Ray of Malbazar elephant squad has on several occasion escaped death narrowly- he often works without sleep for days chasing away elephants from villages and croplands.

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Elephant , Fodder , FOREST Deforestation , Forest Encroachments , Forest Personnel , Jalpaiguri (D) , People - Animal Conflicts , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Sayantan Bera
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DIG047486

Members of Malbazar elephant squad with their crude equipment- double barrel pellet guns and searchlight.

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Deforestation , Elephant , Fodder , Forest Encroachments , Forest Personnel , Jalpaiguri , People-Animal Conflicts , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal ,
Sayantan Bera
© Copyright Centre for Science Environment 2016. All rights reserved.
DIG047487

Lalita Lohar, a worker from Hila tea estate says her house has been demolished several times by rampaging elephants

01/01/2014 , Jalpaiguri , West bengal
Deforestation , Elephant , Fodder , Forest Encroachments , Jalpaiguri , People-Animal Conflicts , Sayantan Bera , West Bengal ,
Sayantan Bera
© Copyright Centre for Science Environment 2016. All rights reserved.
DIG047491

Elephants damaged hut of Kalapadi Bawari of Dadhimukha Village in Bankura. Elephants across India are losing their habitats at an increasing pace and clashing with people wherever they go.

01/01/2014 , Bankura (d) , West bengal
Alok Gupta , Chhattisgarh , Forest Encroachments , Habitat Fragmentation , Human-elephant conflict , India , Jharkhand , Migration , Migration , Odisha , People-Animal Conflicts , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Alok Gupta
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DIG047492

Broken thatched huts by elephants is a common sight in Dadhimukha Village. Elephants across India are losing their habitats at an increasing pace and clashing with people wherever they go.

01/01/2014 , Dadhimukha village, bankura (d) , West bengal
Alok Gupta , Chhattisgarh , Forest Encroachments , Habitat Fragmentation , Human-elephant conflict , India , Jharkhand , Migration , Migration , Odisha , People-Animal Conflicts , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Alok Gupta
© Copyright Centre for Science Environment 2016. All rights reserved.
DIG047493

Villagers of Dadhimukha Village show how herds of elephant ate entire two acres of potato crop. Elephants across India are losing their habitats at an increasing pace and clashing with people wherever they go.

01/01/2014 , Dadhimukha village, bankura (d) , West bengal
Alok Gupta , Chhattisgarh , Forest Encroachments , Habitat Fragmentation , Human-elephant conflict , India , Jharkhand , Migration , Migration , Odisha , People-Animal Conflicts , West Bengal , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Alok Gupta
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DIG047494

Villagers of Dadhimukha Village showing elephant foot marks in the field. Elephants across India are losing their habitats at an increasing pace and clashing with people wherever they go.

01/01/2014 , Dadhimukha village, bankura (d) , West bengal
Alok Gupta , Chhattisgarh , Forest Encroachments , Habitat Fragmentation , Human-elephant conflict , India , Jharkhand , Migration , Migration , Odisha , People-Animal Conflicts , West Bengal , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Alok Gupta
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DIG047495

Elephants are migrating from Saranda forest due to extensive mining and raiding villages near Rourkela for food. Human-elephant conflict is rising across India. Every year nearly 400 people are killed by elephants and about 100 elephants lose their lives.

01/01/2014 , Rourkela , Odisha
Forest Encroachments , Habitat Fragmentation , Human-elephant conflict , Jharkhand , Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava , Mining , Odisha , People-Animal Conflicts , Rourkela , Saranda forest , West Singhbhum district , Wildlife , Wildlife , Wildlife ,
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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DIG052884

The protesters included forest dwellers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Odisha and Arunachal Pradesh

Dec, 2014 , Jantar mantar , Delhi
Delhi , Forest , Forest , Forest , Forest , Forest Rights Act (FRA) , Jantar mantar , Minor Forest Produce , People , protest , Tribals , VIKAS CHOUDHARY , Women ,
Vikas Choudhary
DVD NO. MDVDDP044
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BH001826

Flood affected villages along the western embankments

Aug, 1999 , Bihar
Bihar , Floods , Floods , Kosi(bihar) , Natural Disasters , Natural Disasters , Rustam Vania ,
Rustam Vania
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BH001827

Flood affected villages along the western embankments

Aug, 1999 , Bihar
Bihar , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Floods , Floods , Kosi(bihar) , Natural Disasters , Natural Disasters , Rustam Vania ,
Rustam Vania
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BH001828

Flood affected villages along the western embankments

Aug, 1999 , Bihar
Bihar , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Floods , Floods , Kosi(bihar) , Natural Disasters , Natural Disasters , People , Rustam Vania ,
Rustam Vania
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BH001829

Flood affected villages along the western embankments

Aug, 1999 , Bihar
Bihar , Children , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Floods , Floods , Kosi(bihar) , Natural Disasters , Natural Disasters , Rustam Vania ,
Rustam Vania
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BH001830

Flood affected villages along the western embankments

Aug, 1999 , Bihar
Bihar , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Floods , Floods , Kosi(bihar) , Natural Disasters , Natural Disasters , People , Rustam Vania ,
Rustam Vania
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BH001831

Flood affected villages along the western embankments

Aug, 1999 , Bihar
Bihar , Children , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Floods , Floods , Kosi(bihar) , Natural Disasters , Natural Disasters , Rustam Vania ,
Rustam Vania
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BH001832

Flood affected villages along the western embankments

Aug, 1999 , Bihar
Bihar , Children , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Drinking Water , Floods , Floods , Kosi(bihar) , Natural Disasters , Natural Disasters , Rustam Vania ,
Rustam Vania
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BH001833

Flood affected villages along the western embankments

Aug, 1999 , Bihar
Bihar , Floods , Floods , Kosi(bihar) , Natural Disasters , Natural Disasters , Rural Habitat , Rustam Vania ,
Rustam Vania
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BH001834

Flood affected villages along the western embankments

Aug, 1999 , Bihar
Bihar , Floods , Floods , Kosi(bihar) , Natural Disasters , Natural Disasters , Rural Habitat , Rustam Vania ,
Rustam Vania
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© Copyright Centre for Science Environment 2016. All rights reserved.