Submerged in rhetoric

Narmada evokes emotions, not negotiation

Pastoralists at the crossroads

Hemmed in by intensive agricultural and industrial activity, pastoralists are finding less room to carry on their activities. This could upset …

Compromise marks talks on Narmada project

The government and anti-dam activists gave ground during the first-ever talks on the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project

"Power" to the people irks Bengal villagers

Villagers near Calcutta contend they have been unfairly done out of their land by a private thermal power plant project

Working children find a home in Bangalore

A voluntary group helps street children by organising them into associations and building a home for them.

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Ministries clash over project clearances

Despite an acute power shortage in the country, the ministries of power and environment find each other the main obstacles in achieveing their …

Thick-skinned policies

Dozens of families displaced from Gujarat villages in the vicinity of the Sardar Sarovar dam years back have returned to their original homes …

The closing of the gates

A controversy boiled over when the construction sluices were closed abruptly and affected scores of people

Not in my backyard

Delhi, reduced to a gas chamber due to the proliferation of highly polluting industries, now requires the social and political will to enforce an …

Prize for tiller, loss for industry

Parliamentary panel makes recommendations on land acquisition Bill

The Manibeli mess

Anti-Chandil dam activists challenge Land Acquisition Act

A new home

'Green signal?'

The Supreme Court gives its go-ahead for work on the Narmada dam

Backing a cause

Follow Up

In safe custody

Rs 1,503 crore

Bhopal victims to get additional relief

A travesty of justice

The new rehabilitation policy for project displaced persons is official jargon mongering

Hidden behind sea walls

Reasons for Kerala government's love for a harmful exercise

Balangir's distressed migrants

From a resource-rich area to a metaphor for poverty, the Balangir district of Orissa has covered a long distance. Plausibly, it is this journey …

New rules for secrecy

Critics have condemned the World Bank's new information policy, as a mockery of the basic rules of informed public debate and environmental …

Caring for the handicapped

Handicapped children are being helped to overcome their disabilities through special programmes and innovative schemes such as art.

No headlines, no rehabilitation

Oustees of the Kutku and Auranga dams in Bihar complain media attention is the only way of getting justice from the government, but the media …