Economy

Walking with a purpose

THE National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is barely three months old on the ground.

Publication Date: 
18/05/2006
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Dungarpur (D), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Legislation, Jhalawar (D), Banswara (D), Udaipur (D), Drought Relief
India

 Wisdom roots

In 1992, a viral epidemic spread through the Jheelo ki Basti of Udaipur district in Rajasthan. Healthcare facilities were limited and many children died. The scourge was finally contained only with

Publication Date: 
30/05/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Care, Medicinal Plants, NGO, India, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D), Diseases
Water Pollution

 City of lakes

Reputation at stake

Publication Date: 
30/05/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Lakes, Irrigation, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D)
Water Resources

 Lake assault

Udaipur s waterbodies run dry, authorities run amok

Publication Date: 
30/05/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Lakes, Water Demand, Roads, High Court, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D)
Industry

 On lives

Rajsamand, 194.6 thousand tonnes per year.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, NGO, Udaipur (D)
India

 Good people

The Wasteland: Making of Grass-roots Leaders

Publication Date: 
14/05/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wastelands, India, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D)
Water Resources

 FOLLOW UP

The people of Bichhri , a village

Publication Date: 
30/08/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Soil Capability, Water Resources, Water Harvesting, Public Participation, Rajasthan, Udaipur (D)
Environment

 Courting action

For the residents of Udaipur, the struggle in the courts has been a long one

Publication Date: 
29/06/2000
Down to Earth
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Legislation, Environment Court, Public Participation, Udaipur (D)
Forests

 Return of the woods

Two decades of toil have given back to Seed village in Udaipur a forest that villagers felt had been destroyed forever

Publication Date: 
14/10/1999
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Forests, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Public Participation, Community Groups, Gram Sabhas, Udaipur (D)
Environment

 Not quite in order

Bichhri: where the earth bleeds People's protests had forced the closure of Bichhri's polluting industries. The court's intervention, which was late in coming, has not helped much, Bichhri

Publication Date: 
14/05/1997
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment, Legislation, Government Of India (GOI), Delhi, Kulu (D), Udaipur (D), Patencheru

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