Plans Afoot To Divide India Into Green Zones

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 7, July 2011

Environment secretary T Chatterjee said the ministry was working out the new policy framework which could be evolved with the help of the state governments.

This is the first major announcement after Jayanthi Natarajan took over as new environment minister.  

Industrial areas such as Vapi in Gujarat and Sukinda in Orissa are among the world's 10 most polluted areas, according to New York based Blacksmith Institute. Read the full report here.

Source: Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi.

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