-India water Portal Bankura in West Bengal receives 1000 mm of rainfall a year, yet thousands of adivasi farmers in the area were faced with irrigation issues -- until 'happas' came to the rescue. Amulya Soren couldn’t get stable yields in the kharif (monsoon) paddy in his farm. A member of the Santhal tribe, he was the beneficiary of a surplus land redistribution programme in Hirbandh block of Bankura, West Bengal....
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Tamil Nadu cancels permission for Coca-Cola's Perundurai plant -TE Narasimhan & Gireesh Babu
-Business Standard Says company failed to start construction in stipulated 6 months; company blames state for delay in approvals Chennai: Beverage company Coca-Cola has decided to withdraw its Rs 500-crore investment in Tamil Nadu and has asked the state government to refund money already pumped into the project. The development comes 31 days before the Tamil Nadu Global Investors’ Meet. A state government official said it was decided to cancel the land allotted to...
More »Kutch's 'Swimming Camels' recognized as separate breed
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Kutch's unique breed of camels that can swim in seawater - identified as Kharai due to its habitat and eating habits - has been recognized as a separate camel breed by the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) located in Karnal, Haryana. Kharai has now become the ninth breed of camels found in India. Now, Kutch has two identified breeds native to the region - the...
More »Delhi: Slum shame -Mayura Janwalkar
-The Indian Express Delhi’s slums house people whose work makes the lives of its better-off citizens easier but they themselves offer the worst of living conditions. Lakhs of people are denied the basic need for a toilet, breeding indignity and infections. The city’ urban shelter agency DUSIB’s report on how to make the city slum-free is a challenge for any government, especially one elected on a pro-poor agenda. The Indian Express...
More »Unseasonal rain: 601 farmer suicides in Maharashra in just 3 months -Priyanka Kakodkar
-The Times of India MUMBAI: As many as 601 farmers have killed themselves in Maharashtra in the three-month span between January and March this year. This works out to a chilling statistic of almost seven farmer suicides every day, according to the state government's own figures. In 2014, the state had reported 1,981 farmer suicides. In just three months this year, it has reached 30% of that figure. This despite the state...
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