Delay over execution of a project adds to woes Tuticorin: Residents of Kovilpatti are facing an acute drinking water scarcity. J. Devadoss, a resident of Bharathi Nagar in the town, said that drinking water was being supplied only once in 15 to 18 days. The problem was existing in the past several years, except for some period prior to the recent Assembly election.
Environmentalists list needs in green election manifesto DINDIGUL: The government should form a separate Ministry for water and water resources protection, introduce a new system of administration of a river basin as a single unit and implement the Tank Protection Act 2007 effectively.
If there is one burning issue that emerges from Maharashtra in the run-up to the elections, it is the agrarian crisis in the cotton belt of Vidarbha. The region has the world
DEHRA DUN: Veteran environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna has expressed concern over the fact that none of the political parties has taken up environmental concerns as an issue in the run-up to the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Science features prominently in the manifestos of the main political parties contesting India's month-long general election, which began on 16 April.
Sujay Mehdudia The Maoists may have hogged the headlines in these elections, but in the forests of Jharkhand bordering West Bengal and Orissa, it
Hundreds of farmers, farm workers and local elected officials walked along dusty roads in the Central Valley on Thursday, part of a four-day march to protest federal cutbacks in water supplies.
This is a critical time for Kenya, as the incoming administrations at national and devolved levels face the high expectations of ordinary Kenyans to deliver on ambitious economic development agendas and
Mumbai Says election can
Apart from that, the state government has also planned to spend Rs 150 cr on generation, according to the first supplementary budget of the state govt Just before the national election year, the Nitish Kumar led Bihar Government has decided to put major emphasis on renovation of the rackety power infrastructure in the state. It has sanctioned more than Rs . 2,000 crore for this purpose in the current fiscal.
Escalation of material cost one of the reasons CHENNAI: Escalation in the cost of construction material, the elections and a demand for a minor change in design have led to a delay in the implementation of the Rs.815-crore Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme to strengthen minor drains and construct stormwater drains by the Chennai Corporation. Though work orders for
In many ways, the 2004 Lok Sabha election verdict is an expression of discontent by the poor and dispossessed. But the verdicts are not against economic reform; they are for a more inclusive growth
Satish Shile, Bellary, DH News Service: The word campaigning has become synonymous with luring the voters with money. Mining lords with their money bags have redefined the profile of Bellary and that of the election too.
Congressmen like Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jairam Ramesh and Arjun Sengupta have bowled a googly in saying that the grand old party will abolish hunger if elected. Impossible, you say?
With the Assembly elections a few months away, Nationalist Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee has promised to set the fields afire if the Buddhadev Bhattacharjee Government goes ahead with its
During the first Kyoto commitment period, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) emerged to be a global standard for the global carbon market. Linking developing and industrialized countries in an international
The Campaign for Right to Education in Jharkhand (CREJ) asked political parties to make child rights a part of their election manifesto.
Thousands of people participated in the procession led by elected representatives of Hangal and Sorab taluks protesting against the construction of Varada Dam Project across river Varada near
There is a need for a national environmental commission on the lines of the Election Commission of India, said senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India and Magasaysay award winner Mr M.C.
- Rs 2.65cr for wayside amenities, project to kick off after elections Tourist special Ranchi, April 3: Tourists in Jharkhand can look forward to a relaxing visit.
