Few will take very seriously the undertaking given by the government in the Supreme Court that River Ganga will be pure and free of pollution by 2020. Similar commitments were made to the public 25 years ago when, in 1985, the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) to clean this most treasured of the sub-continent’s rivers was launched. Even after spending several thousand crores of rupees on the project, the Ganga is...
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Medha: whither rule of law in Maharashtra land deals? by Rahi Gaikwad
There was a time when Kismati Jaiswal's house at Mandala, Mankhurd, would be demolished thrice a week. Each time, she would have nowhere to go with her children. Hundreds like Ms. Jaiswal, from Mumbai's slum pockets, gathered on Azad Maidan on Wednesday for a protest led by social activist Medha Patkar against the Adarsh Housing Society and other land scams in the city. “No one does anything to the powerful. For...
More »WB comes to farmers’ aid with Rs 450-cr loan by Ketaki Ghoge
For generations, a majority of Vidarbha’s debt-ridden farmers have only grown cotton, making themselves vulnerable to unreliable market conditions. Now, these and other districts facing an agrarian crisis, as well as the rest of the state’s agriculture community may have some reason to smile. Rs 643 crore will be pumped into the state for the farmers, with the government going ahead with its ambitious Maharashtra Competitive Agriculture Project (MACP). On Tuesday, the...
More »Fishermen seek alternative livelihood during ban
About 25,000 Fishermen in Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara districts are looking for alternative means of livelihood following a ban on marine Fishing in and around the Gahirmatha sanctuary in view of mass nesting season of endangered Olive ridley sea turtles. The State government clamped a seven-month ban on Monday on Fishing activity along the entire 20 km stretch of Dhamra-Barunei mouth within Gahirmatha marine sanctuary. Fishing within the prohibitory zones disturbed...
More »Orissa bans Fishing in coastal areas for seven months by Hemant Kumar Rout
Orissa government has imposed a seven-month ban on Fishing for the nesting and breeding season of Olive Ridley turtles. This will affect the livelihood of at least three lakh Fishermen across the state. Fish eaters will have to pay more for sea Fishes or will have to satisfy themselves with sweet water Fishes. The ban will be in force along 120 km sea coast in six districts of Balasore, Bhadrak,...
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