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A better option

Asian policymakers need to invest in environmental infrastructure to arrest ecodegradation
- 30/08/1997
State of despair

Criminals followed corrupt politicians into grabbing contracts related to earthworks. Today, they fund political parties and virtually run the state
- 29/11/1999
- - Kosi
  - Floods
  - Flood Control
  - Aid
  - Governance
  - Politics
  - Bihar
  - Corruption
  - Environment Management
Dying of progress

As the reckless plundering of the world"s limited resources continues, nature is striking back where it hurts humans most: disease. People in some places are still paying the price of other people"s progress. So what makes planners think that they have a
- 14/07/1994
- - Air Pollution
  - Health
  - Diarrhoea
  - Africa
  - Asia
Gandhi revisited

Development policies based on Gandhian philosophy, rather than consumerism, are the best bet for tackling current environmental and development problems
- 14/07/1997
Freewheel

Who wants to buy a scooter that"s priced as high as a limousine? The auto industry can choose to make costly changes to the conventional technology to make it clean. And tinkering with engines has a price. A cheaper option may lie in leapfrogging to alt
- 30/01/2002
- - CNG
  - Vehicles