I am glad to see the amount of work you are doing to generate awareness of our present environmental problems. I hope your warnings will not fall on deaf ears.

M S Swaminathan

Chairman, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai

In general, bio-mapping is important for understanding the state of environment. …….I wish you success in developing and using this methodology effectively.

M G K Menon

Chairman, High Power Committee on Hazardous Waste, Delhi

The studies on the stretch of the River Jamuna from Delhi to Etawah and the presentation of the results in the form of a map is an interesting and valuable initiative. The water quality parameters and even the biological organisms resident will undoubtedly vary with the season, the rate of flow of fresh water, rain and the quantities and types of discharges from human habitation along the stretch and the inputs from colonies upstream of Delhi.

S Varadarajan

INSA, New Delhi

The Newsletter (March, 1999) is very informative and well brought out. I enjoyed going through it.

R.A.Mashelkar

Director General, CSIR

I find them (issues of Parivesh) most interesting and informative.

S.Z.Qasim

Vice Chairman, Society for Indian Ocean Studies, New Delhi

I am delighted to see your latest Newsletter (March, 1999) containing interesting results of bio-mapping of riverine system in our country, adding another dimension to water quality monitoring. I congratulate you on your leadership in an extraordinarily vital area to the nation’s health and development.

V Ramalingaswami

National Research Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi

I find these Newsletters very interesting.

Tarun das

Director General, CII

Permit me to sincerely congratulate you and your team at CPCB for the excellent pioneering research (on bio-mapping of rivers) you are undertaking, which will definitely benefit the ecosystem.

P.Murari

Adviser to President, FICCI

Biomonitoring, undoubtely holds promise as a novel approach to water quality monitoring. I take this opportunity to wish every success to you and your team at CPCB in its future endeavours.

Amit Mitra

Secretary-General, FICCI

We are all aware of the varied activities of CPCB and I am happy that such activities (Bio-mapping of rivers) are now being widely publicised through excellently brought brochures.

Rajat Nandi

SIAM, New Delhi

I take this opportunity to congratulate you and your colleagues in having taken the initiative and completed such a study (Bio-mapping of rivers) on a subject of topical interest. I do hope the Board would take up similar work in other rivers as well.

K.Rajendran Nair

E.O. & A.S., DoPT, New Delhi

Congratulations for your successful work on the bio-mapping of rivers. It is an endeavor to monitor two environmental issues (water quality and biodiversity) with a single set of parameters. We believe that this innovative study will motivate future studies and invent more accurate relationships between water quality and living organisms.

Surendra Shrestha

Regional Coordinator, UNEP/EAP-AP

The findings of the study as undertaken by your organisation are indeed very interesting and useful for understanding the relationship between the water quality and the living organisms.

Ketut K Ardiantha

Counsellor, Embassy of Indonesia, New Delhi

In my opinion it is a commendable work carried out in the field of bio-monitoring in the Yamuna river and the methodology that could be adopted for bio-mapping of Indian rivers. I am sure you will create greater awareness among institutions and public at large on issues relating to water quality and its impact on living organisms.

L.Lakshminarayan

In-charge, Technology Management, APCTT

I have shared (Parivesh, March, 1999) with my colleagues in the subjects of hydrology, water quality and GIS.

Egbert Pelinck

Director General, ICIMOD, Nepal

I am very much impressed about the data based analysis to polymer demand in India, per capita consumption of plastcs etc.(Parivesh, Sept, 98). ……………We have a fear that in future the plastc would be an alarming problem. Kindly give more information related to this.

M.David Mansingh

Secretary, SHWET, Trichy

Both these publications (Parivesh, Dec 98 and June 1999) are attractive besides being informative and educative. ………………..Your opening remarks (Editorials) and other matters with facts and figures have added grace to the said publication.

J R Jindal,

Special Executive Magistrate I Class, Delhi

There is lot of valuable information regarding Auto emission norms (Parivesh, June 1999). Kindly accept our complements for this wonderful and useful issue.

K R Joshi

Advisor, AIILSG, Mumbai

Kindly accept my thanks for an excellent issue (Parivesh, June 1999)

Rajeev Talwar, IAS,

Secretary, Environment and Chairman, DPCC, Delhi

It (Parivesh, June 1999) provides a wealth of information and would be very useful for our students.

Principal

Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Kochi

The issue (Parivesh, Dec. 1999) has detailed information of CPCB activities in different States in India. We welcome with appreciation, the setting up of Environmental Surveillance Squad, to monitor the pollution related issues deliberately ignored by many agencies, causing hazardous health and difficulties to people. We trust, the central notion will have greater effect on the management and monitor of pollution control and environment, in the country.

M G S Remu

Director, CPD, Bangalore

The subjects ‘Bio-mapping of rivers' and ‘Auto emission' covered by Parivesh is really a source of information on the deteriorating environment conditions of our country. Our students will definitely find it interesting and informative to go through its leaflets.

Vinay Kumar

Principal, DPS Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

It (Parivesh, June 1999) will add boost for the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Library users.

G. Rengasamy

M.S., TNPCB, Chennai

I enjoyed going through the newsletters (Parivesh, March & June, 1999) and also shared these with my staff. We wish to compliment you and your associates for their research and efforts in finding out a new method of bio-mapping to check the water quality by the presence of living organism which will now be adopted for checking the quality of water in all the rivers of the country. Neatly printed with elegant layout and striking pictures the newsletters indeed look very impressive.

Vinod K. Bhola

Manager, Rotary International, New Delhi

It is an excellent concept, but even better to see was its detailed implementation programme……….Encouraged by your Bio-mapping of Rivers, we are putting together a zero order draft of a proposal to the Ministry of Environment and Forests to fund such a study all along the coast of India.

E. Desa

Director, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa

These (Parivesh Newsletters) are indeed worthy of the cause being pursued so vigorously by the Central Pollution Control Board.

B.B. Tandon

Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, New Delhi