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Rajasthan
In contempt
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2006
In response to a contempt of court petition, the Rajasthan High Court on January 5, 2006, directed soft drink companies Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to implement its earlier order regarding labels on soft drink bottles mentioning the pesticide residues present. The bench comprising justices Gyansudha Mishra and Jitendra Ray Goyal directed the soft drinks companies to implement the earlier court order within two weeks failing which a Supreme Court) stay order would be imposed. Swati Bhati, an advocate, filed the petition.
Tourists are convenient scapegoats
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2006
The state of tigers in India's national parks has caused much outcry. Justifiably so: it appears that over the last year, 22 tigers at the Sariska National Park, Rajasthan have been killed, as have a further 21 at India's "blue-riband" national park, Ranthambore -- also in Rajasthan. The animal is in perilous state in other reserves as well.
Image exposure
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2006
Travelling Pictures Rajasthan and Orissa
In an effort to educate people on environment and conservation, the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, travelled to remote parts of the country, armed with a collection of films and documentaries.
Wasteful plan
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2005
with its new draft policy to promote agro-based projects in the wasteland ready, Rajasthan joins the group of states that have recently formulated similar policies. The draft policy offers wastelands to private companies at throwaway prices for plantation, as is being done in Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.
@vibhavarshney Punjab ready to share water
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2005
The Punjab government on October 27, 2005, agreed to give the full share of 8.6 million acre feet (maf) water from the Ravi-Beas river system to Rajasthan. Experts believe this could prevent acute water wars in the desert state. Earlier, Punjab agreed to release only 8 maf water to Rajasthan, less than what is prescribed under the 1981 water-sharing agreement between the two states.
Unity in adversity
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2005
A grand mahapanchayat (mega assembly) was held on July 24, 2005, in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district by thousands of farmers demanding more water for irrigation. The protestors were opposing the alleged mismanagement in water distribution in the Phase I area of the Indira Gandhi Canal Project.
Unsettling
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2005
Sariska's 'missing' tigers have started off a flurry of activity and debate. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set up a Tiger Task Force; Rajasthan's chief wildlife warden was suspended, and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (moef) has begun contemplating a Wildlife Crime Bureau. Justifiably, conservationists are up in arms; Sariska represents the dismal state wildlife conservation in India is in.
Sham, sham
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2005
High and dry
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2005
Since early this year, the news on tigers vanishing from Sariska and Ranthambore, India's flagship conservation areas in Rajasthan, has dominated the media and shocked the Indian public. But few are aware of the parallel decline, rather the near-death, of India's pastoral cultures, even though it concerns the livelihoods of millions of poor people throughout India.
