Industry

 Rooftop hot water harvesting

You can save money, electricity and get piping hot water for your home with a solar water heater.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2007
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Roof Top Water Harvesting, Building Byelaws, Energy Efficiency, Electricity, Solar Water Heaters, Delhi, Maharashtra
India

 A 'shoot at sight order for a tigress

Travelling through Maharashtra on assignment, I heard hair-raising stories about a killer tigress in Talodhi village, barely 150 km from Nagpur. I couldn't resist the temptation of taking time off

Publication Date: 
14/12/2007
Supriya Singh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Conflicts, Tiger, Tadoba NP, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife And People, People - Animal Conflicts, India, Maharashtra, Chandrapur (D)
India

 Centre fund for rural development mismanaged

the Backward Region Grant Fund

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
Sandip Das
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Development, Planning, Village Level Planning, Finance, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Governance, Ministry Of Rural Development, Panchayats, NGO, India, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Industry

 Protests against land acquisitions