Mumbai: More than a fortnight ago, a group of 20 young men and women from different parts of the world, embarked upon an unusual journey in three solar plug-in electric Reva cars and an alternatively fueled truck. Their aim: to travel across the country, stopping at unknown villages as well as bustling metropolis, learning, profiling and documenting local eco-solutions at each stopover.

Locals Protest New Order
Prafulla Marpakwar I TNN

Mumbai: A decade after it was conferred with a special status, Sindhudurg, in the coastal Konkan region, will no longer be an eco-sensitive district. A week ago, the Congress-led DF government withdrew the ban on setting up thermal power stations, stone crushers and mining units in the region.

The Maharashtra government has decided to flex its muscles regarding the running of the Dabhol power plant, formerly set up by Enron. The state government is demanding that a bureaucrat appointed by it is put in charge of running of the plant. In addition, it is demanding that officials from Maharashtra Power Generation Company, the state-owned utility, be put in charge of running the plant.

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Despite the state administration