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Energy

The power reservoir

As focus on hydroelectric power is restored, nhpc braces itself to unleash its full potential as the nodal hydel body in the country

Publication Date: 
03/01/2005
Shelley Vishwajeet
Business India (Mumbai)
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Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Wildlife

The Terai Arc landscape in India

The Terai-Duar Savanna Ecoregion is spread over the southern slopes of the Himalayas in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. The Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) lies within this ecoregion covering an area of approximately 49,500 sq km in India and Nepal stretching from the Bagmati River in the East to the Yamuna River in the west.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2005
Rajeev L. Semwal
WWF India
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Land Use, Forest Resources, Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, National Parks, People - Animal Conflicts, Invasive Alien Species, Nepal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Natural Disasters

Debris danger

Rubble from the landslide that occurred 10 months ago on the Varunavat mountain in Uttarkashi threatens to swamp the town during this monsoon.

Debris on the slope of the crumbling Varunavat mountain. Uttarkashi town is seen at the foothills.

Publication Date: 
13/08/2004
Purnima S. Tripathi
Frontline (Chennai)
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Mountains, Landslides, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Geological Survey Of India (GSI), Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Uttarkashi (T)
Food Policy

Food for all

The right-to-food campaign gets a fillip with the Common Minimum Programme of the new government incorporating far-reaching commitments on food security and the evolving constitutional doctrine tha

Publication Date: 
02/07/2004
Sukumar Muralidharan
Frontline (Chennai)
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Food Security, India, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Supreme Court, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Arunachal, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Orissa (Odisha), Punjab, West Bengal, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Forests

 News Snippets

• A low-cost, nutritive prasad (consecrated food offering) will be available at the Gangotri temple in India's hill state of Uttaranchal from April 22. Developed by the Central Food

Publication Date: 
14/04/2004
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Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
India

 Can you change my destiny?

MUNGLI DEVI Bhansiya Chana, Almora district The six villages of Bhansiya Chana gram sabha in Shereghat, Almora district, Uttaranchal, share the water of river Jaiganga, a tributary of river Saryu.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2003
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Ladakh Plateau, Maharashtra, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Garhwal
Wildlife

Status of tiger and leopard in RajajiCorbett Conservation Unit, northern India

Rajaji

Publication Date: 
01/06/2003
A. J. T. Johnsingh, A. S. Negi
Biological Conservation
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Endangered Species, Displacement, Gujjar, Wildlife, Leopard, Tiger, Rajaji NP, Tiger Conservation, People - Animal Conflicts, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Forests

Devolution as a threat to democractic decision-making in forestry? findings from three states in India

This paper looks at two interfacing trends shaping devolution of forest management in India: appropriation of space for forest management by diverse self-initiated community formations at the grass roots level despite state seizure of forests; and state-driven devolution where government policies define the scope of local authority in forest management.

Publication Date: 
Jan 2003
Madhu Sarin, Nandini Sundar, & et al, Neera M Singh
Overseas Development Institute
Tags:
Forests, Forest Management, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Community Forest Management (CFM), Bastar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Agriculture

  Television had promised rain

RAMESH YADAV, migrant auto driver, converses with NITIN SETHI on drought, media, politics and migration

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
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Agriculture, Monsoons, Drought, Migration, Poverty, Ahmedabad (D), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
India

 Waiting for a miracle

Citizens approaching the courts for protecting lakes in cities is all very well. But in the end, it is a choice between using land for water or real estate a choice that has to be made. The Centre for Science and Environment

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
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Waterlogging, Lakes, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Legislation, Supreme Court, High Court, India, Gujarat, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Sustainable Development

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