India

 Think institution

The need of the hour is to decentralise drought management and think long term

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Drought Prone Areas, Water Resources, Drought, Drought Relief, Famine, Planning, India, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, Corruption
Mining

 Nowhere!

Three months after Gujarat was flattened by an earthquake, the state government goes in for a relocation plan to satisfy the builder s lobby

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Richard Mahapatra
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Earthquakes, Urban Development, Housing, Housing Construction, Rehabilitation, NGO, Gujarat, Ahmedabad (D), Latur
India

 Mahi in trouble

The Mahi river flowing into the Gulf of Khambhat is on the verge of extinction due to pollution and salinity. Fisherfolk and non-governmental organisations (ngos) of Vadodara, Gujarat, blame

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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River Pollution, Mahi, Groundwater, Fisherfolk, NGO, India, Gujarat
India

 Weather imperfect

People from some overseas

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
Sekhar
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tuberculosis, Research, Somalia, United Kingdom (UK), India, Gujarat, Climate
India

 Water riots

The struggle for water continues in drought hit Gujarat

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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Groundwater, Water Distribution, Water Harvesting, Drought, Gujarat, Jamnagar (D), Rajkot
India

 kangra safe corners

The Himalaya is the youngest range of mountains in the world are immensely prone to earthquakes. The entire range falls in seismic zone 5 and 4 it is highly prone to earthquakes of destructive intensity. The major Indian towns in the Himalaya have all g

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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North East, Tehri, Earthquakes, Housing, Housing Construction, Building Materials, Architecture, Rural Development, India, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Shillong
India

 Safe as houses

Earthquakes don't kill; badly built houses do. A look into houses in India that have withstood several earthquakes

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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North East, Tehri, Earthquakes, Housing, Housing Construction, Building Materials, Architecture, Rural Development, India, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Shillong
India

 UTTARKASHI

Houses that hold on

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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North East, Tehri, Earthquakes, Housing, Housing Construction, Building Materials, Architecture, Rural Development, India, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Shillong
India

 North East

Assam type solution

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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North East, Tehri, Earthquakes, Housing, Housing Construction, Building Materials, Architecture, Rural Development, India, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Shillong
Environment

 Messiahs to rural folk

A few individuals are trying to bring about changes at the grassroots level through dedicated and sustained work

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Suverchala Kashyap
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Organic Farming, Rural Habitat, Health Care, Health Education, Rural Development, Public Participation, NGO, Gujarat

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