India

 Lots of zeal and money

But Gujarat has not laid a sound foundation to manage disasters after the 2001 earthquake

Publication Date: 
29/11/2004
Mihir R Bhatt
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Earthquakes, Disaster Management, India, Gujarat
Wildlife

 Who will save the fish?

Fish deaths in Gujarat s lakes point at acute negligence

Publication Date: 
14/11/2004
Mahesh L
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Fish, Gujarat
India

 Vulture value

Gujarat halts diclofenac use

Publication Date: 
30/10/2004
Mahesh L
Down to Earth
Tags:
Endangered Species, Drugs, Vulture, Gujarat
Agriculture

  Free electricity spurs water wastage

HAZI SAHEB KHAN from Ghagas village in Haryana s Gurgaon district speaks with remarkable clarity on complex issues related to water. Just back from a visit to Gujarat, this 58 year old farmer is visibly impressed with the irrigation system he saw there. V

Publication Date: 
30/10/2004
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Agriculture, Water Resources, Irrigation, Electricity, Technology, Gujarat
India

 Chemicals flow free in Gujarat

Where the floods meet the chemical badlands: an Ankleshwar factory

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
Mahesh L
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Floods, Gujarat
Industry

 2 sides of an unnatural coin

Last fortnight, I wrote of an impending drought. 15 days on, I stand corrected. Now devastating floods are drowning parts of the recently parched country. So much so that Gujarat chief minister

Publication Date: 
30/08/2004
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Floods, Drought, India, Gujarat
Water Resources

 In Short

bully power: A World Trade Organisation panel will examine the US claim that a tax imposed by Mexico on American soft drinks that use corn sweeteners violates international trade rules. Mexico's 20

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Water Resources, Water Harvesting, Trade, Endangered Species, Fluorosis, Panchayats, Mexico, Gujarat, Karnataka
Water Pollution

 Cess, minister

Even the polluters paid up. But not Gujarat s government

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Water Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Drinking Water, High Court, Governance, Gujarat
Dams/ Irrigation

Flood of fears

Another monsoon, and the level of fear and tension rises in Harsud and other towns affected by the Sardar Sarovar project.

Publication Date: 
13/08/2004
Lyla Bavadam
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Narmada Valley, Narmada, Dams, Indira Sagar, Rehabilitation, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Khandwa
India

 Devolution meet a damp squib

Precious little achieved as states resist financial empowerment of panchayats

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Development, Finance, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Panchayats, India, Bihar, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

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