We wish to acknowledge the help extended to us in Designing and Type Setting of the Newsletter manuscript by Mr. Inderjeet Singh Seghal of Bio Informatics Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Sri S. Venkatesan, Technical Assistant, SES/JNU is also helping in our data storage activities. Help received from INSDOC, NIC and also Ms. Arpita Bapuly (Central Pollution Control Board) is gratefully acknowledged.