Arunachal

Centre, state battle over electricity

A full-page advertisement on September 20 announced a ceasefire of sorts between Arunachal Pradesh and the Union government. The state government will sign memoranda of understanding (mou) with big

Publication Date:

14/10/2006

Author(s): Nitin Sethi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Subansiri, Energy Policy, Hydroelectricity, Climate Equity, Nathpa Jhakri HP, Power Industry, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Private Sector, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), India, Arunachal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Environment

Brahmaputra rail bridge project suffers delays

the Bogibeel road and rail bridge project on the Brahmaputra river in eastern Assam has run into inordinate delays. Conceived to connect National Highway (nh) 37 on the south bank and nh 52 on the

Publication Date:

29/09/2006

Author(s): Nava Thakuria

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Soil Erosion, Islands, North East, Brahmaputra, Floods, Roads, Highways, India, Arunachal, Assam

Industry

Draft rehabilitation policy charts no new courses

The latest draft on rehabilitation intends to help people, literally

Publication Date:

14/07/2006

Author(s): Walter Fernandes

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060715

pp:

0

Tags:

Subansiri, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Legislation, Arunachal

India

Bone of contention

Arunachal turns to private Players for hydel power

Publication Date:

30/05/2006

Author(s): Nitin Sethi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, Private Sector, India, Arunachal

India

Making headway

Lisus, Namdapha officials talk in Arunachal

Publication Date:

14/04/2006

Author(s): Aparajita Datta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Land Resources, Land Use, Namdapha NP, India, Arunachal

India

Drowned

Assam s Dhemaji district faces extermination by floods

Publication Date:

14/04/2006

Author(s): Rinku Pegu

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20060415

pp:

0

Tags:

Brahmaputra, Deforestation, Floods, India, Arunachal, Assam

India

Unhealthy option?

Queries galore on health privatisation

Publication Date:

30/03/2006

Author(s): Rup J Pater

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health Care, Private Sector, NGO, Arunachal

India

A town damned

Yazali, the first commercial town built by Nyishi tribals, might soon be submerged

Publication Date:

14/02/2006

Author(s): Rup J Pater

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, Tribals, Electricity, India, Arunachal

Agriculture

Shifting agriculture and sustainable development in North-Eastern India: tradition in transition

This research initiative in Arunachal Pradesh is a build-up on the first phase of studies in the north-east that led to the publication of an earlier UNESO-sponsored MAB book series, entitled "shifting agriculture and sustainable development: an interdisciplinary study from North-East India". Emphasising upon linking knowledge systems, this volume expands up on a community participatory developmental paradigm based on hybrid technology interventions for ecological conservation linked with development of the region.

Publication Date:

Dec 2005

Author(s): P. S. Ramakrishnan, K..G. Saxena, K. S. Rao

Source: Oxford and IBH Publishing Company Pvt Ltd

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