Governance

The lake colony

Call them the lakers . Some 10,000 of them. Parts of the Dal land and water belong to them. And when they feel the need to make a floating garden or land on the lake, they simply do it. Especially since the militancy problem in the Valley began, there

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Lake Pollution, Weeds, Dal Lake, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Planning, Unemployment, Governance, Srinagar (D)

Agriculture

Floating stock

Morning in Dal: commotion behind the scenes

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

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0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Lake Pollution, Weeds, Dal Lake, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Planning, Unemployment, Life Science, Governance, Srinagar (D)

India

Lake agriculture

An ingenious and indigenous way of cultivation

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Lake Pollution, Weeds, Dal Lake, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Planning, Unemployment, Life Science, Governance, Srinagar (D)

Water Resources

Militancy, weed...

... and sewage a strong political will is needed to get rid of them?

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Lake Pollution, Weeds, Dal Lake, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Planning, Unemployment, Life Science, Governance, Srinagar (D)

India

Letting go a good thing

After almost eradicating filaria from a Kerala taluka , there are no takers for a bio environmental vector management project

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health Effects, Vector Control, Vector Borne Diseases, Filariasis, Public Participation, Governance, Kerala

India

Search for the lesser evil

A Down To Earth survey of the civil society shows that when it comes to the environment, no political party in India has anything substantive to offer. But the Indian National Congress emerges as less objectionable than the Bharatiya Janata Party

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Air Pollution, Research, Public Participation, Governance, Political Parties, CSE, Personalities, India

Water Resources

Promising water

NDA's promise on water is nothing more than words. And at best it means a lot of valuable taxpayer money literally thrown down the drain

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Author(s): Anil Agarwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

pp:

8

Tags:

Water Pollution, River Pollution, Water Resources, Water Management, Drinking Water, Planning, Governance, Anil Agarwal, Politics

Environment

Politics menus environment

Environmental concern has never been a political issue in India. Is it appropriate to expect a change in the mindset of leaders in the forthcoming elections?

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Governance, Politics, India, Forests

Mining