[sustran] Diesel auto giant intimidates environmentalists in India

[SUSTRAN Resource Centre]

Dear sustran-discussers

Our friends at CSE in Delhi may be needing some help - information,
solidarity, even contributions to a legal fighting fund(!?). See below.

Note also the other interesting legal developments in Delhi - the court has
restricted the number of new cars pending a possible ban on diesel cars.

Paul

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What's new at the Centre and Science and Environment, New Delhi, India 

Diesel automobile giant uses money power to intimidate environmentalists in
India. 

TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Ltd.), an auto major in
India has slapped a Rs 100 crore ($25 million) legal  suit  on Anil Agarwal
and Sunita Narain, environmental researchers in   the Centre for Science
and Environment for their campaign against diesel cars to control harmful
emissions of small toxic particulate.  

Presently, the Supreme Court in India is hearing a case on banning of
diesel cars in the capital city of Delhi. As a prelude to this the Supreme
Court order of April 29 effectively restricts the increase in the number of
all cars in Delhi as an interim measure till the final decision is taken on
the proposed ban of diesel cars. In a dramatic development this court order
has also advanced the enforcement of more stringent emission standards for
both petrol and diesel cars, read on at  

http://www.oneworld.org/cse/html/au/au4_050499.htm 

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Usha Sekhar                 
Website Unit                 
Centre for Science and Environment                 

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