-PTI BHUBANESWAR: Accepting most of the demands made by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for cyclone victims, the Centre today said it would extend similar flexibility under MGNREGA as given to calamity-ravaged uttarakhand in July this year. "I am more than pleased to extend the same flexibility that we have given to uttarakhand in July 2013 to Odisha which has gone through a severe calamity in the past few weeks," Union Rural...
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Supreme Court-mandated panel to study impact of hydro projects on environment -Urmi A Goswami
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The environment ministry has set up an expert group, as mandated by the Supreme Court, to determine whether hydropower projects along Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers and their tributaries contributed to environmental degradation, an effort to ensure there is no repeat of the uttarakhand disaster witnessed earlier this year. Headed by Ravi Chopra, member of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) and director of People's Science Institute,...
More »Fed after squeeze, East fills to the gills -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Swathes of eastern India resembled a gigantic overflowing bucket for parts of this week, with several areas flooded though the monsoon rainfall in the region till September was a staggering 28 per cent below average. Twelve of the region's 15 large river-fed reservoirs were brimming with water on Thursday night. Water levels in three of Jharkhand's five large reservoirs were above the full capacity although the operators, facing the...
More »Bihar not alone in denying justice to dalits -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The recent acquittal of all accused in the Laxmanpur Bathe massacre case is not an isolated example of justice denied to dalits. In terms of conviction rate in cases of crimes against Scheduled Castes, the national average is quite disappointing, with Bihar among the bottom rankers. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, while the national conviction rate for overall IPC crimes stood at...
More »NGOs’ uneven relief distribution irks uttarakhand -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The sight of voluntary organizations generously helping villagers in the wake of the uttarakhand tragedy was heart warming. But, its flip side has the state government concerned. The NGO dole given to villages has caused heartburn among other hamlets where these voluntary organizations did not reach, largely because the relief by non-state bodies is lavish when compared to the structured help provided by the government. Such...
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