BALANGIR: Failure of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is the main reason for largescale migration of people from Balangir district to other states in search of work. Western Orissa NREGA consortium, which was formed in 2006 comprising eight NGOs, revealed this in its report which was made public recently at a meeting here.

JOWAI: Detection and subsequent deportation of illegal migrants in the State by various NGOs has been widely appreciated even as an unhappy lot of coal traders and mine owners called for immediate implementation of Inner Line Permit to solve manpower shortage, which has threaten the survival of coal industry here.

PANJIM, NOV 11: It is a common sight to see farmers from Belgaum, Bailhongal, Ramdurg and Saundatti talukas at the Belgaum bus stand with baggage, family and kids, waiting to take a bus to Goa, according to a report by Basavraj Havaldar in

KALPETTA: The seasonal migration of animals to the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary from sanctuaries in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has begun. Herds of wild elephants, wild gaur, different species of antelopes, bears and numerous birds migrate to the Wayanad sanctuary during summer due to availability of water and fodder throughout the year.

This is a study of social mobility over 25 years in six villages in the former Tiruchirapalli district in Tamil Nadu. The two most important external drivers are local industrialisation and social policy in a broad sense.

Press Trust Of India / New Delhi October 03, 2008, 0:59 IST

Agriculturists in Punjab seem to be struggling this season to hire migrant farm workers from Bihar and are believed to be using novel ways, like offering free cell phones, to lure them.

Despite the growing awareness of the nexus between climate change and migration the subject has not been explored empirically in a way that generates conclusive results.

This short book analyzes the prospect of large-scale forced migration as a result of climate change and attempts to estimate the developmental impact of potentially millions of people displaced by coastal flooding, extreme weather events and agricultural disruption.

85 per cent urban population will be a disaster A tendency has been gaining ground in some influential circles lately that India

Nellore, Sept. 8: Poor and downtrodden people living in Nelatoor, Krishnapatnam, Sembunithopu, Nakkalamitta and Ayyavarikandriga in Muthhukur mandal are struggling for survival after 4,500 acre land in the area was handed over to Reliance Power and AP Genco for setting up thermal power plants.

While alternative arrangements are being made to shift people from small habitations like Nakkalamitta, Ayyavarikandriga and Sembunithopu in the wake of acquisition of villages apart from lands, there is no word from authorities with regard to major villages like Nelatoor and Krishnapatnam.

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