Costly reticence

Reaching the limits to growth

Waiting for relief

DAMAGING DEVICE

WRONG CONNECTIONS

Wedding alarm

The Supreme Court in India suspends the right of an AIDS-infected person to marry

Stiff penalty

Centre melts

Relief to pour in Kerala

A blueprint

For compulsory environmental insurance for industries

Will Bhopal victims get their due?

A government is preparing to go into denial

Many relief claims rejected

Needs more teeth, say critics

The widely-criticised draft policy on rehabilitation and resettlement has a major loophole -- it does not provide for any legislative backing

Damned forever

Participants at the first international conference of dam-affected people in Brazil vow to intensify their fight against large dams

Compensation be damned

As the Laos government basks in the glory of building a "model" dam, thousands of villagers are unlikely to be compensated

Abusing PILs

The Supreme Court makes the petitioner in a public interest litigation accountable

Compensation

In a soup

Cut the floss

Years of agony

Carry on polluters

Some factories in Delhi are flouting a Supreme Court order to relocate polluting factories. Meanwhile, over 50,000 workers have been rendered …

Land is not enough for rehabilitation

Eight million traditional artisans in the country are threatened by industrialisation

Government sets limited role for proposed tribunal

The government's decision to set up a tribunal to decide compensation cases is being seen as an attempt to compromise the establishment of …

Development woes

Panel on dams

Two Indians figure in the 12-member World Commission on Dams

Compensation demanded