Officials shed crocodile tears

Crocodiles today abound in captive breeding centres in India. But the government still applies to them a protection law that was relevant two …

Japanese unhappy about resettlement plans

The Japanese have refuted Indian press reports that they were satisfied with R&R measures for the Narmada dam project

Northeast ahoy!

Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has grand plans to illuminate the whole country by now harnessing hydropower from the northeast region. His …

Dual approach to dam projects : Narmada Maiya

NARMADA MAIYA Duttprasad Dabholkar Publisher: Vishwa Prakashan Price: Rs 75

World Bank to continue aid

Much ado about nothing

There are no new insights in the Morse committee's recommendations

SOUTH AFRICA

REHABILITATION COMMITTEES

Stiff Penalty

WATER PROPOSAL

Undermined

Orissa villagers say relocate us, we want to leave right away

No more slumming

Builders may 'get big bonanza in Dharavi

Here I stand, come hell or high water

Forty-five-year-old Keshubhai of Manibeli has come to symbolise not only all that is wrong with state power, but also the Narmada Bachao Andolan'…

Political hand behind tribal encroachment

Tribals displaced by the Salandi river dam in Orissa are encroaching on the Hadgarh sanctuary, allegedly at the instigation of the Socialist …

Was India forced to reject World Bank aid?

Various reasons are being put forward to explain why India refused further World Bank assistance for the controversial Sardar Sarovar project.

Koel Karo battles on

Tribals have been fighting the Koel Karo dams for the last 20 years - the longest struggle against a project. Now, a fresh budget fuels the …

How and when to displace

THE DAM AND THE NATION DISPLACEMENT AND RESETTLEMENT IN THE NARMADA VALLEY·Jean Dreze, Meera Samson and Satyajit Singh·Oxford …

Development on its haunches

KAISE JEEBO RE·VHS· 80 minutes·English· Directed by Anurag Singh and Jharana Jhaveri·Jan Madhyam, New Delhi

Quarry in quagmire

Caught in a death trap, Jharia residents await doomsday. While BCCL openly displays a let-them-die attitude and the government remains silent, …

Gender bender

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY IN INDIA: CASES, MATERIALS AND STATUTES By Shyam Divan and Armin Rosencranz •Second edition • Published …

Gas tragedy blame

Keep the debate within the country

Making hay while forests shine

Gasping on flyash

Burgeoning flyash dumps in Kolaghat spread silicosis

Rs 241 crore to Orissa