Dhakabashi yesterday formed a human chain demanding the river Buriganga be saved from pollution and illegal encroachment.

The organisation also brought out a procession from Hazaribagh Park.

The speakers at the human chain said the place from Babupura Bridge to Amin Bazar can be made a beautiful one like Ashulia, but the government needs to evict the encroachers first.

The 12 students of Sonshi Government Primary School in Sattari have nothing, but mining dust for company during their school hours. There is no playground or any open space in front of the school. No sooner the students step out of their classrooms they are catapulted into the thick of mining activities.

MUMBAI: Mumbai's infrastructure agencies have come under fire for focusing only on the capital intensive sea-link, iconic tower and metro rail projects and "ignoring the medium and short-term transportation infrastructure solutions''.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, a farmers

Sept 12: A three-member committee appointed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court to assess the removal of encroachments in Kolleru lake informed the apex court that the encroachments are yet to be cleared and water is spread in the lake in 77,000 acres as against 2.5 lakh acres.

Panaji, Sept 9 Mining in Goa

A three member committee will be formed to chalk out plans to rejuvenate Arkavati river, said Transport minister R Ashok on Sunday.

Prayer time Transport Minister R Ashok, MP Ananth Kumar Yelahanka MLA S R Vishwanath and Dasarahalli MLA Muniraju offering prayers at Tippagondanahalli reservoir on Sunday. DH photo

Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar September 4, 2009, 1:31 IST

Compensation to squatters would push up land acquisition cost.

Aug. 31: Encroachment of the canal bed areas is the main reason for the inundation of several residential colonies in the city.

A ruling Awami League lawmaker in Netrakona has grabbed around 14 acres of forestland including a hill and planted orange and palm saplings.

The local forest department, custodian of the land, had objected to the planting, but Mostak Ahmed Ruhi, MP from Netrakona-1, pressed ahead.

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