Sustainable management of land, the scarcest resource in the country, is a must to ensure security of food, water and energy but the development policies of the country was never focused on this sector, the speakers said.

The Sindh Assembly on Tuesday demanded of the government to take effective measures to protect land from erosion by the sea in the coastal areas of Badin and Thatta districts.

This demand was made through one of the three resolutions adopted by the house unanimously.

Sharp fall in underground water level will make about 3 lakh shallow tube wells inoperative during the peak boro season hampering its cultivation on 8 lakh hectares, which is about 16 per cent of total arable land.
Sources of the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation said on Monday that this problem would ultimately reduce boro production by about 28 lakh tonnes.

Over 10 lakh residents of buildings and tenements on private forest land in the city and million others all over the state have got the backing of the government.

The two-decade-old land controversy involving a project of the Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) in Giridih has reared its head again.

After losing the NANO project to Gujarat, the Left-ruled West Bengal could well be on the verge of saying goodbye to another mega project, signed less than a month ago.

Chief minister Shibu Soren today released a book, Jharkhand Paridrishya, written by Ranchi additional collector Sunil Kumar Singh.

The Manimajra Farmers Welfare and Environment Protection Society in an executive body meeting held on Thursday expressed resentment on the shifting stands of the UT Administration in implementation of the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy 2007 (NRRP).

Makarand Gadgil / Mumbai November 20, 2008, 0:46 IST

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