State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Gas tragedy survivors submit memorandum to Guv, seek PM's intervention
<p> Thousands of Bhopal gas tragedy survivors marched from Bhopal Talkies and submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Madhya Pradesh addressed to the Prime Minister of India and a similar memorandum
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A comprehensive book on Narmada
The book gives a comprehensive account of the pre and post independence activities regarding the Narmada Valley development till 2011 Narmada Valley development has been an issue of debate, nation wide.
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No end to drinking water woes for city denizens
<p> </p> <p> Faulty tube-wells coupled with poor water storage capacity seems to have adversely affected the city's drinking water needs, of late.</p> <p> More so, as the local Gola river
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Facebook account of 'Green leap Delhi' launched
<p> Social networking site Facebook is fast catching on with Government agencies as the fastest medium to reach out to the youth and keyboard tapping denizens. After the widespread response to the Delhi
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Controversy on environment clearance to Vedanta deepens
Controversy over the issue of environmental clearance to Vedanta for bauxite mining in Niyamgari hills in Odisha has deepened further.
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Another river linking project runs into rough weather
After Ken-Betwa,the proposed Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal river linking project is the second to run into rough weather with MP withdrawing its assent, writes Vivek Trivedi After the Ken-Betwa river link project which ran into rough weather, now the second such project, the proposed Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal River linking project has plunged into trouble. The first one inked between Madhya Prad
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Award conferred to scientists
A Subba Rao, Director and his associate K Sammi Reddy, Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, jointly conferred prestigious 'Hari Om Ashram Trust Award 2008-09'. They received a cash award of `1,00,000 and a citation from Union Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar on July 16, 2011 at New Delhi.
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Irrigation projects: NVDA wants farmers' involvement
Inspired by the success of Maan and Jobat irrigation projects, Narmada Valley Development Authority is focusing to increase farmers association in other irrigation projects of the valley. NVDA chairman KL Agrawal on Wednesday said that there is need to mobilise farmers of the valley to own the projects to which they are going to be benefited.
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Environment data reports filed by mining firms in Goa are fake
A study commissioned by the Goa Government to examine the effects of open cast iron ore mining on environment in the State has revealed that the impact assessment reports filed by the mining companies were based on false data. Sujeeth Kumar Dongre, convener of the Centre for Environment and Education (CEE), an NGO, commissioned by the State Government to carry out the study, revealed that prima
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219 Garhwal roads closed due to landslides
A total of 219 roads under the purview of the Public Works Department in seven districts of the Garhwal division have been closed due to landslides and mudslides caused by incessant rains. According to official sources, it will take between a week and a fortnight to reopen these roads to regular traffic depending on the weather.