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Court rules in favour of tribals

Orders rehabilitation of 900 families affected by Man dam for 12 years, tribal families displaced by Man dam in Madhya Pradesh have been fighting for rehabilitation. On August 11, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court gave them relief by ordering the state to provide two hectares of agricultural land

The blind watchdog

The Gangetic dolphin is an indicator of riverine health. Like the river it's in a bad way A Hindu legend has it that the Gangetic dolphin was once a beautiful princess, called Sukanya. The princess was vain and onced earned the wrath of an ascetic. Sukanya had gone to take a bath in a river when the holy man asked her not to disturb him. The princess continued bathing. The enraged ascetic cursed her to a life in the river. The vain princess was turned into a dolphin, susaka.

Cost of irrigation 15,000 people

14 villages in Vidarbha to drown as authorities hurry dam project ahead of elections

Delta blues

Modified satellite images COURTESY NASA

A 138 km pipe dream

Bhilwara awaits next polls for water

Environment ministry in clean-up mode

Chairperson of expert committee on hydro-power projects resigns the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (moef) will change members or heads of expert committees if any conflict of interest is perceived in clearing projects, said union minister Jairam Ramesh.

Land goes to industry

Just when irrigation seemed possible People of more than 10 villages in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat have launched an agitation against the state government's decision to give 4,500 hectares (ha) to the Nirma group for setting up a cement plant and for mining limestone.

Waterbullying to sink 20 villages