"Rainfall and floods are annual features in many parts of the country. Instead of thinking on interlinking of rivers only during flood and drought, it's time we implement this programme with a great sense of urgency. We need to make an effort to overcome various hurdles in our way to the implementation of this major project. I feel it has the promise of freeing the country from the endless cycle of floods and droughts.'

A look at the environmental agendas of political parties.

Issues relating to the environment, though not on top of the agenda, did make their presence felt in the just concluded assembly elections.

...as the case of Betwa proves. Tales which have the power to move a whole town in Madhya Pradesh and send the notoriously slothful official machinery into a whirligig of activity. It is all about a people’s struggle to save the highly polluted Betwa rive

Has the Som distillery really restricted its operations as per government orders? Apparently not, as a DTE team finds out

The Betwa is not only Vidisha s present, but its past as well

The movement had several curious fallouts. Satya Narain Sharma, the minister for housing and environment, was relieved of the environment portfolio without much fanfare. As minister, he had staunchly