-Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) dated January 4, 2022 We note with concern, that governments are considering or planning school closure as Covid cases are on the rise. Delhi, Goa and Haryana governments have ordered school closure. Karnataka TAC has recommended a TPR of 2 percent to close schools and colleges. This will spell a disaster for children. Schools have recently opened after remaining mostly closed since...
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India’s old dams: Gandhi Sagar in MP needs immediate repair, says CAG report -Shuchita Jha
-Down to Earth A breach in the dam could affect millions of lives and damage property Gandhi Sagar Dam on Chambal River in Madhya Pradesh is in need of immediate repair, warned a new report. It is one of the five Water reservoirs of national importance. Absence of regular checks, non-functional instruments and choked drains are the major problems plaguing the dam for years, the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of...
More »Attacks on RTI Activists Are Rising. We Need Accountability Laws. -Aruna Roy, Mayank Labh and Meera M Panicker
-TheWire.in The recent attack on an RTI activist in Rajasthan's Barmer must be seen within a larger culture of violence in the country, being perpetrated to settle scores while the state says nothing. The Right to Information (RTI) application has long since drawn violence for its use as a tool to disrupt the corrupt status quo in the country and another such incident has recently taken place in Rajasthan. Amra Ram Godara, a...
More »Ken-Betwa river interlinking: Core forest area of Panna tiger reserve will come under Water, warns study -Susan Chacko
-Down to Earth At loss: 2 million trees, tiger and its species, 58.03 sq km of critical tiger habitat The Ken-Betwa River Interlinking (KBRIL) Project will lead to the submergence of a major portion of the core area of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, triggering a major loss of the tiger and its major prey species such as chital and sambar, according to a new study. KBRIL is a river-interlinking project...
More »New CAG report exposes wide gap between India's groundWater management regulations & implementation -Divyansh Upadhyay
-Down to Earth 77% packaged drinking Water units in 18 states operating without no-objection certificates The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) conducted the performance audit of groundWater management and regulation to analyse the extent of groundWater scarcity in the country. The audit report was presented in the Parliament December 21, 2021. The audit was conducted on the basis of five years of data (2013-2018) on groundWater management and regulation in India. The...
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