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| 'Eco-evangelist' Ramesh challenges |
| 'Eco-evangelist' Ramesh challenges India on green development
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| INDIA
, 13-December-2010
2:19:48 AM |
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Union minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has blocked the construction of mines, power plants and dams. He's held up a new airport and describes diesel cars as criminal. He's even taken Harry Potter to task for promoting threatened owls as pets.
Just a year and a half into the job, Ramesh has turned a once-marginal Environment Ministry into a powerful gatekeeper on India's road to prosperity. He's been called an eco-crusader, a "Dr. No" of development and even a buffoon, angering so many investors and politicians that there are constant rumours of his impending dismissal.
But his tenacity has fuelled an environmental debate that many say is long overdue.
After two decades of unbridled development, India risks becoming a victim of its own success. It is now the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter, with rivers the World Bank has described as fetid sewers and cities listed among the world's most polluted.
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