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Stronger role of Gram Sabhas needed to check displacement and pollution - Report of a public hearing [1]

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Pollution and displacement increasingly threaten the life and livelihood-indeed the very existence - of several rural communities. Panchayati Raj can play a very important role in checking this, but this potential has not been adequately realised yet. A lot of work needs to be done to realise this potential of panchayat raj in checking pollution and displacement.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Bharat Dogra [2]
Panchayati Raj Update [3]
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Gram Sabhas [4], Environment [5], Pollution [6], Displacement [7], Panchayats [8], Gorakhpur (D) [9], Kushinagar [10], Land Acquisition [11], Compensation [12], Industrial Pollution [13], Public Hearing [14]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/panchayati-raj-update
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gorakhpur-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kushinagar
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-acquisition
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-hearing