Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The work of Tarun Bharat Sangh in Rajasthan has received much attention. There is an urgent need though to question development challenges that go overboard in extolling the virtues of greenery without tracing the hands that own the land and harvest the fruits of public money.
After the richer locals leased land/water from the poor cooperatives in the 1970s in Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh, the land has remained in the name of poor "beneficiaries", while the real fisherfolk work on meagre wages. Ironically, those legally entitled to the benefits have been reduced to wage earners on …
An increase in population, unplanned expansion in the command area of the river Bhavani in Tamil Nadu and the growing domestic and industrial demand for water have intensified competition among water users in the river basin.
The island of Majuli on the river Brahmaputra has been under constant threat from floods as well as rising erosion levels. Tension has simmered between development agencies responsible for flood control and the local people who have opposed the structural measures. The proposed Bogibeel bridge has evoked concerns that the …
Water conflicts in India have now percolated to every level. They are aggravated by the relative paucity of frameworks, policies and mechanisms to govern use of water resources. This collection of articles, part of a larger compendium, is an attempt to offer analyses of different aspects of water conflicts that …
The prosperity in Punjab is deceptive. Paddy has wreacked hovoc in the state because water table in Punjab because water table has gone down. Rice is not the traditional riop of the state but its productivity has lured farmers into its cultivation,' said distinguished agricultural scientists and vice chancellor of …
Stunted stunt Driven by IT, plagued by it Bangalore's growth has been exponential, both in terms of population and its urban sprawl. The problem is that its urban infrastructure hasn't grown at anything like the same rate, and development priorities have been skewed by the city's excessive reliance on it. …
Agenetic mutation of h5 n1, the bird flu virus, caused the death of two people in Turkey in early January, according to a collaborating institute of the World Health Organization (who). uk's National Institute for Medical Research in London, which conducted an analysis of the virus, said genetic mutations could …
pollution fine: A Chinese water firm has won US $285,100 in a lawsuit against three firms in the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou for polluting more than 400 km of the Yellow river. Initially, the firm had been awarded US $358,000, but after an appeal the three companies and the …
list of lease holders of fish ponds at Kolleru lake in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. The district administration, which is trying to clear the lake of encroachments, had prepared the list on the directives of the empowered committee of the Supreme Court. District Collector Luv Agarwal will submit these …
This report gives an overview of major environmental and socio-economic challenges that the Aral Sea region is facing, threats to the sustainable management of lake basin, major measures supported by the governments and international donor organizations aimed to address these critical environmental problems, and lessons learned from the environmental cooperation …
Goa's Marine Police has been entrusted with the task of protecting Goa's 105-km long coastline. The Marine Force launched in 2002 with much fanfare, is struggling to survive and function.
Concerned over endless agitations over the "real' and "presumed' fallout of hydroelectric projects, the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam has decided to carry out visual documentation of water sources, hill slopes and other environmentally sensitive features before the start of the work to enable actual assessment of the impact if any. …
The Centre has granted environmental clearance to the 1000 MW Karcham Wangtu project without incorporating the conditions imposed by the state while recommending the case. It is indeed a matter of concern for the Himachal Pradesh State government which held a series of meetings to ensure that the environmental issues …
Three trade unions have sought the Prime Minister's "personal intervention" and urged him to take a strong stand against allowing the Clemenceau to enter Indian waters. Confederation of Indian Trade Unions president M.K. Pandhe, All-India Trade Union Congress deputy general secretary H. Mahadevan and a Mr Mit tal of Hind …
After the deluge, it's usThe bustle's gone out of Tharangambadi. The once-prosperous Dutch-controlled port was before last year's tsunami a contented fishing village
kiocl's fate sealed: The Supreme Court on November 29, 2005, dismissed a petition by the Kudremukh Shram Shakti Sangathan (KSSS) seeking a review of the court's judgement, which ordered the permanent closure of the mines by the Karnataka government from December 31, 2005. The KSSS demanded changing the verdict as …
