India becoming a Global Trash can.........

very good information posted by you ayan.  developed countries are dumping their waste on us and living at the cost of our life.  the regulators and government is sleeping still where there is an urgent need to bring a stringent environmental regulation policy to safeguard our environment.  The parliament has never discussed on matters like this till now.  It is a very serious issue need to be answered by the government, and the matter has to be exposed in media for a corrective action.  The acts of the corrupted officials and regulators has to be checkmate by the media by bringing awareness in the people.

we have enough trash in our politics, business, cricket almost in every field, we dont need more

horror. we the second most populous country, using trash to mar our country land. usage as fuel, what? the condition of untreated trash lying in such pathetic conditions. hyper condition for impending epidemics waiting to happen to the poor living nearby. what a trash condition?

Mr.Ayan you have brought to the notice of all in toostep. It is a good one to create a impact towards awareness, but steps should be taken to curb and it is the duty of the local administration to look into the matter very seriously. It is major concern for all.   

Mr. Ayan very good article. Yes it is a cause for concern. We should try our level best to stop it. Not only the companies involved but the persons involved should be strictly monitored and handled with. First of all all the ports should have scanners to see what is there inside the containers. A trash is a trash is a trash. Even if there is a business opportunity we should ignore it. See there is a toxic content in the trash which makes it more hazardous to all the people involved in management of the trash. We Indians are by nature not very precautious in general. So seeing an opportunity in it will be of no use. 

Excellent post Ayan, yes this is some serious issue and its good that Customs officials are not allowing them into the country, but some people in the name of managing waste are dumping waste into India, and nice information from most of you all but Mr. Shantaram has given excellent points, let us look at this as an opportunity and make India as a Technical hub for Waste processing.

Now the time has come to make strict law against those who involve in all this.... or think on that part if people can do better themselves in the area.

india could be a strategic technical hub for waste processing as a corporate opportunity also leading to job opportunities under NREGA - india could enter into jvs for technology transfer alike the nuclear deal, and the subject could be dealt with it under the supervision of the environmental and pollution control authorities and our minister Jairam Ramesh may be too pleased to earn carbon points and generate a Copenhagen type initiative on this as a global opportunity with strategic interests for inida.

NDTV could conduct a panel discussion raising public and government attention while this could prompt a discussion in the parliament giving food for the opposition, as well as providing agenda for the government for inclusive actions as this could fall in the scope for the Aam Admi agenda -

our respected PM is kind enough to look into genuine matters, but issues need to be brought to his attention in the PMO and through the parliament - alike the IPL controversy, etc. otherwise, how can a democratically elected government function proactively without such fuel input. or the agenda needs to come through the route of the global CEO!

government is a system programmed parliamentary model where every input is screened, and if Yes processed further through the government machinery which otherwise has lot of other things to do. a file must reach the table so that one can act, as company affairs minister recently and rightly clarified with relevance to the IPL - it is the opposition elected MPs who must find out what is happening in the field and then the elected Ministers will take note thereof and act professionally based on the notes generated upwards thereby doing their daily bit of homework for the question hour. handling a minsitry is alike handling any other government job under the policy manual.

while for Mukesh Ambani as he nicely puts it - india is a land of billion opportunities leading to the Forbes magazine gaining a rightful place in the billionaires lists with large diversified greenfield business projects. PPP is a convenient tool for the government to offload public services, so that ministers can find time to effectively handle the files when they come to the table at their own pace, except when the issue rocks the parliament when the government machinery is ready to crack down on the IPL owners and is able to get information fast - better late than never! yes governments need to be politically correct at the given time. so it be with the global garbage management issue!

therefore Ayan this is opportunity for NDTV to take the democratically viable initiative for social impact by the media making it a sustainable media CSR initiate!

hope this sounds well,

regards,


kshantaram

Yes, I also feel the same. For this government need to develop sound system which includes adherence of the hazardous waste to the public and how it effects current/future generation people normal life, to defeat this govt has to build strong regulation in accepting the incoming consignment from foreign countries with regard to that concerned parties has to aware in relation to waste management system and how it impacts our economy..

This is sad.Some group of people are doing this for their personal benifits. I think now time has come enforce not only strict laws to curb such things but the importer should be punished may be for LIFE. So that others will not engage in such horrendus activities.
Thanks for this piece of information. Since I always thought TIMES OF INDIA only publish Sories. Probably now onwards I will buy one copy each day.

Some very very strict governing laws can only help this situation. if the Govt lacks the initiative in this case, we all will end up existing in large dustbins and so will our kids.

PUT A STOP TO THIS RIGHT NOW.

good piece of info....about how we indians are cutting off our next generation's age limit....I always thought and will think that unless and otherwise our law is changed ...instead of long court cases and delayed awards for the guilty we (india) should opt for some strong severe and fatal punishment to those guilty for this act....it should be considered as equal to a murder or attempt to murder....anything...there should be death penalty for those who book such stuff and dump in our country....and same penalty for those who are corrupt...unless and otherwise we dont have such a law we wont come out of this...

Very relevant topic, Mr. Ayan,

There are, in fact, many laws prohibiting import of hazardous waste, but the petty traders always try to smuggle these into India, in collusion with the corrupt officials, without any concern for the safety of our nation.

Media, NGOs and other public spirited citizens should continue to be vigilant to expose every venal effort of the nexus of profiteering traders, degenerate officials, et al.

Governments and regulators are required only to take care of the larger interest's of a nation and its resources as individuals or local bodies can at best take care of themselves and in vicinity. 
Yet when Governments and regulators turn loose the collective decision making, deviate from reason and become a set of individuals involved to self service obviously malpractices can flourish.And this is happening almost all over.....except with some islands of hope.

stop accepting trash even if it is lucrative.