New Delhi is said to generate more rubbish or garbage per day than any other capital city. How is the city coping with disposing of all its Solid Waste - Creating a Clean Capital - New Delhi tells the story.
Creating a Clean Capital - New Delhi
As the world's population grows so do the ever growing mountains of rubbish we produce. Thus compounding the detrimental effect we are having on the environment, human health and wellbeing.
India without snake charmers would be like India without the Taj Mahal - unbelievable.
Unbelievable or not Snake Charming has been banned in India.
The death knell has sounded for India’s ancient tradition of snake charming. Dating back thousands of years a ban has been imposed which affects the livelihoods of the millions of Snake Charmers throughout India.
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Today many traditional tribes around the world are verging on extinction. But why. Their is so much that the mainstream world can learn from their ancient traditions and cultures especially in terms of the environment, education, health, and the elders. The 'Plight of the Khasi Tribe' takes an in depth look at one of the world's ancient traditional tribes - the Khasi Tribe. 'Plight of the Khasi Tribe'
Many traditional tribes around the world are verging on extinction. Yet there is so much that the mainstream world can learn from their ancient traditions and cultures especially in terms of the environment, education, health, and the elders.
'A Goddess -The Ganga'
The Ganga - the world's most unique river.
It is the river's religious significance that makes the Ganga so unique - revered by hundreds of millions of people in India and around the world.
The Ganga's headwaters emerge high in the Himalayas at Gaumukh before traversing northern India until the 'Mouths of the Ganga' meet the Bay of Bengal.
The Ganga is also one of the world's most polluted river systems.
This audio feature looks at what human impact has been doing to the river system and the measures being taken to try and alleviate the problem.
A task made more difficult than other river systems around the world largely due to the religious factor.
This audio extract focuses on one conservation method being used - the use of the Ganga or Ganges River Dolphin, the world's most threatened aquatic mammal, and considered 'highly endangered' by the IUCN.
It is hoped that this river dolphin will save the mighty Ganga which intern will result in saving hundreds of millions of people whose livelihoods rely on this most pious of rivers.
In October 2009 the Ganges River Dolphin was declared as India’s National Aquatic Animal,
The following Audio extract is of a conservation group involved in trying to save the Ganges River Dolphin which they hope intern will save the Ganga and local fishing communities who rely on the river for their livelihood.
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Plight of the Kashmiri Pandits - Their Paradise Lost
The Kashmir Valley, This fertile land with invigorating, clean crisp air generated by the snow capped Himalayan Mountains captivated Mogul Emperor Jehangir. At his first glimpse he exclaimed, 'If there is paradise anywhere on earth it is here!'
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Rice - How Safe?
More and more countries particularly throughout SE Asia are discovering elevated levels of arsenic contaminating their groundwater. This water people access via tube wells for their 'safe' drinking water supply and for irrigating their crops.
This investigation looks into;
Fluorosis - An Agonising Death
People do not die immediately. People die a little each day inch by inch. They may live 70 years with an unproductive life, an agonising life until the end of their day.
Children In Need - Without Parental Care
Hostel For Deprived Children
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'Consuming the Arsenic'
High levels of arsenic continue to be found contaminating the groundwater of many regions of the world and for hundreds of millions of people this is the water they have to rely on for their drinking water supply.
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A Goddess - The Ganga'
The River Ganga' (Ganges) religious significance makes it unique amongst all the world major river systems.
It is revered by hundreds of millions of people in India and around the world who regard the Ganga as a 'Goddess'. It is considered a symbol of 'cleanliness and purity'.
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'Fluorosis an Agonising Death'
The following audio is an outline of a subject which is available in Audio and Text regards fluoride and the effects too much can have on the human body. Fluoride is promoted in some countries around the world as being beneficial to human health.
The "most rapid decline of any species on the planet" has given rise to cause for concern for human health and welfare in India. A country with a population of over one billion people.
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'The Devil's Water'
The biggest mass poisoning of humans due to arsenic poisoning.