Tamil Nadu district climate change missions: Is it really decentralised governance?
Climate change governance at the local / district level should be collaborative, flexible, strategic and reflective, rather than a bureaucrat-…
Odisha braces for cyclone Phailin
People in vulnerable villages in coastal districts are being evacuated to safe areas, cyclone shelters
Police register FIR against 32 people for 'encroaching' on POSCO land
POSCO says people have already been compensated for land acquired; residents say their land was taken at gun point and have no means of livelihood
Madhya Pradesh village protests for right to vote
There is no village, says collector
Not being kept in loop: Odisha’s sarpanches on CM’s power decentralisation move
Several sarpanches who were given powers of district collectors alleged their administrative or financial roles were not spelt out clearly
Cyclone Helen hits Andhra coast
Makes landfall close to Machillipatnam; people evacuated from vulnerable areas; 130 relief camps opened in Krishna district
Uttar Pradesh to revive dry rivulets under MGNREGS
Revival of small river in Fatehpur district shows the way
Land stir against Bhandara power plant intensifies
Farmers stall ground levelling work at site; fear police reprisal
Phailin intensifies into 'super' cyclone
Storm winds moving at speed of over 200 km/hr head to districts that bore the brunt of 1999 super cyclone
Tribals protest brutality, destruction of plantations by forest officials
Villager dies following brutal beating; police claims heart attack is the cause
POSCO to get water from Mahanadi
People protest Odisha government's decision to allocate water from the Mahanadi and Hansua rivers, saying it will turn large tracts of farms …
How people weathered Phailin storm
Bitter lessons from 1999 cyclone and a prepared community helped reduce the impact of the night-long cyclonic storm that raged across coastal …
Farmers boycott land acquisition hearings for Chhindwara SEZ
Villagers refuse to part with land; object to individual hearings, land acquisition by dubious means
As Hudhud approaches, coastal people move to safer areas
Many people hit by Phailin last year yet to overcome food and water shortages, find source of livelihood
POSCO begins work on boundary wall at steel plant site in Odisha
Move violates stay order of National Green Tribunal, say protesting activists
Pali industrial units discharge untreated effluent into river
Authorities shut down industries, but they continue to operate clandestinely
MIHAN forced solution comes undone
Project-affected people to file petition for return of land